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Originally Posted by Heather
Hmmm. I'm not sure it would be a great idea, since staff turnover is high and if there are bad apples, they could have been weeded out since my last experience.
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That's more than understandable.
Anyway, a story of scammers being anywhere and everywhere... Years and years ago I worked at a high-volume, tourist seafood restaurant in Florida. Some servers were fired from their jobs for adding stuff to checks belonging to big groups. Apparently it was very easy to add un-ordered food or drinks to a big table's bill, especially when one person indicated to the server that they planned on "picking up" the check. Normally they'd just hand the server a credit card- and it was a free-for-all from there on out. The person picking up the tab had no way of knowing what everyone in his group ordered, and the waitstaff would be doing shots and drinking high-priced frozen drinks.
So, I agree with everyone else, scammers are
everywhere. I believe the language difference for many tourists in Playa just creates an opportunity for these scammers to crawl out from under their rocks. But the will find opportunities everywhere!! JMO.