I’m listening to a new episode by Pivovarov about thousands of Russians stuck abroad right now. When I arrived in Mexico on March 16, I received a letter that our offices were closed. And I hadn’t bought a return ticket – I planned to do so locally. So I open the booking system, and it shows me tickets back to the USA starting from $10000 and up. I got a bit anxious and went to sleep.
The next day, the locals told me those were in Mexican pesos. How? It was a dollar sign! They replied that it’s not a dollar sign but the sign for Mexican pesos. They have one vertical stick, not two. Actually, it doesn’t really matter how many sticks the US or even the Canadian dollar has. Besides, it’s believed that the dollar sign originally came from the peso.
In the end, I flew back a week later for less than $200. I was supposed to stay another week, but common sense prevailed.
Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev. 