from Simon Høiberg @SimonHoiberg
Real story from my office in Malaga.
One day, a new company moved into an office next to mine, and they ordered internet.
Same day, my internet disappeared.
I called my ISP, and they sent a technician out to fix it.
All good, except 2 days later, my internet disappeared again. Once again, I called the company, and once again, a technician came and fixed it.
This kept repeating for +2 weeks. Internet kept going down.
Finally, I knocked on the door to the new business that had moved in next door and asked them if they knew anything about this.
They had been experiencing the very same thing!
Turns out, we were using two different ISPs. And when the new office had their internet connected, their technician just unplugged mine, knowing that it was from a different company.
When I called my technician, he would do the same thing. Just unplug theirs, and plug mine back in and call it the day.
Zero fucks given.
So the company next door and I coordinated to call the technicians from each of our ISPs at the same time.
Once they both came, we cornered them in the hallway, demanding that they collaborate and fix this properly.
They were visibly annoyed. It took them +4 hours to drag new cables and free up an extra slot.
After they were done, I asked the company next door "can you believe they just did that" - they just shrugged and said "well, this is Spain".
And unfortunately, they are right.
This type of experience would happen over and over in Spain.
In government offices, in restaurants, with plumbers, electricians, you name it. In Spain, no one really gives a fuck.
Dealing with this stuff almost every day for 2 years became unbearable.
That's why I left.
And that's why I'm so done with these "3rd world countries". Nothing works.
https://xcancel.com/SimonHoiberg/status/2024360116481380477
Real story from my office in Malaga.
One day, a new company moved into an office next to mine, and they ordered internet.
Same day, my internet disappeared.
I called my ISP, and they sent a technician out to fix it.
All good, except 2 days later, my internet disappeared again. Once again, I called the company, and once again, a technician came and fixed it.
This kept repeating for +2 weeks. Internet kept going down.
Finally, I knocked on the door to the new business that had moved in next door and asked them if they knew anything about this.
They had been experiencing the very same thing!
Turns out, we were using two different ISPs. And when the new office had their internet connected, their technician just unplugged mine, knowing that it was from a different company.
When I called my technician, he would do the same thing. Just unplug theirs, and plug mine back in and call it the day.
Zero fucks given.
So the company next door and I coordinated to call the technicians from each of our ISPs at the same time.
Once they both came, we cornered them in the hallway, demanding that they collaborate and fix this properly.
They were visibly annoyed. It took them +4 hours to drag new cables and free up an extra slot.
After they were done, I asked the company next door "can you believe they just did that" - they just shrugged and said "well, this is Spain".
And unfortunately, they are right.
This type of experience would happen over and over in Spain.
In government offices, in restaurants, with plumbers, electricians, you name it. In Spain, no one really gives a fuck.
Dealing with this stuff almost every day for 2 years became unbearable.
That's why I left.
And that's why I'm so done with these "3rd world countries". Nothing works.
https://xcancel.com/SimonHoiberg/status/2024360116481380477
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Luis Martinez
@LuisMartinezSu2
15h
as a spaniard myself, unfortunately yes. it is called "chapuza". i see it again and again and again and again. in fact i have barely seen anything else.
Luis Martinez
@LuisMartinezSu2
15h
as a spaniard myself, unfortunately yes. it is called "chapuza". i see it again and again and again and again. in fact i have barely seen anything else.
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Chutzpah (Yiddish: חוצפה - /ˈxʊtspə, ˈhʊt-/)[1][2] is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad. The word derives from the Hebrew ḥuṣpāh (חֻצְפָּה), meaning "insolence", "cheek" or "audacity". Thus, the original Yiddish word has a strongly negative connotation, but the form which entered English as a Yiddishism in American English has taken on a broader meaning
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in business
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meaning the amount of courage
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