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This is common all over the developing world. I always give them a little something, despite the feel of extortion it has to it. It’s marginally better than beg

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• salad-tycoon 3y ago
  In the one of the Third world countries I lived in, the more attentive ones would also put a piece of cardboard on your windshield. A nice touch. Not so much the guys that insist on spraying your windshield with soap at every traffic light.
  • seabass-labrax 3y ago
    There is often a fine line between crime, commerce and even altruism. It is a shame that western society has been perhaps a little too effective at separating these concepts. The very same contract could be any of them in different contexts: "Party A pays 1 Pound Sterling for the item owned by Party B" Crime: Party A blackmails Party B into selling them the item at a discount Commerce: Party B offers the discount to entice Party A to try the item out, so that they can sell more at full price in the future Altruism: Party B wants to give the item to a good home rather than destroying it (if that would cost them, then it's even mutually beneficial altruism from both parties) Clearly it is the context about how the contract was made that distinguishes the situations. It would be a mistake to try to classify every possible contract as legitimate based on its semantics alone.
  • freediverx 3y ago
    “Soap”