Things that you hate about spain
Things that you hate about spain
Things that you hate about Spain. For me there are two things
1 All the rubbish that is just thrown out of windows IE bottles glass bottles plastic and just about everything else you can think of.
2 Dog cr@p every where IE on the beach on the pavement and any piece of grass that is available.
Anybody else feel the same way about anything else please add
1 All the rubbish that is just thrown out of windows IE bottles glass bottles plastic and just about everything else you can think of.
2 Dog cr@p every where IE on the beach on the pavement and any piece of grass that is available.
Anybody else feel the same way about anything else please add
It always seems imposible until its done. Nelson Mandela
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Our local butchers shop is fabulous, but the guy who owns it has put me off it through constantly scratching his @rse whilst he's slicing your meat!
Not just a little mini scratch but a full on body rattling episode everytime.
Quite off putting and horrible to witness.
Kenny
PS wobbly outside bar tables do my head in too
Not just a little mini scratch but a full on body rattling episode everytime.
Quite off putting and horrible to witness.
Kenny
PS wobbly outside bar tables do my head in too
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That really isn't something to hate about Spain though D&P. Most of those you describe on here don't live in Spain. They may well put some Spanish Village on their profile and a different one in each of their ID's but they don't actually live there.Donna and Paul wrote:I can't stand the bum holes on here that think they own the place!
I could say I live in Buckingham Palace when actually live somewhere uninteresting such as a hostel in Helsinki. I would be telling lies.
Back to the thread, what I hate most about Spain is not being there full time yet.
My biggest moan about living here in Spain is 'back stabbing expats' and
Vigilante Brits who attack other Brits who are struggling to try and 'make
a go of it' here..I really can't do with informers, and net curtain twitchers,
who are always trying to catch someone out. I don't condone outright
cheating or fraud, but really can't stand other expats who are so quick to
judge others without knowing all the facts. I've watched young families
here over the years, being hounded, when all they needed was support
and a little help...When you live in a foreign country, you would think that
other Brits would only be too keen to help their fellow countrymen...not
the case..... Sorry but I think that a lot of the expats here are smug
bleeps ! ! ! I can't say anything about Spaniards...after all it's their
country...that doesn't mean that I agree with some of their
principles...particularly with regard to treatment of animals.
Vigilante Brits who attack other Brits who are struggling to try and 'make
a go of it' here..I really can't do with informers, and net curtain twitchers,
who are always trying to catch someone out. I don't condone outright
cheating or fraud, but really can't stand other expats who are so quick to
judge others without knowing all the facts. I've watched young families
here over the years, being hounded, when all they needed was support
and a little help...When you live in a foreign country, you would think that
other Brits would only be too keen to help their fellow countrymen...not
the case..... Sorry but I think that a lot of the expats here are smug
bleeps ! ! ! I can't say anything about Spaniards...after all it's their
country...that doesn't mean that I agree with some of their
principles...particularly with regard to treatment of animals.
Agree Benidorm, and the plight of animals is a thing I abhor. I know there are bad things done to animals in the UK but here the procedures for dealing with it are lacking, it is getting better but not as fast as I would prefer. Rubbish tipping too, I can't understand why someone living in a million euro home thinks it is ok to toss their garden rubbish over their wall. Another thing, Civil Servants, they interpret the law as they think fit without any accountability which leads me to corruption. A Brit who I know was pulled over and was well over the drink limit, it happened that he regularly plays golf with someone high up in the Civil Guard, just a phone call and nothing happened.
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The main thing I hate about Spain is the time it takes for everything to get done. Especially if your doing work on a property.
Ordered a bath 3 weeks ago, two to three weeks delivery they tell me
They call me today and say it won't be till the end of this month now. When I first got here two years back I'd have hit the roof, now I'm just like "yeh ok that's fine" Thing is you can get the same bath in UK over the Internet on a 48hr delivery.
Same thing happened with the tiles and I won't even mention Builders or the kitchen company that said it would be 3 weeks from start to finish and then took 9 months.
I have another 100 stories just like it but it's just the way it is here.
I remember when I used to go the bank in England and get wound up if it took more than 5 minutes. Now anything up to an hour is the norm. I guess I've mellowed in my short time here
Spain may well be dragged out of the dark ages one day but God knows when.
I still love it though.
Ordered a bath 3 weeks ago, two to three weeks delivery they tell me
They call me today and say it won't be till the end of this month now. When I first got here two years back I'd have hit the roof, now I'm just like "yeh ok that's fine" Thing is you can get the same bath in UK over the Internet on a 48hr delivery.
Same thing happened with the tiles and I won't even mention Builders or the kitchen company that said it would be 3 weeks from start to finish and then took 9 months.
I have another 100 stories just like it but it's just the way it is here.
I remember when I used to go the bank in England and get wound up if it took more than 5 minutes. Now anything up to an hour is the norm. I guess I've mellowed in my short time here
Spain may well be dragged out of the dark ages one day but God knows when.
I still love it though.
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I may be wrong and dont take this personally but when he said: "Vigilante Brits who attack other Brits who are struggling to try and 'make a go of it' here..I really can't do with informers, and net curtain twitchers, who are always trying to catch someone out." he may have been also including people who are obsessed with other expats not having up to date car tax disks and wanted to start a vigilante group so how would you agree with something that complains about yourself?katy wrote:Agree Benidorm, .
So what? If he didnt hurt anyone whats the problem? What he could have is irrelevant, walking around with a knife isnt that bad its killing someone that is.katy wrote:A Brit who I know was pulled over and was well over the drink limit, it happened that he regularly plays golf with someone high up in thCivil Guard, just a phone call and nothing happened
What surprises me is that this still surprises people and they complain about it even after many years here, get used to it!Pigeon Tim wrote:The main thing I hate about Spain is the time it takes for everything to get done .
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katy wrote:
a brit who i know was pulled over and was well over the drink limit, it happened that he regularly plays gold with someone high up in the civil guard, just a phone call and nothing happened
dane wrote:
so what? if he didnt hurt anyone whats the problem? what he could have is irrelevant, walking around with a knife isnt that bad its killing someone that is.
nevada wrote:
sounds right to me, dane,
would cut out a lotta unnecessary work
cut down on the hours taxpayers pay the police
cut down on the number of police - less equipment - fewer cars
then when the drunk kills somebody, well,
we’d have ‘em... dead to rights...
a brit who i know was pulled over and was well over the drink limit, it happened that he regularly plays gold with someone high up in the civil guard, just a phone call and nothing happened
dane wrote:
so what? if he didnt hurt anyone whats the problem? what he could have is irrelevant, walking around with a knife isnt that bad its killing someone that is.
nevada wrote:
sounds right to me, dane,
would cut out a lotta unnecessary work
cut down on the hours taxpayers pay the police
cut down on the number of police - less equipment - fewer cars
then when the drunk kills somebody, well,
we’d have ‘em... dead to rights...
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