Not all tourists of course, but the tourists who come here for a short visit and leave a wake of disaster.
Everytime I go into town I get molested at every stop light by gangs of window washers. Why? Because foreigners throw their money at the Dominican children thinking it is a pleasure and getting there kicks off. They think they are making a difference, helping some poor kid out. Don't they have power window washers installed in their car? Don't they realize that NOW every little kid (teenagers too) thinks that the white skinned driver NEEDS the windows washed and has tons of cash to throw out?
Yesterday it was raining, I mean pouring down and still I can't get through town without having some foam or sponge thrown out of nowhere and smacking my windshield at every stop light. This is a shame! What has been done here is irreversible. Now the window washers DEMAND payment, they expect it and NOW will give you a hard time if you tell them no.
Also, the tourists who go driving around in their rented out little suv's and Geos in a caravan. They come up here now in the campo to get a good view of the city and ocean passing out money to all the little kids who hang out in the streets with nothing else better to do. When the caravan comes around the kids run and chase them getting money which is passed out of the windows.
This never used to happen, at least not up here in the campo. Now it is a weekly frenzy. Don't people understand the impact they are causing by doing this? We live here. We have to deal with the aftermath of Dominican children "believing" that every foriegner is filthy rich, that they don't need to hoard there hard earned money, that they can just give it away freely to any hand that is out in front of them. This is an utter disgrace! This is causing an unforeseeable future with this kind of pattern.
I'm not saying don't help out. I just want people to know that there are many other ways to give and to be charitable to those in need.
I am totally fed up with this kind of behavior and ultimately we are ALL going to have to pay for it. We have to live with the consequences.
Everytime I go into town I get molested at every stop light by gangs of window washers. Why? Because foreigners throw their money at the Dominican children thinking it is a pleasure and getting there kicks off. They think they are making a difference, helping some poor kid out. Don't they have power window washers installed in their car? Don't they realize that NOW every little kid (teenagers too) thinks that the white skinned driver NEEDS the windows washed and has tons of cash to throw out?
Yesterday it was raining, I mean pouring down and still I can't get through town without having some foam or sponge thrown out of nowhere and smacking my windshield at every stop light. This is a shame! What has been done here is irreversible. Now the window washers DEMAND payment, they expect it and NOW will give you a hard time if you tell them no.
Also, the tourists who go driving around in their rented out little suv's and Geos in a caravan. They come up here now in the campo to get a good view of the city and ocean passing out money to all the little kids who hang out in the streets with nothing else better to do. When the caravan comes around the kids run and chase them getting money which is passed out of the windows.
This never used to happen, at least not up here in the campo. Now it is a weekly frenzy. Don't people understand the impact they are causing by doing this? We live here. We have to deal with the aftermath of Dominican children "believing" that every foriegner is filthy rich, that they don't need to hoard there hard earned money, that they can just give it away freely to any hand that is out in front of them. This is an utter disgrace! This is causing an unforeseeable future with this kind of pattern.
I'm not saying don't help out. I just want people to know that there are many other ways to give and to be charitable to those in need.
I am totally fed up with this kind of behavior and ultimately we are ALL going to have to pay for it. We have to live with the consequences.