Why do jamaicans find it so easy to beg.

[MissBlue]

one other thing i have to add - and i'm not intending to sound like a knowitall or a snob, but it's NOT always true that "once you go, you know". many people who've gone more recently have only expereinced a tiny part of the whole..... their experiences barely scratch the surface of the true nature of the people, or what REALLY goes on in the population, behind the tourism scene. you gotta look a LOT deeper before reaching conclusions about the whole society based upon what one has seen in few weeks, or even a couple months. most ppl think i'm nuts when i say i was GLAD that my first trip was during a disaster of epic proportions - but to me, i feel like i was lucky. i got a tiny peek behind the superficial, before 'mainstream' tourism took hold with such a vengeance and corrupted so much. i feel extremely grateful and lucky that i got to see that these annoying customs are only a small part, not the whole ball of wax, about the place.