Elsewhere vs SL : Honesty, Social responsibility , Word twisting and Decency

කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:Improvement begins with I.

Ethical Trader wrote:
One disgusted foreigner, known to me, of outright lying habit of Sri Lankans asked me as to why many Sri Lankans resort to lies. He was played out by many retailers who charged higher prices for his grocery items. I had no answer.

yellow knife wrote:Kith

Just check E-bay. Many products are offered at bargain but with a statement not to be shipped to Sri Lanka. Many who receives the stuff , complain they did not receive.

කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:

The people in developed nations trust you on your face value until the trust is broken.
(I bought a book on my last visit to the US and I started reading on my return only to realize that some of the pages were missing. A rare occurrence. I wrote to the publisher and in two weeks time, I got a brand new replacement sent in the mail.)

කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:
They are more helpful than us, as and when spoken to and or sought some assistance.

කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:
They are more tolerant than us too.
(Recently in the US, I had a very enlightening conversation with a very young Momen Sales Lady and she was not offended when I said that I am an atheist. She was not trying to convert and or convince me but was only explaining their belief system.)

Expert wrote:Dear SLS, thanks for bringing this up and thanks to all for your views.

Today, while I was waiting for a bus around Laksala in Colombo Fort, I saw a foreign tourist couple looking at their guide books, then looking up at the buildings around and talking among themselves. I was sure they were looking for a place. Though I was not very conversant of the area well, I wanted to help them with the little I knew. I went near them, excused and asked whether they are looking for a place.

They just looked up at me and said "no, no."

So I stepped back and kept watching them as no bus came around for quite some time.

They continued what they were doing for many more minutes and started going in the direction of GOH looking up and down.

Why did they refuse help???

slstock wrote:

Btw, here is an interesting fact.

I watched this guy's travel Vlog ( who lives in Europe).
I think his name was Daniel Violin or something and he is on youtube. He visited Sri Lanka ( he travels all over the world) too .

In a visit to Ella , he wanted to climb the Ella Rock.

To cut a long story short .. at the end of the video he talks about/ advices other visitors to take care dealing with Ella Tourist guides and whom to ask for Directions
as they mislead him.

He has video proof as he recorded the whole journey and even the conversation with locals.


You can search on Youtube for Daniel Violin and search for Ella Tourist Guide episode.
If I can find such I will post later too.

slstock wrote:
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Presently, I am at a place where majority ( not all) of people are honest, law abiding, non manipulative ( with word or behavior)  and  are just decent humans who do care for their country and other people.  It so interesting when we talk or see them behave .



1) Believe it or not, I rarely seen anyone cross the road without a traffic light , even if there is No Police!


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