Why Can't "Duminicans" Close ANYTHING ????

[Mr_DR]

Moral of the story-it's not the housekeeper's fault for being a thief; it's my fault for not locking everything up. I'm sure she was thinking what a pendejo these foreigners are for not securing their stuff wherever they go.

Don't say it is your fault. BS like this should not be happening at all, especially by someone that you are providing a job and trusted her to just do her work.

Many Dominicans are out of control and this would not be hapenning if we still had Trujillo.

I hear from the oldies that you could put money in your front yard and that money would still be there in the same spot the next day. To still somebody's underclothes is not just low but also plain nasty. I would've fired the lady right on the spot, you guys allowing this to happen and not doing anything about it is what empowers these people to continue doing it.

 

[IMF Brooklyn II]

Why can't Dominicans Close Anything?

Although I almost never post, it is after many years of experience with Dominicans (I am married to one) that while it may seem to others like it's complaining it is just from all these years of experience that we all know CC speaks the truth. It may seem harsh like pointing out that old people are forgetful or Jewish wives complain allot or the Irish drink to much or all Italians are mobsters. These are widely known common beliefs that are politically incorrect to talk about.

I have never know a group of people like Dominicans that they all have the same habits and traits. My worst complaint is how they handle trash. It is almost universal that all Dominicans would rather throw their trash in the street rather than use a trash container. In the city, at the beach, traveling down the highway, or setting in front of their own home all Dominicans use the street or any public setting as their Zafacon.

Dominicans are almost all universally late, if something breaks there is no Dominican that would ever admit they broke it. Dominicans never wait, if there is a one lane road, hallway, supermarket isle or bridge even if someone else started first the Dominicans will always procede and wonder why you're in their way when you meet in the middle.

Closing a door when entering or leaving an air conditions space is impossible for Dominicans. Opening every box of cereal (and not closing it) or multiple mayonaise or tomato paste or 4 or 5 single packs of crackers and leaving the rest is a national past time. Whenever there is any reclosable package like a ziper lock cheese container they must rip it or stab it with a knife. Bread and potato chips are picked up in the middle of the bag and crushed as a matter of Dominican solidarity.

Do you know one Dominican that does not run traffic lights at night or go the wrong way down a one way street?

From birth to the grave they all have the same unmistakable traits that they never outgrow nor does education ever change. Keys continue for their entire lifetime to be lost or forgotten, presents are bought on the night before Christmas, renewal of thier placas is on the last day, and if you ever loan them money you must get it from them because they will never bring it to you.

I know to the newbees or those that are politiacally correct this all seems like complaining but it is only that it is so obvious to those of us that have been here for a long time. I know from the experience from my own children they only touched a hot stove once and then they learned. Dominicans are another story.

I love the Dominican Republic and all the beautiful things that this paradise offers but I would be lying if I told you all these Dominicanisms don't wear on me after a while. IMF Brooklyn II

 

[bob saunders]

Don't say it is your fault. BS like this should not be happening at all, especially by someone that you are providing a job and trusted her to just do her work.

Many Dominicans are out of control and this would not be hapenning if we still had Trujillo.

I hear from the oldies that you could put money in your front yard and that money would still be there in the same spot the next day. To still somebody's underclothes is not just low but also plain nasty. I would've fired the lady right on the spot, you guys allowing this to happen and not doing anything about it is what empowers these people to continue doing it.

I can't personally vouch for the truth of this since I was never in the DR in the 196-70s but my mother-in-law says there were no bars on the windows and doors of houses and at night you held your door closed with a wooden peg. I believe it though as many of the old wood houses have no bars.

 

[santobonao]

crisscolon, verguenza te deberia dar tu siendo dominicano, andas burladote de ellos, coje cabeza okay pai

 

[Anastacio]

Not because it's not PC, or I don't know better.

I know to the newbees or those that are politiacally correct this all seems like complaining but it is only that it is so obvious to those of us that have been here for a long time. I know from the experience from my own children they only touched a hot stove once and then they learned. Dominicans are another story.

