Saturday, May 26, 2007

80 rubles for peanuts

Sankt Peterburg was very nice ....
















...but way too many just tries to get extra money out everything you do which sort of pisses me (and based on discussions very very many others) off. Not that it would be question of big money but more like the feeling that it is causing to the back of your mind - you must constantly be alerted before and after buying anything.

The funniest case was the one where me, Jarmo and Juhani went for "a one beer" before dinner. We ordered 2 beers, 1 glass of white wine - they brought 3 beers and 1 red wine... and a small cup of peanuts (see yourself). Well all OK for us...

The bill was 60 ruples per beer and 80 ruples for that little cup of peanuts ;o)
















As said - the amounts are not the issue and neither is the described true for anything close to all businesses but the fact that it's common enough stigmatizes everything in visitor's mind. Not good for the business on the long run and in a bigger scale.

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