This arrived in my email box today
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My diatribe today is on the concept of the All-Inclusive. Nothing can create greater ire with small entrepreneurs here in the Dominican Republic than this activity. The All-Inclusive is loved (?) by travelers, hated by residents, particularly, small business owners. Basically, the concept of the All-Inclusive is that everything is included in one price: drinks, food, entertainment, etc. There is a place here in Puerto Plata known as Playa Dorada. I go there often. I may go there tonight to see the movie Chicago. It is a megalopolis of stores, banks, theaters, hotels, etc. There is NOTHING they do not have. If you want to go boating, no problem, golfing, shopping, gambling (several different casinos), free Internet, dancing, and much more. The food is excellent, and you can eat all you want of it, 20 free lobsters, sounds good to me. Any drink you can name, they will make, and it costs you nothing extra. (A grasshopper goes into a Playa Dorado bar. The bartender says, "You know, we got a drink here named for you." And the grasshopper says, "You got a drink named Bob.") You paid one price for this, and it was reasonable. They even have top-notch shows which some people say are as good as the ones in Las Vegas. However, there is one thing they do not like at Playa Dorada and that is when you say you are going outside. "Outside," they say, "where?" To town. "What town? You could get robbed there." I want to go to the bank. "Bank? We have every bank. You want a Japanese bank, Canadian, German, American, what?" Well, maybe try some different food. "There is no different food. We have every food, Armenian, Turkish, Chinese?" Well, to be real honest, I thought I might look for a woman there? "Woman, we have every woman. What do you want? How tall? What color the eyes?"
BOARD MEETING AT PLAYA DORADA
"A gringo went to town today."
"Why?"
"Who knows?"
"Loco Americano?"
"But, we must be doing something wrong here. Next time he goes out I want him followed. See where he goes. See what he is looking for? Whatever it is, buy it. Get 10."
"Right, chief."
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My diatribe today is on the concept of the All-Inclusive. Nothing can create greater ire with small entrepreneurs here in the Dominican Republic than this activity. The All-Inclusive is loved (?) by travelers, hated by residents, particularly, small business owners. Basically, the concept of the All-Inclusive is that everything is included in one price: drinks, food, entertainment, etc. There is a place here in Puerto Plata known as Playa Dorada. I go there often. I may go there tonight to see the movie Chicago. It is a megalopolis of stores, banks, theaters, hotels, etc. There is NOTHING they do not have. If you want to go boating, no problem, golfing, shopping, gambling (several different casinos), free Internet, dancing, and much more. The food is excellent, and you can eat all you want of it, 20 free lobsters, sounds good to me. Any drink you can name, they will make, and it costs you nothing extra. (A grasshopper goes into a Playa Dorado bar. The bartender says, "You know, we got a drink here named for you." And the grasshopper says, "You got a drink named Bob.") You paid one price for this, and it was reasonable. They even have top-notch shows which some people say are as good as the ones in Las Vegas. However, there is one thing they do not like at Playa Dorada and that is when you say you are going outside. "Outside," they say, "where?" To town. "What town? You could get robbed there." I want to go to the bank. "Bank? We have every bank. You want a Japanese bank, Canadian, German, American, what?" Well, maybe try some different food. "There is no different food. We have every food, Armenian, Turkish, Chinese?" Well, to be real honest, I thought I might look for a woman there? "Woman, we have every woman. What do you want? How tall? What color the eyes?"
BOARD MEETING AT PLAYA DORADA
"A gringo went to town today."
"Why?"
"Who knows?"
"Loco Americano?"
"But, we must be doing something wrong here. Next time he goes out I want him followed. See where he goes. See what he is looking for? Whatever it is, buy it. Get 10."
"Right, chief."