I love the Dominican Republic and all the beautiful things that this paradise offers but I would be lying if I told you all these Dominicanisms don't wear on me after a while. IMF Brooklyn II

I think people are just thinking of any old sh1te that has happened or is not irregular and having a good old bitch. This has gone from strange and weird last night, confusing and odd, to today where it gained a little clarity, to this evening where it has taken on a whole new level of bullsh1t as the joke has been aired and done to death, now it it just painful winging about anything that really shouldn't bother people if they have any control over their lives. Maybe I'm surrounded by rare natives who do understand once educated, don't continue to willingly disrespect, and no I'm no newbie, I am to the board but I've been in the country a while and know much of this claptrap to not be Dominican specific. I've never capped the toothpaste, always leave cabinet doors open, drive through red lights at night, rarely recycle my trash that I throw outside of my home fir the binmen, knowing that through the night the digs will have dragged it down the street, I leave opened salsa boxes in the fridge rather than use a full one when not needed and am guilty if often not screwing the top back on a fizzy drink. None of this is down to me being Dominican, I'm English.
Anyway, the humour is now dry I thinks.

 

[bob saunders]

I think people are just thinking of any old sh1te that has happened or is not irregular and having a good old bitch. This has gone from strange and weird last night, confusing and odd, to today where it gained a little clarity, to this evening where it has taken on a whole new level of bullsh1t as the joke has been aired and done to death, now it it just painful winging about anything that really shouldn't bother people if they have any control over their lives. Maybe I'm surrounded by rare natives who do understand once educated, don't continue to willingly disrespect, and no I'm no newbie, I am to the board but I've been in the country a while and know much of this claptrap to not be Dominican specific. I've never capped the toothpaste, always leave cabinet doors open, drive through red lights at night, rarely recycle my trash that I throw outside of my home fir the binmen, knowing that through the night the digs will have dragged it down the street, I leave opened salsa boxes in the fridge rather than use a full one when not needed and am guilty if often not screwing the top back on a fizzy drink. None of this is down to me being Dominican, I'm English.
Anyway, the humour is now dry I thinks.

My observation about Brits is they moan a lot, fart a lot, and scratch their nuts in public. You must be having a bad day.

 

[Elelyon1957]

"Duminicans" Close ANYTHING

omg i m dominican but i sure hate loud duminicans and that they don't give you your private breathing space they must get too close anywhere you stand and talk over u reach over u/// n the driving is off the wall driving on the wrong side of the road and get mad at u if u don't get out of their way what is up with that//or lets talk about house workers that steal or wear ur panties how grouse is that

 

[RacerX]

I think people are just thinking of any old sh1te that has happened or is not irregular and having a good old bitch. This has gone from strange and weird last night, confusing and odd, to today where it gained a little clarity, to this evening where it has taken on a whole new level of bullsh1t as the joke has been aired and done to death, now it it just painful winging about anything that really shouldn't bother people if they have any control over their lives. Maybe I'm surrounded by rare natives who do understand once educated, don't continue to willingly disrespect, and no I'm no newbie, I am to the board but I've been in the country a while and know much of this claptrap to not be Dominican specific. I've never capped the toothpaste, always leave cabinet doors open, drive through red lights at night, rarely recycle my trash that I throw outside of my home fir the binmen, knowing that through the night the digs will have dragged it down the street, I leave opened salsa boxes in the fridge rather than use a full one when not needed and am guilty if often not screwing the top back on a fizzy drink. None of this is down to me being Dominican, I'm English.
Anyway, the humour is now dry I thinks.

Maybe man, but do you have soap in your house? Just think about it, man. You re in the bano and then go into the kitchen to make dinner like nothing happened. Aint nobody stopping you from relieving yourself, but where the F is the soap man? And then every one is happy to eat Altagracia Milagros's cooking? Why? She has been home all day. You mean to tell me ALL DAY she hasnt gone to the bathroom ONCE???? Bulllshht man! Who gets a plasma TV and cant afford a bar of soap?

 

[all is lost]

Why can't

I think people are just thinking of any old sh1te that has happened or is not irregular and having a good old bitch. This has gone from strange and weird last night, confusing and odd, to today where it gained a little clarity, to this evening where it has taken on a whole new level of bullsh1t as the joke has been aired and done to death, now it it just painful winging about anything that really shouldn't bother people if they have any control over their lives. Maybe I'm surrounded by rare natives who do understand once educated, don't continue to willingly disrespect, and no I'm no newbie, I am to the board but I've been in the country a while and know much of this claptrap to not be Dominican specific. I've never capped the toothpaste, always leave cabinet doors open, drive through red lights at night, rarely recycle my trash that I throw outside of my home fir the binmen, knowing that through the night the digs will have dragged it down the street, I leave opened salsa boxes in the fridge rather than use a full one when not needed and am guilty if often not screwing the top back on a fizzy drink. None of this is down to me being Dominican, I'm English.
Anyway, the humour is now dry I thinks.

