Friday, July 20, 2012

Mandaly, mwen mande kèk ayisyen yon kesyon, mwen te di yo 'Si lakay vwazen ou pran dife, kisa ou dwe fè?' Men mwen te sezi paske tout ayisyen di yo pral rete nan lakay yo pou yo sove lakay yo. Poukisa li se konsa?

So you've asked some Haitians this question, "If your neighbor's house catches fire, what should you do?"  And all them answered they would stay in their OWN home to try and save it.  Is that right?
Well, I have no idea why they answered that way.
I think that you were expecting them to say that they'd leave their home and run to safety?

Perhaps they're thinking that their neighbor's house is a straw house (yon kay pay) and theirs is a concrete house (yon kay beton).
Perhaps when you ask this question next time, you could specify that Everyone lives in a straw house, then suddenly the neighbor's house catches on fire, what would you do....  If you put it that way, I'm pretty sure no one would want to stay home :)

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