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In the hotel business, gypsies are frequently encountered. They are not any better or worse than anyone else in terms of taking things from a guest room (in my experience at least) but they are indeed notorious for sending their invariably beautiful children (with huge doe-like eyes and long eyelashes that melt even the most hardened, kid-indifferent adult) to create havoc in lobbies and steal things from gift shops, restaurants, etc. --- and, if caught, the adults will talk loud & endlessly how it was all an innocent, childish mistake, kids crying on cue in the background, just a real mess. It is this extremely predictable (and arguably disheartening) behavior with their children that right or wrong results in gypsy families being identified in hotel communities and banned. One last point that may or may not be obvious, but gypsies see absolutely nothing wrong with having their children run free, create havoc, break things, steal for themselves or adults; on the contrary, they disdain the western mentality towards well-behaved kids as infringing on kids' rights, curbing their free spirit, etc. It makes for both frustrating and comical discussions that, nonetheless, ultimately leads to sending them on their way.
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