The topic of
"Friends" is as delicate and controversial as the topic of
" Relationships"
because " Bezness"
extends not only to close
relationships, but, to an even greater extent, as well
to friendships.
The probability that one finds, after a short time or a few days
holiday, a
truly reliable and probably even selfless caring person, is, in
short, next to nothing.
Almost always there will turn up, sooner or
later, the
profit interest of the "friend" - which is, unlike as in
relationships, emotionless and purely addressed to financial
benefits.
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Whether a
"friend" offers you " special
rates" on an
holiday flat or a car rental, whether heshe has family members
working
in a textile or carpet factory or the jewelry
business - in all cases, the predominant interest of
the "friend" lies in the profit he can obtain by referring a tourist to
this business.
In Tunisia, the sytem of " commissions"
is very common - it is not
unusual, that a person refers to another person who refers to another
person and all of them will reap some commission from the one, who will
have to pay for all of this in the end: the trusting foreigner. |
Of
course we are talking here only about those who are primarily
looking for an advantage, not a friendship.
There are "real" friends, of course - but you won't
find them on the street, or on the beach or in the hotel and especially
not within a few days of a holiday. Friendship building takes in all
countries a long time and passes numerous milestones - it isn't
different in Tunisia!
And ...
"Good business" is always done within the family
circle - it is not offered to strangers, and never ever
to foreigners! |
