Someone I met today was really a sometwo. I met a couple from Argentina today, and it was a really, really, small conversation. The husband did more talking because he was familiar with English than his wife. I didn't feel like doing much talking today. It happens.

"You know on the... The computer, can you type a.... The énye."

I wiggled my finger in a wave, signifying the tilde (~).

"Yeah. You just have to change the keyboard."

I proceeded to show them how that would work, as well as a few options for them. They began asking about price and I helped them calculate it out. They applied the conversion rate from USD to Colombian Peso. They considered cheap, despite their currency, what most people would consider expensive.

"In Colombia, there is a 20% tax on electronics."
"Really? That's so much! Why?"
"Corruption."

I didn't ask anymore, but they seemed to be in good spirits. Expensive is perspective, and corruption universal. She asked me a few questions, and had him translate when she couldn't find the words.

"So how long are you here for?"
"Eh... cinco, I mean 5 days."
"How do you like it so far?"
"It's very nice. The people here are nice and so friendly. It's not like that in Colombia."
"Yeah.. When I go on vacation to other places, I always feel happy to come home to people like that. It's warm but the people are really so kind."

They nodded in agreement as we continued our sales conversation.

"Which one do you think I should get?"
"It's up to you sweetheart, you pick, I pay. That's usually how it goes right?"
"Yeah... That's how my parents do it."

We all shared a laugh. Corruption isn't the only thing that's ubiquitous.