Immigrants and people on visas such as student visas are screened for this as a visa requirement. However, there are ways of getting around this in foreign countries.
Thankfully, tuberculosis is not highly contagious and you usually only get it from repeated exposure to an infected person. Typically it occurs when people live in overcrowded housing conditions. The fellow passengers should be okay as their exposure was brief and a "one-off" encounter. It is...
Tuberculosis has never been "stamped out". Only two diseases have ever been eradicated - smallpox (in humans) and rinderpest (in cattle), and that's because of vaccination. The reduced incidence of tuberculosis and many other diseases is also because of vaccination.
Be aware that it is not just waiters/waitresses who require tips. It is customary to tip a variety of people - hotel porters, hotel maids, bartenders, car valets, beauticians, manicurists, hairdressers AND the hairdressing apprentice who washes your hair, delivery people, taxi drivers, Uber...
The problem is not with tourists. The problem is with the government of that country. In the case of Canada, there is no federally mandated minimum wage requirement. It is left up to the provinces so they are all different. Average is $15. Canada and the USA need to require restaurants and...
Not just customers but male staff as well. As a woman, I have been patronised by Bunnings male staff on many occasions. Like the time I happened to be standing in the kitchen section (waiting for my husband) when a male staff member approached me and asked what I was interested in. When I...
The whole premise is faulty. You can't compare salmon with Mexican food to imply that it is cheaper to eat out than cook at home. The true comparison would be to work out how much does buying the salmon in the supermarket cost (and how many meals would it make, or how many people would it...
There was a fellow here in WA, who lived on a busy street, who made his letterbox look like a speed camera. It worked too. When people complained, the police shrugged their shoulders and said there was no law against it.
Icecream for the soul
Last week, I took my grandchildren to a restaurant.
My 8-year-old grandson asked if he could say grace.
As we bowed our heads he said, "God is good, God is great. Thank you for
the food, and I would thank you even more if Grandpa gets us ice cream for
dessert. And God save...
Nothing in this meme indicated racism, as opposed to jokes that are intellectual, political, religious, sexual, etc. It was just a comment regarding jokes in general but I think you've illustrated the point beautifully.
"the landlord listed several issues, such as a faulty roller door, a loose doorknob, and an uncooperative plumbing system, dismissing them as minor concerns that didn't require immediate attention"
What a jerk! Tenants are entitled to expect to live in a house in good repair. That includes...