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GUIDE TO POOR AND ADVANCED COUNTRIES

POOR COUNTRIES

ADVANCED COUNTRIES

Learn to live with temperamental maidservants who take leave at least twice a month.

Learn to do every household chore on your own to avoid being arrested, sued or simply unable to afford any household help.

Yell at your maidservant for not washing the plates and utensils properly

Decide it is too difficult to learn how to operate the new super duper dish washing machine, and start washing the plates and utensils yourself

Demand that your maidservant sweep the house twice a day

Discover the joys of using a sophisticated vacuum cleaner by attending a three-week course on handling and maintenance of vacuum cleaners. Discover the luxury of cleaning your toilets yourself

Inform the laundry man to pick up your dirty clothes at 7 am and return it by 6 pm everyday without fail

Self carry a big bag of dirty laundry like a donkey to the nearest self-service, coin operated laundromat a kilometer away. Spend two hours and walk back home poorer.

See and talk to your pesky neighbors every second day, have coffee with them, exchange newspapers, get immediate assistance, have fun, etc

Have the luxury of seeing an unknown neighbor wave at you every summer.

Have unexpected guests and friends dropped in suddenly for a cup of coffee or dinner, and have a jolly time.

Get a three-month advance appointment to visit your friend, brother or mother who stays three floors above your apartment.

Get into a rickety auto-rickshaw, bus or hitchhike home when your two wheeler or car is down for servicing

Walk home in the miserable cold unable to afford those highly expensive taxis zooming by.

Stand on a chair and change a light bulb yourself

Pay 75 bucks to an electrician to change a 50 cents light bulb in your apartment, because it is against the state law to change the bulb yourself.

Live in strong houses built of cement, bricks and stone

Live in a highly inflammable $500,000/- box called home built out of wood, paper and glass, which can catch fire if you sneeze loudly.

If you are unfortunate to be poor and starving, beg around and get some food.

Get arrested and thrown to jail while begging for food on charges of trespassing, stalking, and other crimes against national security.

Teach your naughty children a lesson by spanking them for some good behavior.

Get arrested and have your children taken away by the authorities for trying to teach them some good manners.

Learn to live with common mistakes and human errors

Sue the roadside coffee shop for serving hot coffee, which accidentally burnt your sensitive tongue.

Learn to live with your parents, grand parents & great, great grand parents in the same house for centuries

Decide to run away from home on your fourteenth birthday, and send home a greeting card every Christmas to show how much you love your parents.

Frown with disgust at the beggars and hawkers who trouble you constantly

Get robbed of all your belongings by well-dressed muggers pointing an expensive handgun from their stolen car.

Walk 20 meters to buy whatever you need from the nearest convenience store, or buy something from a hawker right in front of your house.

Drive 20 kilometers even to buy a pair of shoelaces, take a wrong exit and get lost for hours.

Visit the nearest doctor who charges you two dollars for a complete checkup

Pay 100 bucks to a doctor just to say hello and guide you to the nearest hospital that will charge you 3000 bucks for a mandatory complete checkup and prescribe some aspirin.

Get angry with your friends, relatives and neighbors who try to help even when you are mildly sick.

Wish you had at least one enemy to give you a glass of water when you are down with a raging fever.

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POOR COUNTRIES	ADVANCED COUNTRIES
Learn to live with temperamental maidservants who take leave at least twice a month.	Learn to do every household chore on your own to avoid being arrested, sued or simply unable to afford any household help.
Yell at your maidservant for not washing the plates and utensils properly	Decide it is too difficult to learn how to operate the new super duper dish washing machine, and start washing the plates and utensils yourself
Demand that your maidservant sweep the house twice a day	Discover the joys of using a sophisticated vacuum cleaner by attending a three-week course on handling and maintenance of vacuum cleaners. Discover the luxury of cleaning your toilets yourself
Inform the laundry man to pick up your dirty clothes at 7 am and return it by 6 pm everyday without fail	Self carry a big bag of dirty laundry like a donkey to the nearest self-service, coin operated laundromat a kilometer away. Spend two hours and walk back home poorer.
See and talk to your pesky neighbors every second day, have coffee with them, exchange newspapers, get immediate assistance, have fun, etc	Have the luxury of seeing an unknown neighbor wave at you every summer.
Have unexpected guests and friends dropped in suddenly for a cup of coffee or dinner, and have a jolly time.	Get a three-month advance appointment to visit your friend, brother or mother who stays three floors above your apartment.
Get into a rickety auto-rickshaw, bus or hitchhike home when your two wheeler or car is down for servicing	Walk home in the miserable cold unable to afford those highly expensive taxis zooming by.
Stand on a chair and change a light bulb yourself	Pay 75 bucks to an electrician to change a 50 cents light bulb in your apartment, because it is against the state law to change the bulb yourself.
Live in strong houses built of cement, bricks and stone	Live in a highly inflammable $500,000/- box called home built out of wood, paper and glass, which can catch fire if you sneeze loudly.
If you are unfortunate to be poor and starving, beg around and get some food.	Get arrested and thrown to jail while begging for food on charges of trespassing, stalking, and other crimes against national security.
Teach your naughty children a lesson by spanking them for some good behavior.	Get arrested and have your children taken away by the authorities for trying to teach them some good manners.
Learn to live with common mistakes and human errors	Sue the roadside coffee shop for serving hot coffee, which accidentally burnt your sensitive tongue.
Learn to live with your parents, grand parents & great, great grand parents in the same house for centuries	Decide to run away from home on your fourteenth birthday, and send home a greeting card every Christmas to show how much you love your parents.
Frown with disgust at the beggars and hawkers who trouble you constantly	Get robbed of all your belongings by well-dressed muggers pointing an expensive handgun from their stolen car.
Walk 20 meters to buy whatever you need from the nearest convenience store, or buy something from a hawker right in front of your house.	Drive 20 kilometers even to buy a pair of shoelaces, take a wrong exit and get lost for hours.
Visit the nearest doctor who charges you two dollars for a complete checkup	Pay 100 bucks to a doctor just to say hello and guide you to the nearest hospital that will charge you 3000 bucks for a mandatory complete checkup and prescribe some aspirin.
Get angry with your friends, relatives and neighbors who try to help even when you are mildly sick.	Wish you had at least one enemy to give you a glass of water when you are down with a raging fever.