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Post by artisans on Dec 9, 2009 17:08:07 GMT 2
In this month's 'Roda Reports' we talked about 'safety first' and the way in which trust is inherent in Corfiot society. In the last few days we have witnessed many examples of this, particulary, the return of our umbrella four days after we left it in a cafe and the doctor's clinic keys left in the outside door for the duration of the surgery. More significant was waiting for our flu injections in the stock room of the local pharmacy while the pharmacist went to get the vaccine from the next room. Makes you feel quite humble really!
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Post by joolsd on Dec 10, 2009 2:59:23 GMT 2
No sadly in the UK this wouldn't happen, I know this only too well in my profession, then again there are some honest people out there, only yesterday I had a lady hand in a substantial amount of money, doesn't happen very often unfortunately. We live in hope though Joolsd
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Post by pete sant on Dec 10, 2009 10:48:29 GMT 2
On one of my earliest visit to Corfu, during a hectic last night of saying goodbye to everyone i walked out of a bar without paying, when 30 minutes later i remembered and ran back to pay the owner said to me " don't worry, you are coming back next year aren't you?" Would it be the same over here - i think not. pete.
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Post by jacks on Dec 10, 2009 10:53:19 GMT 2
You would have had to pay for your drinks up-front here, Pete!
Look at what happened my first night, this year - walked out of Crusoes without paying. Alex said to us the next day. We were mortified. Alex was like 'You weren't going anywhere, were you? I knew you'd be back today.'
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Post by parsonsgang on Dec 10, 2009 12:12:52 GMT 2
I've told the story before about when my stepdaughter got engaged in Corfu. She phoned us to tell us the good news and Mike and I thought it would be a nice idea to phone their favourite restaurant and pay for their meal for them. The owner was fine with this but said rather than pay over the phone just to pay him when we were next in Roda. He enjoyed telling Gemma and Glenn at the end of their meal that it was already paid for and we eventually paid for the meal over a year later!!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2009 13:52:30 GMT 2
My expensive camera was left in the boot of a taxi that took us to the airport at Corfu for our return home. Niether I or the Taxi Driver had seen it tucked up in and under the boot, and went our separate ways. Thinking my camera was in our baggage, we sent the bags on their way, and waited for our flight. On arrival home, the following morning we had a telephone call from our friends who owned the hotel we stayed at to say that a Taxi Driver had returned the camera to them. They confirmed my address and sent it home. I was happy for them to keep it until we came out again a few months later, but they insisted. I repaid them on our return, although they tried to refuse, and said it was part of their committment.
Again, this would not have happened in the UK, I am sure of this, as I have lost things before, and even after much searching and contacting, have never got the item back.
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Post by jacanste on Dec 10, 2009 23:30:04 GMT 2
Zante is a different island but still Greek. One year whilst staying there, we booked a taxi one night to take us to another resort about 3/4 hours drive away,and during the journey asked the driver if he would come and pick us up a few hours later, which he agreed to do. When we reached our destination, we asked how much we owed him and he said "No, no. You pay when I pick you up" (He was dead on time too!). We could have decided to come back early and hired another taxi for all he knew and he would have lost the fare money there and had a wasted journey to pick us up. Can you see that happening here? All the years we have been to Zante and Corfu, we have found the Greek people to be honest and friendly. They seem to do things for people not for any monetary gain, but because they genuinely want to help. JackieM
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Post by treece on Dec 11, 2009 0:32:40 GMT 2
many a time i have walked away only to discover to my horror that i forgot to pay... and gone back the next day... the longest time from eating to paying... 2 years lol Costa @ Mistrals did not bat an eyelid when I went to pay him. When Rob took ill, Costa and Voula would bring food to the apartment and kept saying no pay when better... amazingly generous people ... then when we went to pay... would not take full amount we felt it was or should have been... to them, it was bad enough that Rob was ill for 10 days... its about building memories of Roda Oh I miss Roda and Corfu
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Post by kaz on Dec 11, 2009 19:52:24 GMT 2
Yes.....lovely people in Greece.......I have already said.......when we stayed in the "Studios"" which is above the NewPort, I left my purse in one of the drawers........no need to have worried, the owner posted it to me all intact..........would trust them with my life..Kaz
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Post by jacks on Dec 11, 2009 20:32:17 GMT 2
I've often thought of asking Makis to keep my holiday clothes for me, so that I don't need to take them home & bring them back out the following year! lol
I'm sure if I asked, he'd do it!
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Post by sthelenssaint on Dec 11, 2009 22:19:59 GMT 2
in the pre-euro era , many times trying to pay a bill with a large denomenation note was a non-starter. the reply was always "pay me tomorrow" you would return the following day to be asked "what did you have".cant imagine that happening here
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Post by andipandi on Dec 11, 2009 22:55:57 GMT 2
My mam still owes lindsay from 'Ninos on the beach' for a bottle of bubbly. It was our anniversary while on holiday this year and my mam phoned and asked her to give us a suprise...which she did. She just said she would take payment next time my mam was in Roda.
You wouldn't get away with that in newcastle.
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Post by artisans on Dec 12, 2009 9:29:54 GMT 2
Thirty years ago in the UK, the company I worked for employed a security expert to advise managers how to control the cash going into the till. The first thing he looked for was a little pot of loose change under the counter which meant that overs & unders were being manipulated.
In Roda today, most of the people you deal with are the business owners themselves and they can decide how best to handle their own money. The surprising thing is, that the same practice of rounding bills up or down also exists in local supermarkets where girls at the checkouts make the decisions. Cashing up at the end of the day must balance out on average and nobody exploits what is an obvious loophole to those of us from a different background.
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Post by kaz on Dec 12, 2009 13:29:33 GMT 2
Yes Jacks, ask Makis, I'm sure he will store them for you...we have been doing it for many years with several different people, things like, hair dryer, rain macs,towels, beach shoes and this year, a few tops,slacks,plug ins!! then we take them to the Holiday Wash and they are washed & ironed and ready in a couple of hours .....Kaz
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