By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): An American visitor to San Pedro says he and his wife were verbally abused by a street vendor on Friday after they declined to buy a wood carving.
In a social media post tagged in downtown San Pedro, the tourist said the couple was walking peacefully down the street when a man asked if they wanted to buy one of his carvings.
The visitor said he told the vendor the carvings were beautiful but that he had no cash on him. According to the post, the vendor responded with an insult laced with profanity, calling him an “American” in a derogatory way.
“I was pretty shocked because this isn’t our first time in Belize and we’ve never been treated so unkindly,” the tourist wrote.
He said he was wearing camera equipped smart glasses and told the vendor he was being recorded. At that point, he said, the man apologized, quickly packed up and left.
The visitor said he shared the post so others could be careful, but stressed that he sees it as a one off.
“I realize this was an isolated event,” he wrote.
The vendor’s side of the story is not known.
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