[QUOTE=Bartchamdo]There's actually more to the story that this reminds me of. I met her at a cafe before going to the hotel. We started to talk about payment there, and when talking about money she mentioned the cost of getting here from her house and how much the water cost at the cafe we were in.
"What water?" I asked.
She pointed to 2 glasses of tapwater that were on the table next to us. (She had been sitting there before I came in.) I didn't even realize she'd gotten them for us. I never drink Hanoi tapwater and certainly wasn't going to touch it. I didn't see her drink any either. I explained to her how absurd it was what she was saying, since neither of us had touched it and I hadn't even asked for it. She laughed and seemed to agree.
These little petty money games involving water probably were her testing my reaction. It's a very short sighted strategy. On the one hand she gets to feel like she can squeeze a few thousand more dong out of me. On the other hand the extra hassle and silly games makes me less likely to give her more business. End result: she misses out on hundreds of thousands of dong.[/QUOTE]Fast car aka intelligent is a regular moterbike chick around Hanoi. Personally, I think she's scary ugly. She gets business due to the difficulty of those passing through Hanoi quickly to find anything easily. Those who are here for a longer time generally don't have any trouble, but it's a tough mongering city if you're just passing through.