Torn money
I can totally relate to this post from Texas in Africa about the absurdity (”collective irrationality”) of money being rejected in certain societies for the silly reason that a bill contains a small rip or tear. This happened to us in Egypt all the time, not with American currency, but with Egyptian pounds, which more often than not are ripped or torn.
Once I handed a slightly mangled 10 LE note to a parking attendant who refused to take it, insisting that it was worthless. “That’s just stupid,” I said to him, incredulous. “You’re stupid,” was his reply.
Egyptians are rarely so rude. I stared at him in in surprise and handed him another note.
July 25th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Caitlin should go back to Egypt. “You’re stupid” (mostly jokingly said) is one of her best comeback lines. OK, we are working on her to have some better lines, but it is a start.