Exchanging Money in Karagonda

Exchanging money in Karagonda

Dan went out to the bank today just a short walk from the hotel to exchange some money. Inside the small bank is a western union booth behind glass where you can step up to a woman and pass money through a slot to exchange it into Tengay. One US dollar is equal to 1.21 Kazak Tengay. Usually there is security guard sitting at a desk, in the very small bank lobby. Dan politely waited in line and a minute later someone brought a women up to the booth and the walked away. When the booth became available, the women stepped in front of Dan and headed toward the booth. Dan tapped her on the shoulder and motioned that he was next. The security guard came right over, spoke to Dan in Russian, and pointed to a sign that he of course could not read, and let the women proceed into the booth. Dan immediately thought the sign stated all Americans to the back of the line. However, in reality the moral of the story is that man with machine gun is always correct.