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There will never be any reliable statistics in regards to property sale prices due to the fact that most sales are registered with an undervalued amount to save on the closing costs

 

Seems like you would have saved yourself a trip if you had.

You act as if there is some major transgression or crime happening when in reality bad service, subpar food and outrageous food prices (when you factor in quality) is the standard in the Philippines. It is the way it has been since I first came to the country in 2005 and was probably like that long before that. Yeah, there are a few restaurants around the country that can step it up to a Western standard but you almost always pay a premium for that (more so than you would for the exact same service in the US).

There you go making those assumptions about people and resorting to personal attacks again. You are definitely putting off a pretty irritating "holier than thou" vibe.

It seems you have forgotten where you are. You are not in your home country anymore. You need to forget about those standards and prices and adapt to the local standards and purchasing power. Yes, the service is subpar and food overpriced...but it is like that almost everywhere in the country. You say you've been traveling around for a year in the Philippines? With your expectations and huge sense of entitlement I'd say the odds are around 2:1 you don't make it another year.

Again, none of this is breaking news to anyone on this forum (or a person who has even spent a couple days in the Philippines/Dumaguete). Many of us have complained here and to the managers of the restaurants. It has rarely ever made any lasting impressions on the way the business operate. They will only change the way they operate when they start to lose money.

What does religion have to do with service and people sleeping on the job? The answer is nothing, absolutely nothing. You say you have traveled and Dumaguete is the only place where Filipinos sleep on the job. Pay closer attention when you are traveling because it happens all over the country.

"I guess you'll enjoy counting"?
What does this even mean? Maybe I should cut you some slack, it seems that English isn't your first language. Given the arrogance, odd backhanded insults, p*ss-poor communication/social skills, desire to let everyone know how unhappy you are and a massive void where a sense of humor would normally be I'm going to guess you are German? If so that explains pretty much everything.

Why do you keep saying "innocent people"? That's a bit odd. Do you see yourself as some sort of restaurant reviewing super hero on a mission to enlighten us helpless citizens? Captain Complainer?

Lol What?

Oh boy, you're one of those types. Disagreeing with you isn't calling you a liar.

Huh? There is no way you are a Filipina. Was your dad German?

Solid logic. Perhaps you are Filipino.

Want to know how to hack the bad service issue in the Philippines? Carry your own service bell with you when you go out.

 

No forum or server update takes nearly a week to complete. Updates tend to be on the scale of minutes to hours, not days to weeks. Changing the theme/layout of the forum could take awhile...but typically these changes would be made to a private theme behind the scenes while keeping the old theme/layout up and running, then once completed you make the new theme public and default. Even a complete restructuring/archiving of the sub-forums or forum software change could be done in minutes/hours if properly thought out.

It is really bad practice to have your forum down for such a length of time and this will be avoided by owners/admins whenever possible. Seems there is a bit more to it than just "updates"...but that's just speculation on my part.