kre8ivelyXposed
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Hello All,
Just had another odd, "argentine" experience and was wondering if others find it common. First, let me preface it by saying that I have a long experience with Argentina and speak castellano fluently so there should really be no problem with "misunderstanding" based on communication.
I will try to keep this short and sweet. Recently, I had an experience with an Argentine "strong acquaintance" and "friend" in which we agreed that she would help me out in a relatively minor business transaction because I would not be in Argentina to take care of it myself. We worked out the specifics, and everything was a "Go" until the night before when she wrote me an email and said that "No, she could not do it now because the other person involved was a person "desconocido" (stranger) and not possibly "de confianza" (trustworthy)." I was absolutely shocked because there was just nothing really that was being done here that was really "shady" at all as I had given my friend full permission to inspect all of the merchandise and documents prior to the transaction to make sure there was nothing "funny" going on here. Now, everything is "off" and no one is happy. And, in my opinion, all because of some kind of "irrational fear".
I will say that I believe these kinds of "irrational fears" and lack of confidence in other people is one of the primary reasons why Argentina continually stays in the bottom of the list of countries and even individuals to do business with. Am I overreacting here? Again, I am not new to this country at all but I am still just astounded at the lack of "clear thinking" sometimes!!
Thanks for letting me vent!
Just had another odd, "argentine" experience and was wondering if others find it common. First, let me preface it by saying that I have a long experience with Argentina and speak castellano fluently so there should really be no problem with "misunderstanding" based on communication.
I will try to keep this short and sweet. Recently, I had an experience with an Argentine "strong acquaintance" and "friend" in which we agreed that she would help me out in a relatively minor business transaction because I would not be in Argentina to take care of it myself. We worked out the specifics, and everything was a "Go" until the night before when she wrote me an email and said that "No, she could not do it now because the other person involved was a person "desconocido" (stranger) and not possibly "de confianza" (trustworthy)." I was absolutely shocked because there was just nothing really that was being done here that was really "shady" at all as I had given my friend full permission to inspect all of the merchandise and documents prior to the transaction to make sure there was nothing "funny" going on here. Now, everything is "off" and no one is happy. And, in my opinion, all because of some kind of "irrational fear".
I will say that I believe these kinds of "irrational fears" and lack of confidence in other people is one of the primary reasons why Argentina continually stays in the bottom of the list of countries and even individuals to do business with. Am I overreacting here? Again, I am not new to this country at all but I am still just astounded at the lack of "clear thinking" sometimes!!
Thanks for letting me vent!