recibiendo transparentemente para tí una comisión. Te dicen que te llevan a un mall (centro comuercial) y es una tienda. Luego a una bazaar y es otra tienda. En la segunda me encontré un simpático dependiente que había vivido en Terrassa y hablaba un buen castellano. A la tercera que me llevaron tal como entré, salí. Comí con ellos, comida que tuve que pagar (2 euros y algo en total) y me llevarón al templo de Hanuman, el dios mono. No quise discutir sobre quién era el verdadero dios mono: Son Goku. Como me dijo ayer Tamun, la gente que te habla por la calle son siempre comisionistas: es su trabajo; los que tienen trabajo fijo no tienen tiempo de hacerlo. También cobran comisones taxistas y rickshaws, pero ellos se centran más en hoteles y restaurantes, a veces incluso enganándote didciendo que el hotel/restaurante está completo o cerrado para llevarte al que se llevan comisión. Hoy me he vuelto a encontrar a algunos por la calle, pero he perdido la buena educación occidental: ignorarlos, "Chaló, chaló!" (vete , vete), o conversación rápida seguida de un "bye". Me he vuelto a topar esta manana con el más jóven de los comisionistas, me ha devuelto el mechero que se había quedado ayer y me ha ofrecido ir con él a hacer comisiones yendo al 50%, al ser occidental es más fácil que los turistas se fíen de mi. Proposición que he declinado, aunque me gustaría trabajar no quiero tener nada que ver con un trabajo de comercial.
After reading about the comissionists, I had finally my first encounter. Due to my character, I guess I had to play their game for a while. They are young indians that start a conversation with you with made up sentences like "nice haicut", "nice tshirt, where did you get it?", "nice shoes", "ei, you look indian!" or whatever. These touts will bring you to shops, fake tourism offices, hotels or restaurants, receinving seamlessly a comisssion for what you buy. They tell you they'll bring you to a mall but it's a shop. They tell you they will bring you to a bazaar but it's a shop. In the second one I ran into a nice indian guy who lived in Terrassa (Spain) and had a decent level of spanish. In the third shop, I went out of it straight away. I ate with them, food that I had to pay myself (2 euros all) and then they brought me to Hanuman's temple, the monkey god. I didn't want to argue about who is the real monkey god: Son Goku. As Tamun said yesterday, people who talk to you in the street are always touts, it's their job; people with permanent jobs don't have time to talk to you. Taxi and rickshaw drivers also have comissions from hotels and restaurants, even telling your that the restaurant or hotel is full or closed so they can briong you to the one they will receive money from. Today some of them came to me again, but I lost my occidental education: ignore them, "Chalo, Chalo!" (go away, go away), or a quick uninterested chat close by a fast bye bye. This morning I ran into the younger tout from yesterday, he gave me back my lighter which he kept yesterday and he offered me to go to work with him with 50% of each comission. Since I'm occidental it's easier to be relied on by other occidentals. I declined the offer, I would like to work but I don't like any kind of comercial agent job.
Raj, conductor de rickshaw y comisionista, en mi primera comida india. en persona es más simpático que en la foto. Raj, rickshaw driver and commissionist, during my first indian lunch. He was nicer than he looks in the pic.
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How is the food there? It looks delicious, hope you're having fun!!
Food is amazing. Everyday, indian food. At all meals haha. Still, it's not that spicy :P
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