Greta75
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ORIGINAL: respectmen Try being a white man in other parts of the world. From my experience, being a white man in the Philippines, everyone tries to rip you off left, right, and center. People shout at you on the street and say things like "yo white man" "Hey Joe". The cops are openly racist there. Even in front of a crowd of people on the street, a cop called me a stupid white man for jaywalking. No one blinked an eye. On a general basis, people who aren't white don't get treated even nearly as bad in the western world compared to other societies where someone is foreign. You know that in Asia, White men gets chicks easier than their local Asian men, so yea, not just Philippines. Local Asian men gets very angry seeing white men taking away their women, so they may sprout these things. It depends on how you look at it. I get rip off being Asian tourist in the US as well. People view foreigners as easy money. As simple as that. And I get rip off big time in China or in Malaysia, once they know I am Singaporean, the price doubles or triples. Thailand too. There is always a local price and a foreigner price. It's normal in Asia especially. You don't have to be white to be ripped off. Most of us, due to our exchange rate being so good, we don't mind the rip off, and just let it go, as it cost us nothing. Like I remembered in Phuket paying SGD6 for a fresh coconut from just some dude on the street with his bicycle. That's twice the price in Singapore. I knew I was getting ripped off, but oh well, poor guy, I just supported him. Recently in Malaysia, I bought durians from squatters just living on make shift, really poor housing. They charge me about 10rm(SGD3) per tiny durian. In Singapore, I could get that exact same durian for 20 cents. So I know i was getting completely rip off. They just went to pick those durians from their forest nearby and were selling it. I just paid anyway. They look seriously poor. And don't even have proper roof. And I knew I was getting ripped off when they offered 20 durians for the same price they sold me 1 durian to my Malaysian friend who spoke to them in their language. But once they find out I am Singaporean. The price is 1 durian 10rm. Not negotiable. Foreigner price. There ya go!
< Message edited by Greta75 -- 11/13/2016 11:48:27 PM >
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