Background: English woman married to Dominican man with 2 teenage stepsons living in DR for 8 years.
Monday: Shopping. Main supermarket has no chicken. Another week of mince (hamburger meat) and pork and goat. Arrive home to find large truck has torn down phone cable in street. No telephone in house and no internet. Phone Claro. Will be fixed in one working day. Great Service!!!
Water not working. There is a hole rusted through in tank which fills up from the well. Get new tank. 3500RD$ including labour. Water by 7pm
Comma not working on computer as termites keep dropping poo and sawdust from roof onto computer when typing.
Tuesday: Front burner on stove top not working. Rusted through. Dismantle stove top to buy new burner next week. Scrape off all oil from inside stove top due to Dominicans cooking rice and beans at lunchtimes.
Fridge stopped working as run out of gas.(Why do fridges never run out of gas in uk???). Call fridge repair man. Will come same day.
Call Claro as have still not turned up. No record of call yesterday. The repair reference number they gave me does not exist. New number. Will be fixed in 2 working days.
Wednesday: Fridge still not fixed. Get stung by angry wasp. Visit suicidal expat whose dominican husband has rung off with younger and thinner woman.
Cat missing. Presumed barbecued by local Haitians.
Unable to clean termite poo out of computer as sealed unit.Order new keyboard from Dell.
Thursday: Fridge fixed. Still no internet nor phone.Call Claro. Will be fixed in 5 working days. Scream at Claro. Feel better. Cat still missing but faint smell of burnt fur in the air. Have meeting with bank at 4pm. They don't turn up.
Friday: Scream at Claro again. They turn up at 5pm hooray. Internet and phone fixed.
Discover money disappeared from bank account and only I know PIN.Bank refuse to refund.
Rescheduled bank meeting does not happen again.
Hooray!!! It's the weekend!!!
Matilda
Monday: Shopping. Main supermarket has no chicken. Another week of mince (hamburger meat) and pork and goat. Arrive home to find large truck has torn down phone cable in street. No telephone in house and no internet. Phone Claro. Will be fixed in one working day. Great Service!!!
Water not working. There is a hole rusted through in tank which fills up from the well. Get new tank. 3500RD$ including labour. Water by 7pm
Comma not working on computer as termites keep dropping poo and sawdust from roof onto computer when typing.
Tuesday: Front burner on stove top not working. Rusted through. Dismantle stove top to buy new burner next week. Scrape off all oil from inside stove top due to Dominicans cooking rice and beans at lunchtimes.
Fridge stopped working as run out of gas.(Why do fridges never run out of gas in uk???). Call fridge repair man. Will come same day.
Call Claro as have still not turned up. No record of call yesterday. The repair reference number they gave me does not exist. New number. Will be fixed in 2 working days.
Wednesday: Fridge still not fixed. Get stung by angry wasp. Visit suicidal expat whose dominican husband has rung off with younger and thinner woman.
Cat missing. Presumed barbecued by local Haitians.
Unable to clean termite poo out of computer as sealed unit.Order new keyboard from Dell.
Thursday: Fridge fixed. Still no internet nor phone.Call Claro. Will be fixed in 5 working days. Scream at Claro. Feel better. Cat still missing but faint smell of burnt fur in the air. Have meeting with bank at 4pm. They don't turn up.
Friday: Scream at Claro again. They turn up at 5pm hooray. Internet and phone fixed.
Discover money disappeared from bank account and only I know PIN.Bank refuse to refund.
Rescheduled bank meeting does not happen again.
Hooray!!! It's the weekend!!!
Matilda