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Originally posted by sarettah@Feb 23 2005, 05:52 AM
BTW, just a side note. One of the weird things about Bermuda was that all the locals seemed to hate Jamaicans. Even though Bermuda is nowhere near Jamaica, the Jamaicans that were there wokrked in the hotels and worked cheaper than the Bermudians would work. So Jamaicans (called Jumpups by Bermudians) were Bermuda's nigger in a matter of speaking.
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Been to the Bahamas and to Jamaica but not to Bermuda. Anyways your post reminded me of some things, HP.
From talking to a Bahamian police officer, he really hated the attitude of most Bahamians which he said was to be lazy and bums.
In Jamaica, they also think the Bahamians are bums. In the Bahamas, they think Jamaicans are thieves and con men.
I found the Bahamas more relaxing than Jamaica. In the Bahamas, I would meet maybe four or five panhandlers a day. In Jamaica, while I appreciate their more "work for the money" than "give me some money" attitude, I tended to meet 50-100 Jamaicans who wanted to sell me something.
And unlike the Bahamian bums who you say "got nothing" and they slink away, the Jamaicans wanting to sell me something would just not get out of your face with their list of commodities they could get you. "No, don't want this? I get you that? Hey I got the other. Yo man, what about this then?" They pretended to not understand what the word "No!" meant.
The one thing I've never liked about Jamaica; mind you, it was a lot worse six years ago when I went then two years ago. How did folks find that this recent time?