Annoying Dominican Habits

[SantiagoDR]

Well, nobody in my wife's family would ever touch food with their hands. Not even ribs, pizza, or friend chicken.

What about un-friendly chicken?

 

[chico bill]

Agree 100 percent, same with chicken wings.

Well you must mix with a whole different class of Dominicans that I see because everyone uses their fingers to eat wings and even rice.
I don't mind that so much - but eating the chicken bones - disgusting, those are supposed to go to the dogs

 

[SantiagoDR]

Well you must mix with a whole different class of Dominicans that I see because everyone uses their fingers to eat wings and even rice.
I don't mind that so much - but eating the chicken bones - disgusting, those are supposed to go to the dogs

Cooked chicken bones can break and splinter, which can cause your dog to choke and can also puncture the gastrointestinal tract, or get caught in his throat. This is extremely painful to your dog and can potentially lead to death.

 

[chico bill]

Cooked chicken bones can break and splinter, which can cause your dog to choke and can also puncture the gastrointestinal tract, or get caught in his throat. This is extremely painful to your dog and can potentially lead to death.

Yes - but every street dog in DR survives on them for years

 

[flyinroom]

Its so you can clean the top rim of the beer bottle, check sometimes really dirty!

That plus...
it comes in very handy in combatting the condensation on the outside of a very, very cold Presidente in very, very hot weather.

 

[flyinroom]

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.

Hey...
Great minds really do (sometimes) think alike.
I use that same technique.

 

[aarhus]

Agree 100 percent, same with chicken wings.

Those Americans. Haha

 

[Tom0910]

how about this..placing an add to sell something and not listing a price. You must pm them for a price. Some gringos are also guilty of this.

Good one,that burns my azzz too.

 

[DRforme]

You sure have covered a lot of them yes the bag knots are probably the biggest PIA but being married to a Dominican woman you just sort of accept things the way they are. As I’m sure there are things that I do that she finds annoying but stays quiet.

 

[DR fan1990]

Adding ice cubes in restaurant/bar drinks without even asking... I immediately tell them to remove them. Smh.
I'm not trying to catch dysentery down here.

 

[RDKNIGHT]

Yes - but every street dog in DR survives on them for years

Calling Doctor Bill

 

[chico bill]

How about when the light changes green and the Big truck 20 cars back immediately begins laying on his horn.
Or it changes red and 6 cars think it's OK to continue going because they"were so close"

 

[aarhus]

How about when the light changes green and the Big truck 20 cars back immediately begins laying on his horn.
Or it changes red and 6 cars think it's OK to continue going because they"were so close"

I am afraid I have been doing the later a couple of times here in Denmark. Bad habit from the DR where you sometimes have to go with the flow. Here it’s referred to as taxi green.

 

[JD Jones]

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.................

I've done that for years. You'd be amazed at how many baggers put stuff in the plastic bags first then into the carry bags.

I always hand them the bag before checkout begins, and make sure they understand why I use them. Even so, I have to explain to them how to balance them.

 

[kenshireen]

i bought a good can opener from amazon. After a while they preferred it.

manual or electric

 

[bob saunders]

How about when the light changes green and the Big truck 20 cars back immediately begins laying on his horn.
Or it changes red and 6 cars think it's OK to continue going because they"were so close"

yep, driving here keeps you on your brake pedal.

 

[Lucifer]

11. Tightly double knotting the plastic bags in the supermarket so only a super patient person with nimble fingers would take the time to untie them

I call it el nudo dominicano... the Dominican knot.
Why do they have to make it so tight?

 

[DR fan1990]

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.

100% agreed. Escaping to DR from CHINADA has been a breath air of for my mental state. Too much censorship and PC bull and covid paranoia.. and big government that wants to tell you how to live your life and what to think.

I would only go back if I have a serious medical issue that requires treatment.

 

[reilleyp]

Adding ice cubes in restaurant/bar drinks without even asking... I immediately tell them to remove them. Smh.
I'm not trying to catch dysentery down here.

We all got sick about two months ago and I suspected it was the ice cubes. Ever since then, I have been boiling my ice cubes before using them.

 

[NanSanPedro]

We all got sick about two months ago and I suspected it was the ice cubes. Ever since then, I have been boiling my ice cubes before using them.

I would do that too but it takes so darn long.