Saturday, February 23, 2008

For Everything Else There's Mastercard?

Dauber's World has discovered another interesting phenomena while
traveling in Rio: a number of service workers here wear MasterCard
shirts. That does not mean, however that their business accepts
MasterCard or any credit card for that matter.

For instance Dauber's World and official former roommate Eric took a
cab from a tourist attraction back to the hotel. Despite the fact that
the driver wore a MasterCard tshirt he only accepted cash.

In fact Eric noticed that virtually every wait staff here wears the
same colared shirt with the MasterCard logo (with the words
"MasterCard" written on the short sleve). However that isn't an
indication that the restaurant will accept MasterCard.

This is a truly bizarre occurence in the opinion of Dauber's World.
Either MasterCard has an odd sponsorship program or there was a huge
sale on these white MasterCard shirts that half of the service
industry in Rio purchased.

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