Saturday November 4 Sad Saga About Money

During the first few weeks we were here we just took the bills/receipts and paid them. Then we took them home and studied them, only to find that a) we couldn't read their numbers because they write them differently; b) they don't always itemize; 3) we were paying more than we thought we were paying.

Then we read an article in The Prague Post stating that they are charging foreigners (especially us Americans, since they think we are all rich) extra, that we should always check receipts and refuse to pay when we are overcharged. We have noticed that even Czechs stop to study their receipts after they have gone through check out.

But we have got to start writing down everything we buy or order and how much it costs, BEFORE we get to the cash register.

Yesterday we puzzled over the bill and got the waiter to read the amounts to us. We found that our drinks cost 3 x the amount of our dinner! My glass of water, a very small bottle, was $4.50. Lloyd's glass of beer was much cheaper! I'm glad I didn't ask for another glass of water!

We don't want to be cheap skates or pinch pennies. Neither do we want to waste money. Please pray that we will be both wise and winsome as we represent the USA here.