This is why no one likes you

Since Muslim's have their big prayer day on Friday, Thursday night is like American Friday night.

(Side note- Apparently also Egypt decided to accommodate their Coptic population at some point in the last decade maybe, so Sunday is also off work. So instead of the common weekend in the Middle East of Fri-Sat, Egypt is Fri & Sun. -I need to ask more about that)

Anyway, I get roped in from going w/ a small group to a English pub to going w/ a larger group to one of the boat restaurants anchored on the Nile. Going out in large in a large group here suuuucks. The combo of trying to find a place people are happy w/, plus just a large group of people ordering means longer wait times (Egyptians & Americans have far different views on service & time to begin w/).

Anyway, so we end up settling in to this place. Most of us our drinking, food is ordered, people have fun, 2 people that made-out last week got into a fight, etc. Then comes time for the bill. It seems a bit high, on further inspection there's a reason-they are overcharging us on nearly everything. I imagine this trick works most of the time w/ foreigners in large groups spending pounds like they're water. We however still had menus close by. When confronted w/ that they are trying to rip us off he tries to explain its an "old menu." Yeah, the one we just ordered off of. To explain why the beer is more expensive the guy tells us that was the price for you small ones, we're drinking the big ones (which they gave to us).

I know things are getting worse here, but there's a line of providing tourist dollars into the economy & then being taken advantage of. You should try out the taxi's.