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Peculiar Diasporan habits
Fikira
#31 Posted : Thursday, December 04, 2014 6:28:21 PM
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ecstacy wrote:
As for the ladies who return, what's with lecturing EVERYONE in customer service whilst on tweng mode??


But the customer service there SUCKS .. we just don't know why/how you put up with it!

streetwise
#32 Posted : Thursday, December 04, 2014 6:38:15 PM
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And when the guy says he is in transport business...taxi driver
Fikira
#33 Posted : Thursday, December 04, 2014 6:42:26 PM
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streetwise wrote:
And when the guy says he is in transport business...taxi driver


He could also be driving a tractor trailer - that's what many people are into these days. I am yet to come across a Kenyan taxi driver (not saying they don't exist thought).
murchr
#34 Posted : Thursday, December 04, 2014 7:07:37 PM
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Fikira wrote:
ecstacy wrote:
As for the ladies who return, what's with lecturing EVERYONE in customer service whilst on tweng mode??


But the customer service there SUCKS .. we just don't know why/how you put up with it!



Indeed customer service in Kenya sucks. It's rather peculiar that kenyans expect no one to say something about it esp when one is used to being pampered just for being a customer.
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kysse
#35 Posted : Thursday, December 04, 2014 7:32:19 PM
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AlphDoti wrote:


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ecstacy
#36 Posted : Thursday, December 04, 2014 8:23:41 PM
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murchr wrote:
Fikira wrote:
ecstacy wrote:
As for the ladies who return, what's with lecturing EVERYONE in customer service whilst on tweng mode??


But the customer service there SUCKS .. we just don't know why/how you put up with it!



Indeed customer service in Kenya sucks. It's rather peculiar that kenyans expect no one to say something about it esp when one is used to being pampered just for being a customer.

Customer service usually sucks in +254, but who says you have to assume EVERYONE in customer service sucks??

Example, once at Art Caffe and the summer bunnies call for service..waiter comes and they are not ready to order..so "we" chat for a cool 5mins on a busy evening as people are deciding what to order. Waiter indicates she will be back shortly when we ready to order..which she did another 5 mins later..the sanctimonious loud lecture she was given for "leaving the table unserviced" was appalling!!! classless.
kysse
#37 Posted : Thursday, December 04, 2014 8:36:55 PM
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I know one who walks on air after returning from DRC.
washiku
#38 Posted : Thursday, December 04, 2014 8:50:50 PM
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kysse wrote:
AlphDoti wrote:


Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly


Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Oh My. @Alp hope you have received my invoice. You must replace my ribs.
Apricot
#39 Posted : Thursday, December 04, 2014 9:23:24 PM
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I know the topic was brought up to get a good laugh, but please realize there are many of us silent ones out there that don't fit any of these cliches. And making fun of us is hurtful.

I get it, some of us acquire twengs, adopt peculiar dressing habits and never speak our mother tongue, let alone Kiswahili. When we travel home we tend to think it is cool to show off the same.

But there is many of us who have been gone from home 10 or more years and still speak our mother tongue, dress normally and go un-noticed when in the streets of Nai. Cut us some slack.

And just for fun, if I say I do research, what would you translate that to mean? Impunity niambie.
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ecstacy
#40 Posted : Thursday, December 04, 2014 9:38:14 PM
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Apricot wrote:
I know the topic was brought up to get a good laugh, but please realize there are many of us silent ones out there that don't fit any of these cliches. And making fun of us is hurtful.

I get it, some of us acquire twengs, adopt peculiar dressing habits and never speak our mother tongue, let alone Kiswahili. When we travel home we tend to think it is cool to show off the same.

But there is many of us who have been gone from home 10 or more years and still speak our mother tongue, dress normally and go un-noticed when in the streets of Nai. Cut us some slack.

And just for fun, if I say I do research, what would you translate that to mean? Impunity niambie.


If you do not do these things, why would you as a diasporan (EU & N America) be hurt?

Example, when you castigate all Kenyans for their democratic choice of tribal leaders, you don't see me catching feelings.

Accept and move on.
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