Helado, Bebida, Chirimoya...Helado...

Today I finally had the question that was burning in my mind for the past two months answered. I always wondered what the people who sell cold drinks and ice cream on the buses do during the winter. It´s been kind of cold this week and I think the majority of the guys selling ice cream have moved on to candy.

It seems like the bus drivers have a good relationship with the people who sell things. They don´t make them pay when they get on the bus. Probably because they only go one block. In my opinion, it´s odd because the bus drivers get paid a percentage of the money they make on their bus, but I guess they don´t care about the couple of blocks.

What they sell is only 100 pesos which is about 20 cents I´d say (582 pesos to the dollar). They always hop on and shout ¨helado, bebida, chirimoya, naranja, manzana...!¨ And then if no one is interested they stop and leave, but before they leave they turn back and give one more try ¨helado...bebida...chirimoya?¨I can do a great imitation of it which I´ll be doing a lot when I get back. I wonder how´d they do at Yankee Stadium selling beer and hot dogs?