It's a first world problem, to be sure.

the_af · on April 1, 2015

I just find it funny, of course it's not a real problem. But note I don't come from a first world country, and in fact my first language is Spanish, like the majority of my fellow countrymen.

So I found it very funny that my average conversation when asking a Tico for directions went something like this:

    "Hola, ¿me podrías indicar dónde queda $LOCATION?"
    "Of course sir! First you take this route--"
    "Perdón, hablo español."
    "Suuure, sir. As I was saying..."

After a while, I stopped fighting against it :)