Do you remember the movie, “Better Off Dead?” In that movie, a young boy chased a teenager around for the $2 he owed him for the newspaper. Well, in Varenna(a little town down from Belliago) yesterday, I had an old woman chase me down for one euro because I used the toilette in the hotel. Not our hotel, but it was the closest toilette to the ferry station.
When I went in I asked where the “bagno” was. A nice lady told me where it was. After using the bagno (toilette), this old woman said to me, “one Euro for the toilette!”
You really need to tell someone that there is a pee charge before they pee. I think it is unethical to allow the person to pee, and then inform them that there is a charge. I may not have chosen to pee in that location had I had then information ahead of time.
Annoyed, I told the old woman that my husband had the money and would come back. I was not planning to return to pay the one Euro, so I walked out the door a different way from where Rex was waiting and then signaled him to come to me.
However from around the corner she came with her hand outstretched saying, “one Euro for the toilette!”
I was stunned.
Lesson – always order something, even if it is a small something, and use the toilette after the purchase.
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