"Get your change back" Top 5 Page for this destination Fes Tourist Trap Tip by 78Eva

Fes Tourist Traps: 19 reviews and 33 photos

When you go to restaurants in Morocco and when you pay at the end, it may happen that the cashier deliberately won't give you back correct change.
Say, for example, that you have to pay 40 Dirham. You hand over 100, and of course are supposed to get 60 back.
Instead you will get 50 back, and they hope that, you being a stupid tourist, you won't notice because you are unfamiliar with the currency.
They wait a little whether you might notice. If you stare at the money and count, the suddenly they are like "Oh, yes, and of course ten more Dirham, here you are". They've kept the 10 Dirham coin in their hand just in case you notice. Had you not noticed, they would have kept it. Clever!
So familiarize yourself with the money and count your change!

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  • Written Feb 25, 2004
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