Lesson Learned
Shoe cleaning trick in Istanbul. Shoe cleaner walks in front of you, drops his brush and I picked it up and gave it back. The guy looked really happy and thankful and started cleaning my shoes right away. He even called his friend from across the street to clean my boyfriend’s shoes.
We thought he was just thanking us until he asked for money, 6 times the normal amount for some shoe cleaning. When we refused to pay he called in some more friends and it was kind of scary really. We ended up paying only the regular amount and walked away.
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