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Post by rijekafan on Sept 1, 2007 14:01:36 GMT 1
I suck up to my neighbours extreme to the max. Flowers, chocolates, kind words, anything I can. In Mali Losinj I have two crazy women neighbours. All communal places seem to have at least one loony old woman, often with an equally loony pet. On such neighbour in Losinj is getting flowers, chocolates, someone to listen to her endless problems and some treats for her deranged mutt. I let another neigbour grab a little of my Okucnice so she could build some stairs. Its all paying off as everyone likes me and I have not had to bribe anyone to get my place in the land book. They are also letting me use their water and electricity for my renos. Its much harder to suck up to the men. What do you give them? .,.,.,.,.,.,.o is one idea but that may put the ladies off side. Luckily for me the men do what their wives tell them regarding the house so I have been ok so far.
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Post by rijekafan on Sept 1, 2007 14:06:22 GMT 1
Regarding the Germans, compared to the Italians they are a breath of fresh air. Thank god Ferragusta is over, the Italians were driving everyone crazy with their arrogant and demanding ways. A good Italian is a wonderful thing but on Losinj they are very thin on the ground. I am part Italian and when they act up it really pushes my buttons. There have been lots of French tourists this year and they have a terrific reputation for politeness and tipping.
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Post by pocketvenus on Sept 1, 2007 18:10:35 GMT 1
Jill, does your part of Italy have organised beaches where everyone goes to the same sun lounger all the time? I find this quite funny!
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Post by californiacro on Sept 1, 2007 23:06:45 GMT 1
? Luckily for me the men do what their wives tell them regarding the house so I have been ok so far. You are speaking of Croatian woman? You mean they are not subservient little mice? Are they not afraid of their husbands beating them? Sorry.... just could not resist... seems like there are a few on here that make it like there is so much wife beating in Croatia it is hard to believe you made a statement like that.... that the woman are making decisions. By the way... the way it should be...haha ;D Woman in charge.
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Post by zorro on Sept 2, 2007 4:58:38 GMT 1
...come on women cause all the problems
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Post by pocketvenus on Sept 2, 2007 8:09:52 GMT 1
californiacro, what rubbish! I have met very few Croatian men who cook and clean as much as their wives, and marital rape is not a crime! Please, spare me!
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Post by rijekafan on Sept 2, 2007 14:27:32 GMT 1
Sorry if I cause offense here but I have said before that most of the men here are useless, lazy mummies boys. I guess they are not completely useless as many guys here seem to be very good with children and small animals. Their laziness and dysfunctionality drives me crazy. I am so sick of guys I work with cheating on their wives and sitting around all day talking sranje. There are some really good men here but the women know this and snap them up very young like designer clothes at a liquidation sale. In the house the woman does seem to have primacy here. I am so sick of the whole 19th century relationship between the sexes. Each sex has strictly defined traditial roles. I just broke up with my girl here in part because she expected a more traditional relationship. I don't think I will ever be with a Yugo girl again, we live in different time/space continuems. Speaking of Yugos, I am so sick of them telling me how different they all are and how Croatian and Serbian are different languages. ::)Yeh, Australian English is not English and we should invent some new letters like the Bosnians did to reproduce our vukujebine accent. A wise Croat once said to me, we are all different types of the same crap. Sorry to digress guys clearly I am on a hobby horse here
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Post by pocketvenus on Sept 2, 2007 15:02:15 GMT 1
Rijeka fan, I agree with every word you say! You're a man after my own heart! ;D One example - a colleague of my hubby's from the UK came to Zagreb and told us a really embarrassing thing that happened to his friend - basically he was caught in 69 with his girlfriend by her parents turning up unexpectedly! ;D ;D ;D I told a friend this, and she said that my hubby's colleague should be ashamed of himself for telling this story in front of me, a female!!! I told her calmly that men and women were equals in Britain, and she was lost for words!
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Post by justapixel on Sept 2, 2007 15:12:49 GMT 1
Rijeka fan, I agree with every word you say! You're a man after my own heart! ;D One example - a colleague of my hubby's from the UK came to Zagreb and told us a really embarrassing thing that happened to his friend - basically he was caught in 69 with his girlfriend by her parents turning up unexpectedly! ;D ;D ;D I told a friend this, and she said that my hubby's colleague should be ashamed of himself for telling this story in front of me, a female!!! I told her calmly that men and women were equals in Britain, and she was lost for words! Yeah those conservative females (and males) are always a laugh. When I come across them and recognize who they are, I always strive to get as provocative as I can and watch their expression. ;D And I liked the 69 story. Those parent encounter stories are always hilarious. .
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Post by pocketvenus on Sept 2, 2007 15:51:42 GMT 1
Glad you liked the 69 story, I laughed my head off! Has anyone got any ideas how to provoke idiots like this?
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Post by mambo on Sept 2, 2007 23:10:42 GMT 1
Rijekafan,
Just something about the Italians................I love them and I love the country. And I think that, if you are charged double or triple the amount of all the other tourists you can demand quality as well and that is what the Italians do. Italians have no problem paying a little bit more, but they do demand that you deliver service, good quality and if you don't .............they will tell you. So in this I fully defend the Italians. If I have to pay 80 euro for an apartment, which only costs 45 in June or July (high season for the Dutch and Germans) I wouldn't either accept anything less than top quality. The Croatians are asking for this treatment themselves, so don't complain when you get the treatment.
And the Germans ?
The towel thing is famous in Holland and already when I was young they used that trick. One of the Germans would get up at 5 in the morning, take all the towels and occupy all the good seats/beds around the pool/beach. We paid one of the workers in the hotel to take them all away again, had a blast when the Germans became angry.
We even have cartoons in Holland about this behavior of the Germans !
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Post by zorro on Sept 3, 2007 3:23:10 GMT 1
I don't think I will ever be with a Yugo girl again, we live in different time/space continuems R U so sure man? Hang loose!
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Post by Carol on Sept 3, 2007 8:47:18 GMT 1
because its next door so they can drive or take a ferry to get here
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Post by happy on Sept 3, 2007 8:54:34 GMT 1
Tourists from which country DO the Croats people like?
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Post by mambo on Sept 3, 2007 10:37:28 GMT 1
Owl,
You make the same mistake as many locals here in Istria.
Tourism is not a God given RIGHT, tourism is something you have to earn, you have to work for it. And just like in other service industries (restaurants, hotels, cinemas etc) your customer is King. If you don't like that then don't get in the business.
A friend of mine owns a restaurant on Curacao and he always says that in his business you are basically like a prostitute. You are selling yourself and if you don't like that then stop doing it, go find another job.
And of course you will find rude Italians as you will also find rude Dutch, German, French etc tourists, but there are also rude Croatians, nothing new there either.
But I never hear any of the locals over here complain when the tourists hand them their money. Never have I seen a local saying to a tourist: 'here is your money back, please go find another apartment or other restaurant, because you stink or because you are dirty. Not a single one of them does that, because they also know that money does not smell !
But I will repeat myself. If you dare to ask a certain price for a certain service you better make d**n sure that you deliver quality. Dutch tourists, Belgians, Brits, Danes etc will perhaps accept below standard service, but Italians will never. They don't accept it in their own country and they won't accept it here. And I know what I am talking about, I lived in Italy for four years, know them inside out, have many friends there and I happen to agree with their demands.
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