As professor Dolittle would ask...WHY CAN'T THE DOMINICANS BE ENGLISH.
MG I THINK THEY ARE.

 

[cobraboy]

Do you know one Dominican that does not run traffic lights at night or go the wrong way down a one way street?

My wife. She'll sit in a deserted graveyard at night until the light changes to green. And look both ways.

 

[Anastacio]

Maybe man, but do you have soap in your house? Just think about it, man. You re in the bano and then go into the kitchen to make dinner like nothing happened. Aint nobody stopping you from relieving yourself, but where the F is the soap man? And then every one is happy to eat Altagracia Milagros's cooking? Why? She has been home all day. You mean to tell me ALL DAY she hasnt gone to the bathroom ONCE???? Bulllshht man! Who gets a plasma TV and cant afford a bar of soap?

That is a bit off, some people are just filthy bastards, I wouldn't be eating the food in a sober state. Mind, saying that I eat at street stands and Im addicted to the pork scratching mans servings and that pigskin gets dragged all around town. Ah well, life.......

 

[Berzin]

Don't say it is your fault. BS like this should not be happening at all, especially by someone that you are providing a job and trusted her to just do her work.

To steal somebody's underclothes is not just low but also plain nasty. I would've fired the lady right on the spot, you guys allowing this to happen and not doing anything about it is what empowers these people to continue doing it.

I called my friend, who is the maid's boss, about this. At first she said absolutely not, that her maid isn't a thief. Then she said if any of my clothing was stolen, it was stolen somewhere else by someone else, maybe at the airport.

I did all I could, but the reason I pointed this out is for people to understand the mindset, which is "it's not my fault you left your stuff unattended", which is how people like this think. Once you understand this as a visitor/expat, it will serve as a lesson not to let your guard down.

 

[Eddy]

Maybe man, but do you have soap in your house? Just think about it, man. You re in the bano and then go into the kitchen to make dinner like nothing happened. Aint nobody stopping you from relieving yourself, but where the F is the soap man? And then every one is happy to eat Altagracia Milagros's cooking? Why? She has been home all day. You mean to tell me ALL DAY she hasnt gone to the bathroom ONCE???? Bulllshht man! Who gets a plasma TV and cant afford a bar of soap?

What good would a bar of soap be? There probably wasn't any water anyway.

 

[Celt202]

I've seen many cases of people careless with dogs.

Someone in the family or a housemaid leaves a door open and the dog gets out and is killed by a car or dognapped.

 

[Anastacio]

I've seen many cases of people careless with dogs.

Someone in the family or a housemaid leaves a door open and the dog gets out and is killed by a car or dognapped.

Thats not native specific either, or just down to gates open. I had 2 British Bulldogs when I lived on the Northcoast. Returned home one night, door had been kicked in and both dogs stolen. Left the Computer, Tv, dvd, H-fi,etc even about 5mil in the ashtray, nice jewelery. Real dog napping to order.
I did find out who it was and got them back a week later.

 

[Criss Colon]

Just Two More "OBSERVATIONS" and I'll STOP!

FIRST:ALL Dominicans behave to similar situations,events,in exactly the same way! This is due to the fact that the DR is on a island. When the Spanish arrived it was populated by tribes of "Native Americans"???? Anyway,my point is that with little outside contact,and only one example to follow,they all learned to react equally to equal situations.That went on for about 500 years.Even Dominicans can learn something after 500 years.
The Spanish forced them to live under the "Patron" system. You must work,and do everything I tell you to do,and I will give you a "Roof" to live under,and some food to eat. Hence the,feeling that they should be "Taken Care Of",by someone,or thing! They had no need for "Personal Responsibility".They just went on through life living one day the same as the next. Sound familiar??
Fast Forward to present day.
Dominicans are never taught to be responsible for their actions,personal,or collective.Some say it is even reflected in their language.
In ENGLISH we say,"I dropped the glass". I Spanish you say,"The glass,it fell"! Usually followed here by,"Y no fui yo!!!"
I could go on & on,but on DR1,One is either,"Preaching to the choir",or laying "Pearls before swine!" Each can decide for yourself which group you choose to be associated with,to end a sentence with a preposition!!!
Second,the DR is a tropical island.Nowhere in the entire WORLD can you show me a country in a tropical climate zone that is in the "First World.You know,C-i-v-i-l-i-z-e-d.Try,you can't! And if you say,"Well just look at,"soandso" I will ask,where did the people who "Colonized" that country when it was populated only by an indigenous population,who had spent thousands of years doing nothing but reproducing,come from?????
England,France,Germany,Denmark,you know places where,if you didn't work hard,plan ahead,build shelters,farm your a$$ off all "summer",you starved,or froze to death in the winter!

