DAILY LIFE: Growing up over a glass of beer

The young man on the far right, who evidently is studying at the University of Kansas, wrote an informative article on drinking as a teenager in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.  Gives you some insight into Brazilian culture.
You seldom see drunks here and when you do, they are usually knocking back shots of cachaça at their local [...]

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CITIES-São Paulo: One Gringo’s Day in São Paulo

Written by John Fitzpatrick
Monday, 17 August 2009 19:41
Norman Normal, a middle-aged expatriate journalist, was awakened as happened every day in São Paulo by a pack of dogs barking. They howled and bayed crazily as they did at several points during the day and, as usual, their owners made no attempt to shut them up. [...]

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DAILIY LIFE: Call Center Law – Não Pegou!

The Federal Government passed a law (Nov 08) establishing Call Center operating procedures when attending clients.   The procedures were required of telephone companies, TV Cable, banks, credit card and airline companies along with water, gas and electrical utilities.
The procedures were implemented because Call Centers have a terrible reputation for poor service.  (seems to be a [...]

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Daily Life: No-Shows

 
My tale of woe.   The ceiling fan went on the blink in my home/office. The fan started making strange noises about 10 days ago.  I messed with it, but in the end, I needed  ”the fixer”.   So off I goes to find someone who fixes ceiling fans.   
I talked to my main fix-it [...]

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