Share

Do you know the movie Vacation with Griswalds and Cousin Eddie? There is a scene in either Christmas Vacation or the Original Vacation, where cousin Eddie is drinking a beer and turns to Clark and says, looks like you could use a cold one. Then, he hands Clark his half drunken beer while opening a fresh one for himself. ha ha...it makes me laugh. (is drunken a word?)

Chileans may push and shove when they are ready to go...but they share just about everything. When I was at the Cueca competition, this woman, who I had met the day before, handed me a half drunken soda. I took a sip, as this has happened to me before, but when I handed it back, she insisted I keep it. Uh...ok?

If you buy anything, you better be ready to share it because it seems to be the general expectation. Often times, if you are out for dinner, everyone tastes everyone else´s drinks and everyone tastes a little something from every plate. I am sure at a formal event, eating off your neighbors plate isn´t as common, but I still have yet to be at a meal where someone isn´t nibbling off someone´s plate. If you buy a chocolate or a small roll of cookies, you need to ask everyone if they want some.

I don´t mind sharing, but sometimes, when you are hungry and you just want a little something, you just don´t want to share, because it is yours and if you wanted to share you would have bought more.