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Friggen 3rd world countries!

There is a very nice service station just outside the hotel. I wanted some bottled water and a couple of cokes for the room, so I don't have to pay mini-bar prices for them.

Here in Romania, they just changed the currency. They took the old stuff (Lei) and changed to to new stuff (New Lei or RON) and divided for 10,000.

So the chick at the cash register points at the amount and (in hand gestures) that I am not giving her enough. I am pretty sure the bill I'm giving her is equal to about $30 (100 RON). I just took this stuff out of an ATM, so I'm thinking that _MAYBE_ I took out $2 instead of $200 in local currancy.

So, I end up giving her 3x100 bills. I walk directly to the front desk and ask the clerk if these are new or old and describe what happened. "It is not possible. It should be no more than 20 new Lei.".

I immediately walk back and encounter one of the hotel staff who speaks english and I tell him what happened. We go together and she is, I can't tell by the words, but by her demener, she is saying it was a simple mistake. BULL****!!! She was only being like that because she was caught.

This is the only reason I hate going around new countries by myself. They always _TRY_ to rip you off.

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