I was walking on the street by myself when I got attacked. A strange looking guy was coming close to me and followed me when I tried to retrace my route. He hit my shoulder and tried to get my bag from my shoulder. I saw some people cross the street and shouted. The guy who hit me was laughing at me and imitated my shout with unpleasant teasing laughter, and people on the street also laughed at the scene. No one came to stop him. I left the place quickly and went to back to hotel soon. However the incident made me nervous for a whole day.
The guy was not really trying to steal my bag or doing something harmful to me. I could see he was crazy person with his half naked / half homeless look. He just wanted to scare me and made fun of me being scared. Even though people are generally very nice, it is not surprising there are always crazy people in a big city. However, what I was surprised by was people’s reaction to the attack. No one wanted to help me or stop him. They are more like watching it as entertainment.
Sometime, I feel people want to provoke foreigners. Whatever I do, sleeping at the cheapest inn and eating a baguette for a dinner on the street, we are too rich for them. Just the fact that we came all the way here to do unpaid work is too luxurious for them.
It is not pleasant to see a rich foreigner walking around the street, when they don’t have anything to eat and wear. If the foreigner is young, and even a woman, it is much more unpleasant.
It is surprising to hear sometimes what people think about foreigners. My friend Margo asked her coworker if there is any good place to jog. And her coworker told her “jogging is what foreigners doing for showing off”
The guy was not really trying to steal my bag or doing something harmful to me. I could see he was crazy person with his half naked / half homeless look. He just wanted to scare me and made fun of me being scared. Even though people are generally very nice, it is not surprising there are always crazy people in a big city. However, what I was surprised by was people’s reaction to the attack. No one wanted to help me or stop him. They are more like watching it as entertainment.
Sometime, I feel people want to provoke foreigners. Whatever I do, sleeping at the cheapest inn and eating a baguette for a dinner on the street, we are too rich for them. Just the fact that we came all the way here to do unpaid work is too luxurious for them.
It is not pleasant to see a rich foreigner walking around the street, when they don’t have anything to eat and wear. If the foreigner is young, and even a woman, it is much more unpleasant.
It is surprising to hear sometimes what people think about foreigners. My friend Margo asked her coworker if there is any good place to jog. And her coworker told her “jogging is what foreigners doing for showing off”
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