Comments on: Good Old Spanish Customer Service…

By: Amapola

Amapola — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:21:22 +0000

I am from Spain and I have been in 4 continents and practicly have rubbed shoulders socially with people of all races, countries, educational and economical backgrounds. At the end of the day In my experience there is nothing to compare to Italy and Spain at any level. In other words I would rather eat lentil soup with a nice morcilla in Spain or a calzone in Itally no matter what I had to put up with or not than duck a l’ Orange anywhere else. Spain and Italy should be considered heaven on earth and any of you that have the priviledge to live there. NEVER EVER LEAVE!

By: Mrmark

Mrmark — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:07:06 +0000

Parubin wrote “But well, in some forums I have learned that Spain is the most innefficient country in Europe (wait, no, it isn’t even Europe as Africa begins in the Pyrenees), with a GDP per capita at the level of the Czech Rep., Malta and Estonia, with a housing crisis booming because Brits stopped buying real estate, with agricultural products aimed solely to British supermarkets, with terrible weather, with a complete disregard towards the common norms of civilization, with unseen level of generalized corruption and inneficiency, whose growth is only due to British taxpayers and Euro funding, and what not.
Thank God I read so many forums and never read a book in my life.”

You are so right Parubin. The Brits (and I’m one) are so arrogant that they can’t accept that other countries have done well by their own devices. When Ireland overhauled the UK in terms of gdp per capita, all you heard from Brits was “it’s only because they had subsidies from the EU”. Tell Brits that the Madrid metro system was able to build 78 new stations in 3v years (or whatever the figure was) and you’ll get the same response. I wonder what the explanation will be for the extensive fast train network. Will the Brits dare to actually praise the Spanish (who showed there was a investment case and managed to arrange finance and the consequent building)? No, it’ll be “look at the Barcelona delay” etc.

By: SergiMan

SergiMan — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:28:15 +0000

Faemino estamos en la misma frecuencia – ¡otra vez a vueltas con la dichosa siesta!
I live in Catalonia and know only one guy who positively enjoys his daily siesta.
And please do not tell me that we Catalans are hardworking people!! (Otro topicazo…)

By: Jonk

Jonk — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:49:35 +0000

Jambro, Parubin was being funny.

By: Jambro

Jambro — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:17:09 +0000

Parubin, you must really hate Spain. I wonder why you even waste your time reading this forum.

By: cindy

cindy — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:21:22 +0000

i have heard of the spoon nap thing also. i didnt realise it was churchill.
when i may have a lunch in my home, usually involving the whole family of my husband; some head to the couches and fall asleep in about 30 seconds. waking in about 30 min. totally ready to go. sort of weird for me to have all my guests sleeping in my living room, but my husband thinks it normal.

what i dont understand about customer service here is why do the store owners act like they are doing me a favor to help me? dont they want a sale? do they think they are the only store i can go to? we have a store here that when we have ordered appliances from they never call to say if or when we will ever get it. one time it took a month to get something. the owner first said 3 days, then he never called to let us know of the delays.
we have now waited for a year for them to finish our new kitchen cabinets. one door ! that is all they need to be finished. dont they want their money?

i just dont understand this concept of Â¨businessÂ¨ !!!

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:33:31 +0000

Apparently Churchill used to fall asleep with a teaspoon in his hand, sitting in a chair. When he reached real sleep, his muscles would relax and the spoon would clatter to the floor, waking him up, fully recharged for some more work.

By: Pepino

Pepino — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:23:51 +0000

Drifting off to sleep is so muh easier during the day than at night, I find. I can sit on a park bench after lunch for a bit of air, and in no time at all I have that sudden head wobble where your chin hits your chest and then immediately bounces back again, leaving passers-by giggling

Mind you, I often find just closing my eyes and hovering around in that “twilight zone” between sleep and consciousness for a few minutes is enough to recharge my batteries for the afternoon.

By: Parubin

Parubin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:09:45 +0000

Spain’s GDP per capita is 105% of the average of EU27, for God’s Sake not 78% according to the latest official publications by Eurostat.
Italy is 103%, France is 111%, Germany is 114% and the UK is 118%.

But well, in some forums I have learned that Spain is the most innefficient country in Europe (wait, no, it isn’t even Europe as Africa begins in the Pyrenees), with a GDP per capita at the level of the Czech Rep., Malta and Estonia, with a housing crisis booming because Brits stopped buying real estate, with agricultural products aimed solely to British supermarkets, with terrible weather, with a complete disregard towards the common norms of civilization, with unseen level of generalized corruption and inneficiency, whose growth is only due to British taxpayers and Euro funding, and what not.
Thank God I read so many forums and never read a book in my life.

By: Jonk

Jonk — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:30:58 +0000

PS. You know when you’re accustomed when you start having dreams the instant you close your eyes.