today I'm going to talk about the things that most annoy me here in Spain
Believe It or Not There are some
people accuse me of speaking only great things about Spain but of course not
everything it's rainbows we do get them every other day but not every day
95 of my life here I'm generally satisfied with so there are very few
things only about three things that really annoy me number one the
inefficiency when it comes to paperwork they're all slots
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up with some receipt to exchanging something to getting your documents
mostly of course it's with documents connected to your residency there are
ways to make things faster a little more clear so everyone can just step it up
and finish it quickly if it comes to paperworks and documents I suggest
buying a company that can help you out they know what they're doing they can
prepare everything for you because I assure you you're gonna forget about
some small detail that's going to cost you a month or two to figure out so get
somebody that knows what they're doing there are companies the plenty of
companies that can deal with that they they know all the ins and outs so don't
even think about it just get them done by someone I was at the bank the other
day and I had to sign a document and my a original Branch when I opened it where
I opened the account it's slightly outside Valencia so I just went to the
central branch and I showed them the email and I asked can I sign this
document here oh I'm sorry we're only boarding rows nine and above right now
you'll have to wait I'm in row eight please step aside sir
it's just one row don't you think it's okay but we'll call you Rome momentarily
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we're now boarding all roads please all remaining rows
enjoy your flight they said no they're asking you to sign
a document I said okay I understand that can I do it here and so many questions
about just a director I said can you pick up the phone and just find out what
exactly do I need even if I have to go there I just want to know that I have
everything with me so I don't have to go back for something just can you please
call them and she was so puzzled like I said this is the same bank right can you
just pick up the phone and call them for me and find out what exactly I need to
bring when I come to sign this document we signed the document there but I'm
just saying that there are things that they can just bring you know just get me
out of my skin and I get so mad because they're simple and I don't even have to
get mad at the the you know at the cashier like they can just figure things
out quickly and a little more efficiently so you don't have to you
know stretch and be mad the second really
annoying thing for me it's the lack of business sense and I don't mean it in a
cute way like they value more life than work they don't care about money as much
okay that's sweet I like that too but there are moments where it hits you
directly I have an example I was changing my I was actually going to
change my phone company internet company because we were not getting the speed we
want so we went to talk to another company
at the shopping mall and we explained to them the whole problem and possibly
maybe they can help us even switch to them give them the business and the guy
just like calmly advised me to maybe check the other business across them
which is another internet company who gives the business to somebody else this
is just insane and also with the closures when the restaurants close or
other businesses close we stopped serving breakfast at 11 30.
Rick have you ever heard the expression the customer is always right
yeah yeah well
here I am Spain has one of the highest unemployment in Europe okay they keep
saying that they keep crying and yet they cannot change certain things that
can give other people jobs you can open at certain hours people would like to
work part-time not full-time other people would like to work and I'm not
talking only about restaurants there are other places it's just the city goes
dead and yet people have no jobs
just open up open up some things so people can get money and also
foreigners will be happy that they have places to shop places to eat and just
they can enjoy the life that you enjoy equally you can be sitting on the next
table and somebody else that wants to work and work and we all of us will be
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and this extends by the way to customer service which is lacking here again I'm
generalizing I had great experiences and I had some that are not so good and I
believe one of the reasons is this lack of business sense yes maybe it's because
money are not their priority maybe it's because the way their work contracts are
structured pretty much as far as I know they can kick you out of work you can be
late you do things you have a contract nobody kicks you out of work and you
can't even rent an apartment if you don't have a job so they look at this
work contract really seriously but once you get it I don't know if I'm a boss I
would not be able to just take things so lightly last night for example we were
in Italian it's kind of like a hippie place and we're getting a little pizzas
and drinks and the which I know is the owner we've been there and he's been
okay but this time he kind of he he was not welcoming he made a big deal why we
brought like a bottle of water from a previous place we just had a little bit
of water with us he said no drinks from outside I said this is just water you
can approach somebody that is just entering your establishment with you
know with an angry face it's a real No-No it's not a you know it's not a
great customer service and I'm not being like this snobby American that always
likes these fake smiles and people serving I actually don't like that I was
annoyed in the states by that I'm annoyed by the fake Smiles there and the
constant like attempt to please you as a customer because they're working for
their tip I don't like that I like a certain balance somewhere this lack of
business sense it's not it's not just focus on on in the customer service it's
in other aspects all kinds of businesses and even people they're not they're not
they're not really driven to to do much like in the US most people I know are
looking into two three different options two three different things that you can
evolve you can and not necessarily just for business
but here there are no money and at the same time there's even there's not much
desire to go out of the way you grew up and this kind of cultural stagnation how
you should work and and do things that's my opinion let me know in the comments
if you agree with me if you lived here or not I don't know I just find it
annoying and the third most annoying thing poop on the ground
in your plastic bag or oh no I don't clean up after my dog dog poop is like a
compost it's got a ton of nutrients that enrich the soil and we're in pavement
God damn it they don't collect the poop after their dogs I find this super
annoying and Valencia being a city where you walk all the time and there's such a
beautiful architecture everywhere so I'm constantly looking at something I don't
really look at my feet where I step it's annoying it's stinky it's gross Pick Up
After Your Dog I don't get it and just like that
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this is that there are a lot of senior citizens that live here and they have
pets probably it's hard for them to bend and pick up this is the only thing I
could come up with as an excuse I'm still finding excuses for for Spain
like it's very hard for me to bring some bad points but still it's pretty
annoying gross I made another video going through the things I hate about
Spain yes I have one more video it's a little bit deeper a little more
extensive so you can you can watch it right here
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