Turf wars
One day while Jeff and I were walking in the park at Wat Phnom with Chantha Bob, our companion told us that vendors and even beggars are very territorial. I have since noticed that I am seeing the same faces at all the same places. At the Riverside Bistro, the same boy always comes up offering shoeshines for my sneakers. The same girl sells books, the same disabled boy hawks newspapers and the same mother with a newborn sits and begs.
I have noticed, too, that many of them have developed relationships or sorts with the patrons. Recently a Belgian man and the book selling girl got into an argument about how many books he had purchased over the course of a week.
--- Greg
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