tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754379282583650722.post8058947038836516220..comments2024-01-18T14:03:27.252+02:00Comments on Ramblings from Rhodes: Time on Her HandsJohn P. Manuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07426089334296469215noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754379282583650722.post-49860710642474660272018-02-05T15:08:17.025+02:002018-02-05T15:08:17.025+02:00TBH, I feel that the best one can do when interact...TBH, I feel that the best one can do when interacting with staff at hotels, bars and restaurants, is to tip generously and treat them with dignity, which many fail to do, sadly.John P. Manuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426089334296469215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754379282583650722.post-37055827372697484392018-02-05T14:00:00.671+02:002018-02-05T14:00:00.671+02:00Thanks John. It's difficult to know right from...Thanks John. It's difficult to know right from wrong in such things as these.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754379282583650722.post-56020180639491606032018-02-05T10:46:47.595+02:002018-02-05T10:46:47.595+02:00Well, of course virtually all the Albanians here c...Well, of course virtually all the Albanians here came for economic reasons. Many who live in hovels here still have beautiful houses back in Albania, all locked up due to there being no work there, or at least, none that pays. But whether they're actually better off here is debatable, since they surrender any vestige of quality of life in the process. There are exceptions, of course. I know of some Albanian men who've started successful building businesses here, for example, but they are the exception, sadly. As I said too, I don't blame the tourists, after all, that's what I still am to a degree. It's the whole way the system has developed that's sad really. Not a lot we can do about it either. If the tourists didn't come, then these unfortunates would be even worse off than they are.John P. Manuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426089334296469215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754379282583650722.post-47273380623618060682018-02-05T10:17:02.566+02:002018-02-05T10:17:02.566+02:00Very thought provoking John. But your friend Valen...Very thought provoking John. But your friend Valentina came--I presume from Albania--to find work to support herself, yay-ya and maybe many relatives back in the old country. If she had stayed there, would she have had time to develop hobbies "me time" etc, or is it just the "west" that considers these things to be important? I don't know--but much as I dislike MASS tourism, I can at least, see that MAY be your friend thinks she is better off in Rhodes--although WE may not think it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com