Back in 2000, after a big day of jewelry shopping in Phillipsburg, we were at dinner at L'Alabama, and after a very nice dinner, I paid for it with the only credit card I carry. Well good old Citibank, after that shopping trip, not being warned that we were in SXM, decided to shut me off. The waiter, upon hearing it was my only card, said "No problem, come back tomorrow, and take care of it". We smiled, and out we walked. Then next day, after calling Citibank, I hit an ATM, stopped back by L'Alabama, and left the waiter with a hefty tip.

I don't think it would have gone down quite that way in the USA!

The people of SXM are great and trusting people.