did you ask them why they turn down the extra hours?
yoga class #2 on saturday. for the first time in over 10 years i managed to cross my legs like one over the other. the lotus position or something. took a lot of effort but it was encouraging.
on sunday we had lunch at the market and then i went for a piss. many of the people in the restroom were employees of the various market restaurants, you could tell from their shirts. most of them didn't wash their hands. one of them caught me staring and looked me back in the eye as he walked out. he knew that i knew and he didn't give a fuck. this probably happens all the time in many places, but i really wish i hadn't seen that.
question. like, if you north americans met a brit or australian or south african or whatever living in your country, would you expect them to change their accent to yours? brazilians tell me to use their accent and i'm like no way, jose. i already use their words for stuff, i'll be damned if i'm changing my accent too. it's weird when i go out with other portuguese people, they talk to me normally but then switch to this awful adapted accent when speaking to the locals. i've seen really long term immigrants lose their original accent, but that's different.
i don't know what's worse. speaking in a horrible adapted accent that sounds like you're making fun of the way the locals talk, or speaking slowly and loudly, almost like the listener is retarded (we have to, 'normal' portuguese can be very hard to understand). normal? iberian? european? continental? you know what i mean.
i've never seen a brazilian change (or be asked to change) his accent in Portugal, not would i ever ask that of one.