Ed_The_Gypsy
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It astounds me that some people try to spend USD anywhere except the USA.
In our neighborhood upscale supermarket (such as they are here in Baku), my wife and I observed a stylish older Western woman (who we had never seen before) try to spend a Ben Franklin at the check stand. The poor check girl was terribly confused by this. I would have been, too. I would not have been as nice as the kid behind the counter was.
Taxi drivers here regularly get passengers who try to pay in various currencies. Sometimes they accept as they have little to lose. From time to time, as a courtesy to our favorite drivers, we buy euros, dollars and Scottish pounds from them, which we can use.
These vignettes show me how gentle and tolerant the Azeri people are and how many Western blockheads there are in the world.
In our neighborhood upscale supermarket (such as they are here in Baku), my wife and I observed a stylish older Western woman (who we had never seen before) try to spend a Ben Franklin at the check stand. The poor check girl was terribly confused by this. I would have been, too. I would not have been as nice as the kid behind the counter was.
Taxi drivers here regularly get passengers who try to pay in various currencies. Sometimes they accept as they have little to lose. From time to time, as a courtesy to our favorite drivers, we buy euros, dollars and Scottish pounds from them, which we can use.
These vignettes show me how gentle and tolerant the Azeri people are and how many Western blockheads there are in the world.