Oh,sorry,but here is #3.
Dominican kids don't "Play-With-Toys"!!
Blocks,lincoln logs,leggos,model cars and airplanes,"Mind" games.Dominican parents don't get "down on the floor" and build
Castles" with their kids,make "racetracks'play "super Hero",INVENT!!!
Make up "Stories",read books to their kids.They have a "Hands Off" policy when it comes to improving their kids "MINDS",and a "Hands On" Policy when It Comes To Punishment.
There you have it!
Tropical Climate
"Patron" system
No RESPONSIBILITY
The Trilogy that can be said is the root cause of every "problem" in the DR.
"Nuf Said"!
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[avi8or57]

Perhaps if you take the time out to explain things to them they would understand. Most of these people are uneducated about certain things, especially etiquette, yet they are eager to learn and please! Sit, share and educate!

 

[cobraboy]

FIRST:ALL Dominicans behave to similar situations,events,in exactly the same way! This is due to the fact that the DR is on a island. When the Spanish arrived it was populated by tribes of "Native Americans"???? Anyway,my point is that with little outside contact,and only one example to follow,they all learned to react equally to equal situations.That went on for about 500 years.Even Dominicans can learn something after 500 years.
The Spanish forced them to live under the "Patron" system. You must work,and do everything I tell you to do,and I will give you a "Roof" to live under,and some food to eat. Hence the,feeling that they should be "Taken Care Of",by someone,or thing! They had no need for "Personal Responsibility".They just went on through life living one day the same as the next. Sound familiar??
Fast Forward to present day.
Dominicans are never taught to be responsible for their actions,personal,or collective.Some say it is even reflected in their language.
In ENGLISH we say,"I dropped the glass". I Spanish you say,"The glass,it fell"! Usually followed here by,"Y no fui yo!!!"
I could go on & on,but on DR1,One is either,"Preaching to the choir",or laying "Pearls before swine!" Each can decide for yourself which group you choose to be associated with,to end a sentence with a preposition!!!
Second,the DR is a tropical island.Nowhere in the entire WORLD can you show me a country in a tropical climate zone that is in the "First World.You know,C-i-v-i-l-i-z-e-d.Try,you can't! And if you say,"Well just look at,"soandso" I will ask,where did the people who "Colonized" that country when it was populated only by an indigenous population,who had spent thousands of years doing nothing but reproducing,come from?????
England,France,Germany,Denmark,you know places where,if you didn't work hard,plan ahead,build shelters,farm your a$$ off all "summer",you starved,or froze to death in the winter!

Oh,sorry,but here is #3.
Dominican kids don't "Play-With-Toys"!!
Blocks,lincoln logs,leggos,model cars and airplanes,"Mind" games.Dominican parents don't get "down on the floor" and build
Castles" with their kids,make "racetracks'play "super Hero",INVENT!!!
Make up "Stories",read books to their kids.They have a "Hands Off" policy when it comes to improving their kids "MINDS",and a "Hands On" Policy when It Comes To Punishment.
There you have it!
Tropical Climate
"Patron" system
No RESPONSIBILITY
The Trilogy that can be said is the root cause of every "problem" in the DR.
"Nuf Said"!
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Well done, CC, a LOT of wise observations there.

 

[bob saunders]

What good would a bar of soap be? There probably wasn't any water anyway.

Man, you guys hang around with different Dominicans than me. Almost every house I 've been in Jarabacoa has a working toilet with a seat, water and soap to wash your hands...etc. I've used outhouses in the Campo and peed outside at a couple of unsantitary places but that's about it.

 

[cobraboy]

Man, you guys hang around with different Dominicans than me. Almost every house I 've been in Jarabacoa has a working toilet with a seat, water and soap to wash your hands...etc.

In fact, soap everywhere. Dominicans I know are obsessive about personal hygeine, moreso than even my compatriots.