jamaicarob, when I saw your tattoo, I bothered you....lol...(have a great trip ! )
jamaicarob, when I saw your tattoo, I bothered you....lol...
I have a Jamaica flag tattoo and an awesome Bob Marley tattoo on my back. I do believe it helps. Some of the Google would rather talk about my tattoos than give me the hard sell.
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My husband & I (both) have barbed wire tattoos, vendors always ask if we work in a prison or, have ever been "in" prison...
"Yeah, I'm cocky and I am arrogant. But that doesn't mean I'm not a nice person."
—Jeremy Roenick
CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP Smith BRAVO!!!!Well said! Act a fool! LOL! Oh and I called 119 1 morning when i felt slightly threatened and no one answered the phone. In fact the phone hung itself up after so many rings. What are you suppose to do then?
It is hard to convince the everyday Jamaican that being nice and not pushy will get you more over time than aggressive tactics. Kind of like new and used car salesmen and telemarketers, if you score once out of ten tries you are successful. When people are poor and their bellies are not full they are acting more out of desperation.
You don't find this attitude as much out on the island away from tourist destinations even though they are just as hungry and just as poor.
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I have always thought of carrying a stack of fake life insurance policies in my back pack and when they stop me I would pull them out and try to sell them a policy, Just to mess with them.
Seriously though, the enntire scene is just over the top. I like walking the beach early in the morning when it's quiet. The afternoons are better spent in the west end.
When we were there in Feb I tried a new different approach. I had a couple of bags of lollipops that I had brought with me and when a beach person would ask if we wanted to buy something I said no thank you but here is a lollipop. It almost always made them laugh and no one ever gave us a problem.
Love the lollipop idea!
I sometimes say I am a big meth dealer in the states looking for a Jamaican partner. Don't think Netflix is popularr there yet so I can get away with it
I stay for longer periods of time and I still get approached several times each day. I don't feel threatened (with a few exceptions, lately) but it's the tedium of having to constantly deal with it that wears me down. It's aggravating.
It is a problem and I totally get why some people never return after their 1st visit.
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