You will be judged at work, and by the public, according to how well you dress (see picture)…
Don’t give a begging girl your granola bar, she will throw it back at your face and call you a “puta” (b***h) because she asked for money not food.
Men don’t glance, they flat out stare at your body and then nudge their friend to stare too.
At the dinner table the family talks about “la gorda” (the fatty) that lives nextdoor….everynight!
Women always wear heels even though the sidewalks are in desperate need of repair.
No one is in a rush. Time is not absolute.
Argentineans are too good to pick up their dog poop, so always watch your step!
Black coffee is the #1 food group.
Argentineans are horrible drivers! Staying within your lane and obeying stop signs/red lights are optional, and they do not slow down for pedestrians!
It is perfectly acceptable to take 5 breaks in your workday for coffee, tea, mate, lunch, coffee again.
All Argentineans are on a diet. But they eat a huge dinner at 10pm before bed and still eat dessert.
Hard-boiled eggs are a forbidden breakfast food, they are best for dinner mixed with potatoes or on top of a hamburger.
Wow. The coffee thing is intense. The men staring thing sounds awful (it drives me crazy in New York) and the dog poop thing is hilarious!
ReplyDeleteThe best way to pick out a tourist here is that they look up at the architecture of the buildings....and then step in dog poop! haha. Natives always look down to watch where they are walking.
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