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Old Jun 26, 2006 | 11:42 am
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Originally Posted by MeNoSay
One time, in Vietnam, I gave a hotel porter a $100 bill because I'm a rich American and he's a poor peasant. He looked at it funny and looked at me funny. I thought for that much he would invite me back to his home for dinner. What a jerk.
I thought that in Vietnam the unit of currency was the Vietnamese Dong. Why should anyone (especially a "poor peasant") understand foreign currencies ?
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