A friend of mine also did Peace Corps work there. She had to pretend she was married to someone in an adjacent village to deter getting kidnapped and forced into marriage.

A more lighthearted (but scary at the time) moment was when a bat peed into her eye while she was using the outhouse. No diseases, thankfully. She’s been back in the US now for a number of years and loved the work she did while she was over there.

Have you heard the one where your fiesta takes adderall?

It turns into a focus.

Not original material but I had to say it

The entire service fee thing is fraud at this point. Undercutting wages and skimming profits for owners off the backs of their employees.

I know it’s been happening forever but this shit has been escalating exponentially.

Believe it or not, Hawaii actually does like SPAM! It goes back to the military presence on the islands during WWII where it gained cultural significance.