Subject: Buying at Playero on highway in Sosua.
Went to buy efficiency bulbs yesterday.
When the cashier got the total of 1,600 pesos and change, she asked me for a 20, I believe, but I had no change.
She grabbed at a large pack of gum, at which point I told her no, that I wanted the change, that I was buying on behalf of some others who had chipped in to help out some poor folks (which was true) and that I needed exact change for our accounting. (also true)
She gave me a dirty look and kept on asking.
It took 3 repeats to convince her that no change was forthcoming out of my pocket and that I was not accepting the gum.
Finally, she called over one of the bosses and explained to him that I insisted on having my change, at which point he started to make change for a 100 pesos, while responding to her, "Well they had better get used to it", in Spanish of course and in reference that we (shoppers) had better get used to accepting gum as change. (clearly, he did not realize that I understood Spanish)
So I strolled out the door where my buddy was reading the bulletin board and was telling him what the dude had just said, when he asked me if they had finished testing the bulbs.
I went back in and the kid was just packing them all up in a plastic bag.
Once outside, I started feeling suspicious and decided to look in the bag and do a count.
In lieu of the 9 bulbs I had paid for, there were only 8.
As I turned around (the exit door was closed) I saw the kid watching me and reach down below the counter, pulling out the one 193 pesos Toshiba bulb, to give to me.
Anyone who thinks that it was just an accident, is dreaming.
He was stealing the bulb for himself, otherwise, he would not have been watching me and already reaching below the counter for it, before I even had a chance to tell him that I was missing one.
This is what we are dealing with at Playero these days, so buyer beware.
They will get you, if given the chance.
Went to buy efficiency bulbs yesterday.
When the cashier got the total of 1,600 pesos and change, she asked me for a 20, I believe, but I had no change.
She grabbed at a large pack of gum, at which point I told her no, that I wanted the change, that I was buying on behalf of some others who had chipped in to help out some poor folks (which was true) and that I needed exact change for our accounting. (also true)
She gave me a dirty look and kept on asking.
It took 3 repeats to convince her that no change was forthcoming out of my pocket and that I was not accepting the gum.
Finally, she called over one of the bosses and explained to him that I insisted on having my change, at which point he started to make change for a 100 pesos, while responding to her, "Well they had better get used to it", in Spanish of course and in reference that we (shoppers) had better get used to accepting gum as change. (clearly, he did not realize that I understood Spanish)
So I strolled out the door where my buddy was reading the bulletin board and was telling him what the dude had just said, when he asked me if they had finished testing the bulbs.
I went back in and the kid was just packing them all up in a plastic bag.
Once outside, I started feeling suspicious and decided to look in the bag and do a count.
In lieu of the 9 bulbs I had paid for, there were only 8.
As I turned around (the exit door was closed) I saw the kid watching me and reach down below the counter, pulling out the one 193 pesos Toshiba bulb, to give to me.
Anyone who thinks that it was just an accident, is dreaming.
He was stealing the bulb for himself, otherwise, he would not have been watching me and already reaching below the counter for it, before I even had a chance to tell him that I was missing one.
This is what we are dealing with at Playero these days, so buyer beware.
They will get you, if given the chance.