I seems to me that "we" are at fault for "Why do Jamaicans think Americans always need something?" And, I too, think it is not just "Americans".
I am also not including everyone in this statement only the ones that "dem cap fit". People go to Jamaica to enjoy themselves. Some enjoy themselves with men... some with women... some with rum... some with ganja and even some with more "exotic tastes". This is a "free market" society and if someone wants it... someone will supply it.
Old timers will remember when handcarved birds were everywhere on the beach and now, not so much. Why? Because people wanted them so people that were carving alligators and not selling so many started carving birds. After a while, people in China started mass producing the birds cause they could do it cheaper than what a Jamaican carver would do it for and now a lot of the once handcarved birds are simply junk but a whole lot of higglers can make money if they can get someone to buy them.
Stop buying things and sooner or later people will stop trying to sell them. Personally, I don't mind a person trying to sell me something as long as I can say "no thank you" and then they go back to their business. I don't really have a problem as most people do just that. Others who are more agressive won't take no for an answer but they wouldn't take no for an answer anyways but I don't lump them into the same category as I would a salesman or a higgler.
I live in So. Florida and some don't take no for an answer here either. These are the people who actually "NEED" something. Salespeople and higglers satisfy the demand that exists and, in my opinion, thank goodness for that.
Peace and Guidance
