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What's your frustration?
My frustration is that I am not allowed to stay frustrated in the DR for as long as I could/would in the UK. There I could 'bitch & moan' all day long, get a group of empathisers/sympathisers, fellow bitchers & moaners to a meeting & draw up plans to moan & bitch to someone important. Here in the DR no-one gives a damn about me moaning & bitching .................. I am expected to get over it & 'Get On With My Life'!!
Any 'irritation' or 'inconvenience' I feel aggrieved about lasts for just 2 minutes. The 'alternative work-around' takes a further 2 minutes to be determined (OK - sometimes a little longer than 2 minutes but never more than an hour) & then within FIVE minutes I am back to full working order getting done what NEEDS to be done.
WHO NEEDS FRUSTRATION ANYWAY? Life in the DR is for 'getting on with' so find the work-around that is readily available (if you are positive & LOOK for it!!), take the appropriate action & then get out & enjoy the beer/sun/views etc. ~ Grahame.
Any 'irritation' or 'inconvenience' I feel aggrieved about lasts for just 2 minutes. The 'alternative work-around' takes a further 2 minutes to be determined (OK - sometimes a little longer than 2 minutes but never more than an hour) & then within FIVE minutes I am back to full working order getting done what NEEDS to be done.
WHO NEEDS FRUSTRATION ANYWAY? Life in the DR is for 'getting on with' so find the work-around that is readily available (if you are positive & LOOK for it!!), take the appropriate action & then get out & enjoy the beer/sun/views etc. ~ Grahame.
The amazing amount of guns and when people don't give a straight answer, responding..."eso depende"...Argh!!!!
Too frustrating for me, I turned the job down!I have been offered the job as God..........
"Not my fault" mentality, get rid of that and many other frustrations go away.
SantiagoDR
Edenorthe
Last month they sent men up to check the meter on three different occasions to check one condo unit because it showed no kw's. No one in unit so no electricity used. Suspected some one was stealing power.
This month meter reader miss read a meter and put down 4300 in stead of correct 430 and I got a bill for over 40,000 pesos. Did they send anyone over to check to see if there was a mistake. No No No. Totally incompetent and it's no wonder the power is in such a mess.
Last month they sent men up to check the meter on three different occasions to check one condo unit because it showed no kw's. No one in unit so no electricity used. Suspected some one was stealing power.
This month meter reader miss read a meter and put down 4300 in stead of correct 430 and I got a bill for over 40,000 pesos. Did they send anyone over to check to see if there was a mistake. No No No. Totally incompetent and it's no wonder the power is in such a mess.
Although I don't live in the DR I visit frequently so I'd like to add a few things:
1. the way people drive
2. blackouts
3. how everything is "dollarized"
4. street beggers
5. slow internet speed
And yes, they are in order of importance to me
1. the way people drive
2. blackouts
3. how everything is "dollarized"
4. street beggers
5. slow internet speed
And yes, they are in order of importance to me
1. Electrical problems
2. How most Dominicans drive as though they have a vital appointment to make when really it's a game of Dominoes
2. How most Dominicans drive as though they have a vital appointment to make when really it's a game of Dominoes
I disagree.Horns and Dominicans just don?t mix!
I think there is a genetic connection between Dominicans and horns!
