> Hated being assumed that I’m a dumb foreigner. I believe they assumed you were not dumb, but that you were willing. That's what I told myself, at least. And

> Hated being assumed that I’m a dumb foreigner. I believe they assumed you were not dumb, but that you were willing. That's what I told myself, at least. And since the prices were about about half of what I would pay at home, I was totally OK with that. Some markets are only open to foreign currency, and if that currency is worth 25x more to someone else than it is to me, and they're selling a product to me at what feels like a 50% discount, then I am a willing participant in that economy!