Now we need a list from the handful of members that are Dominican of what annoys them about us gringos.
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Annoying Dominican Habits
Well, nobody in my wife's family would ever touch food with their hands. Not even ribs, pizza, or friend chicken.
Its so you can clean the top rim of the beer bottle, check sometimes really dirty!
Going back to the tying of fundas: the other thing that makes me insane is the way the poor supermarket baggers actually bag.
Darlinos: I worked in a grocery store summers when I was in college. I was the deli girl, but I got called upon to bag, whenever my help was needed.
What's with the thing where the baggers put ALL of the milk, ALL of the sugar, ALL of everything heavy in one bag?
I've started bringing my own bags, bc you know, I am so ecologically conscious. And I work with them and say, watch and learn. You balance the bags. They look at me like I have red hair. I pack the bags. I tip them anyway.
They watch. Do they learn?
Darlinos: I worked in a grocery store summers when I was in college. I was the deli girl, but I got called upon to bag, whenever my help was needed.
What's with the thing where the baggers put ALL of the milk, ALL of the sugar, ALL of everything heavy in one bag?
I've started bringing my own bags, bc you know, I am so ecologically conscious. And I work with them and say, watch and learn. You balance the bags. They look at me like I have red hair. I pack the bags. I tip them anyway.
They watch. Do they learn?
Ai de Meems, Lindsey: the dusting and never re-aligning. But then again, I would never, ever go crazy on my ama de llaves, bc what she does for what I pay her is so incredible. Her other thing is never managing to put the handheld shower back in its stationary position. My Dominican/Dutch friend scolds me all the time that I pay her too much. But for me, what I pay her and what she does for me and what her work would be in the US, I will nevah, evah kvetch!
Miesposa is working on this list😬😬😬…if I have the time I will post it .
The best way to untie the plastic bags is to take one side and wind it as super-tight as you can then push it into the knot. Works most of the time.
my sister visited from Canada last week. From what I understand there things are very stressed with the covid masking / no masking ,prices, politics, speaking your mind on things. government related issues. I have been away from Canada since covid and sense that it is a different place.
Yesterday I was making a right hand turn, signalled from a long way back, and a moto shot out of nowhere trying to pass on my right side before I turned.
He tottered a bit but didn’t fall off. He shook his head at me - but of course not due to relief that his idiocy didn’t result in him being hurt.
Because “no es mi culpa”, por supuesto, it was the gringas fault for following the traffic rules.
Usually I see them when they try to overtake like that but this time I didn’t because I was nearly stopped before making the turn. Normally in this situation they will pass on the left into the oncoming traffic, as one does.
This guy would have only fell off his bike because there was about 2ft between a rock wall and my car on the right, and he had to slow down once he got to my passenger side. Or if he drove into me as I made the turn.
Close call, very annoying.
He tottered a bit but didn’t fall off. He shook his head at me - but of course not due to relief that his idiocy didn’t result in him being hurt.
Because “no es mi culpa”, por supuesto, it was the gringas fault for following the traffic rules.
Usually I see them when they try to overtake like that but this time I didn’t because I was nearly stopped before making the turn. Normally in this situation they will pass on the left into the oncoming traffic, as one does.
This guy would have only fell off his bike because there was about 2ft between a rock wall and my car on the right, and he had to slow down once he got to my passenger side. Or if he drove into me as I made the turn.
Close call, very annoying.
When I catch them tying knots I have them remove the knots or re-bag.
Some of the bag folks act like they're in a contest to see who can twist and tie the bag handles in the most elaborate way.
They put 6 cartons of milk in one bag "BECAUSE" they fit.
My point egg-zack-lee.
Then again, I don't know why I make such a big deal-io about it, bc I don't carry the bags up my 3 flights.
I do always make the point that cold goes with cold. Which seems to be a revolutionary concept.
Eso es, I guess.
lack of education is the reason. sort of like monkey see monkey do. when you are taught this from a young age its hard to break the cycle
Why even bother with plastic bags. Just buy a few of bags they sell at checkout and bring them with you. I just hand the bag to the guy and he fills it up without the plastic. Easy to carry and easy to unload.................
They still oddly try to knot the handles.
I have them "pack" them, and then I walk myself over to the cart return and repack them so they're balanced. But since balancing a grocery bag is a common-sense kinda thing, I just assume it won't ever be done right.
Because I use them for trash bags in the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, garage, etc.
"Too expensive" to use the cloth ones for that purpose (lol).
BTW: La Sirena plastic bags deteriorate over a relative short time.
that's criminal ribs are meant to be eaten with your fingers aka finger licking good
Agree 100 percent, same with chicken wings.