What is it with the short changing in Playero these days? The bill is 567 and I get back 430 from a 1,000 and they just act like it's normal.....
Back home, I would never get short changed so obviously. I know that I am not being victimised as it happens to the person in front of me as well.
One day I tried to argue the point and 'Mi Novia' (Dominican) was with me and she nearly died of embarrasement as she thought it looked 'cheap'.
Are Gringo's too embarassed to make a scene at the counter and Dominican's too proud to argue the point? I know it's only a couple of pesos, but they are doing this to every customer. 500 customers a day...soon adds up over the year. They gain a large amount and why... pride and embarrasement and they seem to play on it. If Playero had a company handbook, I would not be suprised to find it in there.
These days I am not even getting the Halls sweets (however if another counter clerk offers my a menthol halls, I will put it where the sun doesn't shine irate:, I can cope with the orange).
And...
I know that labour is cheap in the Dom Rep. I have been trying to calculate how much they save verses employing additional labour to make sure that 1 out of 3 or 4 onions in a bag is bad. I have never had a complete good bag of onions in 6 years now. Same goes with the ginger and don't even get me started on the okra.
I might have to start weekly food trips to Santiago. I remember the quality of the fresh product was 100% better than Playero. Real yellow bananas and green cilantro, just like you would find in Tesco's or Sainsbury's!
Back home, I would never get short changed so obviously. I know that I am not being victimised as it happens to the person in front of me as well.
One day I tried to argue the point and 'Mi Novia' (Dominican) was with me and she nearly died of embarrasement as she thought it looked 'cheap'.
Are Gringo's too embarassed to make a scene at the counter and Dominican's too proud to argue the point? I know it's only a couple of pesos, but they are doing this to every customer. 500 customers a day...soon adds up over the year. They gain a large amount and why... pride and embarrasement and they seem to play on it. If Playero had a company handbook, I would not be suprised to find it in there.
These days I am not even getting the Halls sweets (however if another counter clerk offers my a menthol halls, I will put it where the sun doesn't shine irate:, I can cope with the orange).
And...
I know that labour is cheap in the Dom Rep. I have been trying to calculate how much they save verses employing additional labour to make sure that 1 out of 3 or 4 onions in a bag is bad. I have never had a complete good bag of onions in 6 years now. Same goes with the ginger and don't even get me started on the okra.
I might have to start weekly food trips to Santiago. I remember the quality of the fresh product was 100% better than Playero. Real yellow bananas and green cilantro, just like you would find in Tesco's or Sainsbury's!
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