quito-isms vol. 1

Here in Quito, there is always someone to do the work for you.

• Everyone has a maid to cook and clean for them. We hopped on this bandwagon this weekend by hiring Olga to come once a week. She cleans our place and cooks a meal for us and only charges $10 a day. It's ridiculous.

• Most of the high-rise apartments have a doorman. Ours helps us bring in our purchases, buys the 5 gallon water jugs for us, and takes our trash to the dumpster.

• At the supermarket, the bagger will take the cart outside for us, flag a taxi, and load our bags into the car.
  

Having been raised in a family with the mindset of "why pay when you can do it yourself for free," I am having a little difficulty adjusting to this. However, something tells me the adjustment period won't be too long ;)