I live currently in Holland, preparing to go back to Santo Domingo soon. Here in Holland more and more dutch natives are complaining about immigrants (mostly muslims) who dislike the dutch culture, dutch habits and dutch way of thinking and doing things, but instead of staying in their own country / culture they insist in living in Holland, trying to impose their way of thinking and living to 'us' natives or make the life of natives around them miserable.
In a certain way i see more and more of this attitude on this forum. I haven't been on this portal too often in the past years, since being back in Europe, but as a preparation to go back I am reading often again and posting questions now and then. However, I see more and more posts ranting about dominicans, dominican habits and the dominican culture. One thing I think I learned while living in the Dominican Republic is that I am the guest. I tried to realize I am not in MY country, but I am an immigrant. I tried not to make the same error the immigrants in Holland make (in my opinion). Things go differently in the Dominican Republic than they go back home, including for example the way some Dominicans try to get as much out of a potential customer (on the short term) as possible. That's their way of doing business and who I am to criticize it, if I don't like it I am free to go back to my country and live according to the standards I am used to.
During the years I lived in Santo Domingo I had my part of people taking advantage of me, trying to steal from me, and sometimes it worked for them, mostly due to my own ignorance. Do I like it? No, but the one who chose to live here was me, so I guess it would be my responsibility to play according to the rules instead of criticizing or ranting.
Just my opinion,
gr. Mauricio
In a certain way i see more and more of this attitude on this forum. I haven't been on this portal too often in the past years, since being back in Europe, but as a preparation to go back I am reading often again and posting questions now and then. However, I see more and more posts ranting about dominicans, dominican habits and the dominican culture. One thing I think I learned while living in the Dominican Republic is that I am the guest. I tried to realize I am not in MY country, but I am an immigrant. I tried not to make the same error the immigrants in Holland make (in my opinion). Things go differently in the Dominican Republic than they go back home, including for example the way some Dominicans try to get as much out of a potential customer (on the short term) as possible. That's their way of doing business and who I am to criticize it, if I don't like it I am free to go back to my country and live according to the standards I am used to.
During the years I lived in Santo Domingo I had my part of people taking advantage of me, trying to steal from me, and sometimes it worked for them, mostly due to my own ignorance. Do I like it? No, but the one who chose to live here was me, so I guess it would be my responsibility to play according to the rules instead of criticizing or ranting.
Just my opinion,
gr. Mauricio