Friday, August 10, 2007

Capital Idea!

I like the basic principle of this:
Venice charges rude tourists extra

Tourists who do not want to be ripped off in Venice were advised yesterday to drop their brutish behaviour and try to learn a bit of the local lingo.

A "significant proportion" of the city's bars and restaurants are now operating two or even three price lists: one for tourists, another for locals, and a third for "sympathetic" tourists who make more effort than the usual grunted demands.
Living in a tourist-hell town, I would eagerly support any business that wants to charge boorish and rude tourists extra. Language isn't so much an issue here, but tourists who behave like self-important a******es who think the world owes them a living could certainly pony up a few extra bucks for psychological pain and suffering.

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