Martigan80's Journal: Rant About Italy.

O.k. I have been living in this country for about five years, and I have noticed some things about it. The mindset here is more relaxed. When a store says they'll be open at 10AM it is really +/- 20 Minutes (IN the north anyway) Driving is an art over here, by that I mean a two lane road can automatically become a four lane with room for parking, just don't hit the police when you pass them. The food is great and so is the wine. It just strikes my as being odd, when I'm having dinner some where and the police are guzzing down liters of wine-while on duty, and they even bust people for DUI, while they themselves are drunk! Any how the main complaint about this country is customer service, or the lack of. If you buy something from a store, take it home and notice it's broke, you would think you can take it back for a refund or an exchange. Well you can't if you're lucky you will get an exchange but more than likely the store owner will accuse you of trying to rip him off and will tell you to leave because your making a scene. The electric and gas companies don't charge you what your bill really is, they estimate you bill for you, and you have to pay up-even if it's too much because they will always refund you, in a couple of months or years. The telephone service, well they have DSL but are V-E-R-Y S-L-O-W at getting it around. I was supposed to have it two years ago. The closest station is two miles away! Any how enough ranting, yes I'm pissed because I still don't have DSL-even with the signature of about 600 other people in my little area that want it too! They just don't have the time, well between a three hour lunch break who can blame them.