Monday, January 31, 2011

Not by the book

Brazilian functionaries were forever bending the rules for me. When I got off the train in Sao Paulo and appeared at the station Sanitario (bathroom) with no Reales the attendant readily admitted me. At one museum I didn't have change for a full price ticket and was sold a half-price student ticket. At another museum they told me if I were 60, I could get in for free. I smiled "yes" and took a two year jump on being a Brazilian senior.

Unlike in the US where cashiers behave like mindless functionaries, here everyone is alive, engaging the moment however it appears. So refreshing!

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