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Similar happened to me in Morocco. Parked in a public park. Guy came over and told me it was 20 dirham. I Argued with him a little bit pointing out it’s a publi
by yardie 6y ago
Similar happened to me in Morocco. Parked in a public park. Guy came over and told me it was 20 dirham. I Argued with him a little bit pointing out it’s a public parking lot and there is no meter. Spouse told me to pay the man or he may cause trouble. I relented thinking of the damage he could cause to our rental. He did guard our car and stopped traffic.
Police were prevalent, just setting up speed traps and shaking down tourists.
- hnick 6y agoMaybe related to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baksheesh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baksheesh In Egypt a decade or so ago, this was rife. There was the usual tipping, but a guy at the airport wanted a tip for telling me it was OK to use a public toilet. Watching cars is another common one, and it's appreciated of course but the implicit threat of damage is not. Offering to carry bags through the express security line in the airport was another strange one.
- X6S1x6Okd1st 6y agoI had that happen in Capetown. It was cheap enough I was happy to pay the guy and be done with it. I'd feel differently if I was local, but I also obviously looked like a tourist, had an American accept etc.
- 6nf 6y agoThis is everywhere in South Africa. It annoys people but it's not worth making a fuss over. It's clearly extortion but it's so widespread for so many years that it's de-facto legal.