I'm very new to the board, but what you write about is not anything new. I have had the same type of 'friends', also. As a matter of fact, just last year, I had one do practically the same thing. She wasn't Jamaican, but was upon hard times. The only difference between your friend and my friend is where they lived. In other words, it's a human issue, not a Jamaican issue. It occurs everywhere. Move on and find another driver/hang out partner.