by Nigel Rickerby
(Brooklyn, New York, USA)
My most recent visit to Jamaica was in April of this year, and one thing that I found common among the business class is a seemingly pervasive attempt to overcharge.
For instance, during a stop-over at an average hotel I asked the front desk clerk if coffee was included in my room charge. She said it was not, and would be JMD$250.00 per cup if I wanted it.
During the same trip I was charged US$80.00 for a car tire because a car which I rented got a flat, which I fixed at a reputable service station.
One of the bright spots in this visit however was when I stopped at a roadside business to buy coconuts. As I drank one of my coconuts, I asked a lady, who may have been the wife of the man who sold me the coconuts, to sell me the ackees that she had on hand.
As she was taking them from the pods, she stopped and said that she miscounted and that she was going to do a recount.
Her husband scolded her, saying that passers-by were the life of his little business, and that a miscount of a few seeds of ackees was not going to bring his business down. His words warmed my heart.
The seventies was the only period when traditional tourists rented cars and stayed in small
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