Why do Jamaicans think Americans always need something?

[Marko]

Just venting a little bit here...

I love visiting the amazing beaches of Negril, but it would be great to be able to walk down the beach without 100 hustlers trying to scam me. It would also be nice to be able to take a nap in a beach chair without someone waking me up every 5 minutes. Just because I am walking down the beach or down the road does not mean that I need anything at all. I just like to walk. No, means NO. Leave me alone scammer.

Respect? I will respect you when you back off and give me some peace & quiet. When I need or want something, I will go buy it. I spend plenty of money every visit, but won't give these fools on the beach a dime because they annoy me.

Beaches in Jamaica are like the internet: full of annoying spam!

lol.......guess everyone knows why Marko escapes to the Cliffs........lol

mi think it's time for uscgamecock too......lol.......lol

too fonny.......lol

believe it or not........
back in the 80's there weren't many vendors and higglers walking up and down the beach......
nuthin compared to today

back in the 80's they were so infrequent that wi jumped for joy when wi saw dem.......
cause that either meant food, fruits, ice or cold beer was on it's way for a snack or lunch or dinner......lol
there were no HiLo or ValueMaster or neither many restaurants back then.......
and no ice cubes..........just blocks of ice wi use to chip with an ice pick......
oh da memories...specially dat one time mi missed the ice and hit mi hand with da pick...ouch

Cool Runnings, Marko

[Michele Beisser]

Never had anyone wake me up before and a simple NO Thank You should suffice. Most of the vendors will remember that u said NO and respect that.
Also most hotels on the beach have security, if a vendor won't take NO for an answer let your security guard know. At the Treehouse, Moses has came to my rescue a few times.
There are some annoying characters who keep bugging you but they are the minority.
The Majority of vendors are just trying to make a living. If you don't want to be hassled in their country maybe you are better off at an AI.
I've been to Mexico a few times and can remember being hassled by children selling chicklets gum ALL Day!!!!
Resort towns are all the same, tourists=revenue.....Don't go to a touristy town?????
Oh yea even walking down the street in NYC's touristy areas you get hassled to buy anything!! I got hassled a few months ago by street vendors selling cds the guy wouldn't take no thank you for an answer even after I said I don't own a cd player !!!

[rastagirl777]

"back in the 80's there weren't many vendors and higglers walking up and down the beach......"

Back in the 80's there weren't as many TOURISTS walking up and down the beach lol.

[gerryg123]

BTW, most of the vendors say they thread their own rasta necklaces, but I dont think they're being truthful -- they buy them wholesale, right?

[suzengrace]

Some thread their own(my friend use to sell them Bamboo pieces he hand-carved,painted ,etc-he sold them to many of the vendors in the craft market for them to make jewelry,etc out of) but yeah, you can buy wholesale too-not far from the craft market (round the corner) is where a a couple of wholesalers set up a tent, etc and sell things from Sav., kingston,etc wholesale to some of the vendors as well...They will gladly sell to toursits too..It's where you can get the stuff the cheapest but its also just mass-produced stuff from china, etc.(key chains,that kind of thing)...Nothing special that is hand-made from a local artisan...

[Bnewb]

Gerry....many make their own jewelry...you'll often see the vendors doing this.
Some items can be purchased at wholesale places also....depends on the vendor.

[Rambo]

"empathy is best felt, by "walking a mile" in the shoes of someone else....I would NOT want to walk in those vendors shoes (if any)............

to wake each day knowing the competition that is out there, just to EAT!

How many of us can say " we started just like that, and look at me now".................?

[MissBlue]

suzengrace - no - what i said was not about your response.

do you not see i quoted the OP at the beginning of my post? - THAT is whom i was addressing.

[SLP]

I know that "Juicy" makes his own jewelry and I have bought many pieces from him. He does NOT like to bug tourists either. He is located in a small board store close to Alfred's. As a matter of fact he now has his kids (I bought one of his daughter's first pieces) involved with both the making of and selling the jewelry.

[BR Mon]

This thread reminds me of a while back I went to the ballgame....I am sitting there trying to enjoy the game then comes this guy yelling "Hot dogs, Hot dogs, I got your hot dogs"..later in the same inning another guy comes by " i got soda, I got soda" then another one comes by "Cold Beer" I got cold beer"...Next is the peanut guy then the cotton candy guy. It was never ending...vendors everywhere..and it was all part of the game...I came to the game to relax and vendors selling everything under the sun...If you think we get hit on hard on negril Beach go up to Brownstown or Sav on Saturday to the Market...Not a tourist in sight and vendors walking through the crowd selling everything you ever saw...Not to tourist but to locals...Actually I can't wait to encounter them and see what new approaches they have now...I look forward to the interaction as it is just another ball game...