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By: Tulip

Tulip — Mon, 17 May 2010 04:22:20 +0000

Well.. you know how they are, when they spot a tourist they’ll put on a different face than they were treating you. It’s not like they are hard to spot (barely speak any papiamentu, white hair, really white legs, awkward palm tree shirts)

Just be happy they are not having their emotional breakdown in front of you, THAT’LL be bad.

By: Edo

Edo — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:34:05 +0000

@Jeff: As shameful as it is… cops don’t ever correct relatives, period. We need zero tolerance law enforcement.

@All: As soon as the restaurant owners offer DECENT pay and sufficiant coaching, maybe things will change for the better. Always pennywise and pound foolish just doesn’t cut it. If I sit down in a fancy restaurant I want to be treated accordingly. Places with awesome food but shit4brains waiters lose my business forever… believe me, there were some big named places there. Some places charge up to 16% service charge… with NO SERVICE at all. Sue me, I’m not paying for crap.

My New Year’s Resolution is to -from now on- immediately leave my/our table before the next embarrassing course is due. I’d rather leave than have people unfit for their jobs annoy me and my party for no reason. It at least saves part of my night and I can still find a decent place to eat before their kitchens close

Oh… and please be smart just one time in your life… remove those discriminating stickers that say “Stop Dutch Apartheid”. We’re brothers, not enemies. Imagine people visiting Curaçao for the first time… they end up thinking we’re in some sort of civil war or something; never to return to our gorgeous island again. Ultimately that backfires on you for they still pay for your bills. So do me, my friends and my business relations…

I love Curaçao. A great suggestion to some of our beloved locals working in the bars and restaurants… LOVE YOUR ISLAND AND DON’T BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS…

By: Mary-ann

Mary-ann — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:11:29 +0000

Ik ben het volledig met hem eens! Curacao is een ware paradijs (als je een beetje hebt rondgekeken in de Cariben). Toerisme is en (blijft) een van de belangrijkste economische pijlers van Curacao. Het eiland opzich is gezegend en supermooi, en toch blijft het product Curacao een ‘ervaring’. Als mensen heel enthousiast besluiten om op Curacao hun vakantie door te brengen, moeten ze niet met een onbevredigd gevoel naar huis gaan. Curacao moet het concept van ‘overdelivering’ eens onder de knieen krijgen. Het enkel feit dat Curacao een prachtig en uniek Caribisch eiland van sun, sea and fun volstaat niet langer. Zorg voor je toeristen en ze zullen returned visitors worden!

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By: Jeff Dunn

Jeff Dunn — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:53:27 +0000

Maybe if the cruise ships stopped coming here for 1 year then maybe the (locals) and the Dutch who are here to PLAY for awhile can take classes on how to give just normal service to the money holding customers. The locals have such a bad attitude on the politics here and their status that I really can’t blame them for serving up shitty service. Then there is the pakistanis and the Indians selling their high end brand wares which we all know are sum sucking copies. It makes me ill to venture to Punda to shop and to listen to the lies of (orignal product) or lifetime guarantee. then last but not least the bottom of the barrel here in Curacao…the drug dealers who approach almost every light skinned person on the street and embarrassing them almost everytime…where are the cops? I know…not where they should be…….And I cannt forget the motorcyclist here………..who let these idiots have them? When one of these careless neanderthals kill a family then maybe we should take a little looky lou. Enough for now…got plenty more! aufweidersehan

By: David

David — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:28:02 +0000

“That could be scene straight out of Family Guy”

Good times…

By: Pim

Pim — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:59:51 +0000

Epic:

//Wife: Why are you suddenly naked?
Dave: BECAUSE MY MIND CAN’T HANDLE SO MUCH AWESOMENESS.//

That could be scene straight out of Family Guy.

By: David

David — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:48:27 +0000

Nou, ik had verwacht dat het juist omgekeerd zou zijn. Goeie service bij de beach en slechter in de stad.

Maar ja, daar was ik nou bang voor. Dat de touristen ergens aankomen en dat ze meemaken wat ik vaak meemaak. It paints a horrible picture…

By: Sebastiaan

Sebastiaan — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:08:00 +0000

Maybe it’s because tourism is relatively young on Curacao. I can imagine Aruba hitting a few bumps also when they started?

But you are right, the service is so bad at some places. I spoke to someone yesterday about this who just arrived and checked a lot of places for his work. He said: most of the places in the city have good service, and the places at the beach have really crappy service. I looks a lot like a ‘local’ focus instead of a ‘tourist’ focus. Which is a shame. More tourism also means better infrastructure. They are redoing the road to Fuik. There are busier roads on Curacao worse off. But it probably has a lot to do with the new Hyatt. I think that’s a good thing. Long term thinking.

I agree with less building of projects right now because the island needs a better look first and better service.