More money than salsa

[jjimm]

This (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5320268.stm) has to be the bizarrest story I've read for a long time.

Hong Kong businesswoman agrees to pay Italian couple US$15.4 million - yes, million - for unlimited salsa classes for eight years.

During one lesson she gets told to "move her arse" and called a "lazy cow". Purely in a motivational stylee.

She goes ballistic, sues and gets all the money she'd so far paid back.

15.4 million dollars.

She must really like Mexican food.

[Cluricaun]

She must really like Mexican food.

Did I just get wooshed, or is this actually about dance lessons?

[jjimm]

Did I just get wooshed, or is this actually about dance lessons?Whooshed so hard it parted your hair.

[Cluricaun]

Swanky. I've always had trouble getting a straight part. Thanks for the help. :D

[Zsofia]

Evidently couples dancing is very big in Hong Kong. I've read that people take dance lessons there the same way that many American businessmen take golf lessons - it's something you need to be able to do as part of your job.

My ballroom lessons are $90 for four private half-hour lessons, and that covers two people!

[Joey P]

That's almost $5300 per day, if she took lessons 24 hours a day it's almost $220/hour. If I was the instructor, I'd be worried something fishy was going on. If we useZsofia's example and lets say the person took 4 lessons each day, it would still be under $300k for eight years.