Argentine mentality ?
So as an observation, and somewhat of a critique, I feel that Argentines (not all of them, but yes, I am generalizing here) have a mentality that everything must be fair, 50-50. Exactly.
If it's in dodgeball, it better be fair. It doesn't matter if you're a guy and you peg a girl in the back with a ball from 5 feet away as hard as you can. It's fair for her to get that cause she decided to play. No remorse either.
If you give out an exam, and you let the other class use a calculator (who is a different level math AND doing different material), it's really unfair not to be able to use a calculator.
If you're about to get on the empty train that starts at the beginning of the line, it don't matter if you are Argentine man or woman, it's a race for that empty seat. Well, it's empty, it's fair to get there first. At least they let pregnant women and noticeably elderly people sit down.
If you are some sort of entity open for commerce, and a potential customer gets there at 7:01, but you close at 7, you turn that customer away, because you close at 7. That's fair, because we wouldn't want one extra ounce of business. It wouldn't be fair.
One of the best lessons I feel my dad has ever taught me: life's not fair sometimes, so deal with it.


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