I find this quote from the original post very telling. There are some styles that work better than others across the Carribean to cajole more from those in positions of local power...



Have you ever witnessed a captain on the boat next door boarding another boat to tell a group to knock it off?

Somewhere along the way somebody taught me the importance of starting every BVI encounter with a pleasant patient Good Morning! How are you? or similar. I am thinking we did not start off with the expected BVI patience and pleasantries.