How long does it take two purchase anxiety syndrome sufferers to fork out the heart racingingly ridiculous amount of cash required to go on a safari to the Serengeti and climb Mt Kilimanjaro ?
(For those who don't know the WHO defines purchase anxiety as the series of symptoms, including increased heart rate, pangs of regret, slight nausea, the need to walk around in circles, heavy breathing, need to count money in pocket/money belt felt in the moments between deciding to hand over the money to buy an item, and actually handing over the money or signing the required papers in order to confirm the purchase. In serious cases, the symptoms include levels of prevarication which lead to the failure to make the purchase in time, leading to what the WHO calls missed opportunity regret caused by one's own stupidity, and self loathing. The disease is related to tight arse syndrome - known in Latin as mothus en walletus)
Believe me you don't want to know how much it costs to do either of those things - in fact we don't want to know either - but in order to really find out, Damo and I wandered about Arusha for two days, visiting almost every tour operators office - there are about 5,000 offices. Of course we made the decision at the last moment (around 7pm on the second day) and plummed on an agency which we later realised seemed to be missing all of the essential indicators that we had been ticking off our list of must haves in other places. Just goes to show what happens when you put two purchase anxiety sufferers together - BEWARE.
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