04-24-2019, 12:40 AM
What’s there to stay out of. It’s hardly a fist fight.
I think the different view points are underpinned by your connection to Jamaica.
If you are a visitor even of a trillion years, but the Jamaicans you know are just vacation friends then you will have a different view.
If you have real friends and family that you have a relationship with in and away from Jamaica then you will have a different view of Jamaicans.
If you are basing your opinion on some of the sales people in the beach who aren’t actually vendors then you will have a different view point.
If you look under the surface of what you think you know then you will feel differently.
If you are fake and try and mislead people based on experiences you read about on forums then Jamaicans know, and believe me you are offending them . Even if they don’t say, they know.
If someone random that you don’t know asks you where you are staying blah blah, just say why do you ask.. or say do I know you? No need to get defensive. Sometimes those people are looking for conversation starters, yes to sometimes try and sell you something, but anything more furtive, really?
But I will say that staying in AIs on and off in the last few years, I have found that tourists from the US ask loads of personal questions when you chat with them and tell you loads of personal information.
Canadians I find are similar to English people , they find a common interest such as football or politics to chat about.
So there’s another cultural conundrum ,that I as an English person in Jamaica get asked more personal questions by random American tourists than random Jamaicans.
I think Kylake originally asked some genuine questions, but I think the taxi driver was a bit dramatic. Carrying bread out of a bag hardly indicates anything about you other than you intend to make a meal. I have never come across this and I buy groceries in country where sometimes there are some funny customs to me.
I think the different view points are underpinned by your connection to Jamaica.
If you are a visitor even of a trillion years, but the Jamaicans you know are just vacation friends then you will have a different view.
If you have real friends and family that you have a relationship with in and away from Jamaica then you will have a different view of Jamaicans.
If you are basing your opinion on some of the sales people in the beach who aren’t actually vendors then you will have a different view point.
If you look under the surface of what you think you know then you will feel differently.
If you are fake and try and mislead people based on experiences you read about on forums then Jamaicans know, and believe me you are offending them . Even if they don’t say, they know.
If someone random that you don’t know asks you where you are staying blah blah, just say why do you ask.. or say do I know you? No need to get defensive. Sometimes those people are looking for conversation starters, yes to sometimes try and sell you something, but anything more furtive, really?
But I will say that staying in AIs on and off in the last few years, I have found that tourists from the US ask loads of personal questions when you chat with them and tell you loads of personal information.
Canadians I find are similar to English people , they find a common interest such as football or politics to chat about.
So there’s another cultural conundrum ,that I as an English person in Jamaica get asked more personal questions by random American tourists than random Jamaicans.
I think Kylake originally asked some genuine questions, but I think the taxi driver was a bit dramatic. Carrying bread out of a bag hardly indicates anything about you other than you intend to make a meal. I have never come across this and I buy groceries in country where sometimes there are some funny customs to me.