things I love and hate about living in the philippines

[stevewool]

I think its great when you have a bunch of lovely young ladies following you around while shopping but you must have no intention of buying,

Better than having the 1 whos intent of spending everything, no names mentioned

[Terpe]

I think its great when you have a bunch of lovely young ladies following you around while shopping....

It really doesn't bother me so much. I can always find ways around that.
Some of those sales ladies are fun.

Maybe it's better to explain that you're British and you're looking to being ignored and derided whilst shopping.

Many folks may well yearn for imagined times past and those highly discreet UK sales assistants.
Unfortunately you may find imagination, as usual, has outweighed reality.

In UK they're no longer "discreet".
Personally I find British shop assistants to be lazy, indifferent, and oftentimes rude

Sometimes When I'm seriously thinking about taking a wad of very hard-earned spondooliks out of my unwilling wallet, I expect the sales person to stop chatting to their co-worker and engage with me.
I also want the person at the paypoint/checkout to treat folks with courtesy and a smile, not humpffing, scowling and rolling eyes.

Yes, of course there are exceptions – generally they're not British.
The sulky checkout staff at my local convenience shop hardly ever show any sign of recognition, despite my almost daily visits.

We Brits have historically been culturally challenged when it comes to 'customer service'.
But surely in these tough economic times a much higher priority should be placed on customer service.

It's hardly surprising for me that online shopping is absolutley booming here in UK
Nobody ignores you and there's no humpffing, scowling and rolling eyes.
In fact it's normal to be welcomed back with a friendly "Hello Terpe, welcome back" each time I visit.

[nigelmac]

It really doesn't bother me so much. I can always find ways around that.
Some of those sales ladies are fun.

Maybe it's better to explain that you're British and you're looking to being ignored and derided whilst shopping.

Many folks may well yearn for imagined times past and those highly discreet UK sales assistants.
Unfortunately you may find imagination, as usual, has outweighed reality.

In UK they're no longer "discreet".
Personally I find British shop assistants to be lazy, indifferent, and oftentimes rude

Sometimes When I'm seriously thinking about taking a wad of very hard-earned spondooliks out of my unwilling wallet, I expect the sales person to stop chatting to their co-worker and engage with me.
I also want the person at the paypoint/checkout to treat folks with courtesy and a smile, not humpffing, scowling and rolling eyes.

Yes, of course there are exceptions – generally they're not British.
The sulky checkout staff at my local convenience shop hardly ever show any sign of recognition, despite my almost daily visits.

We Brits have historically been culturally challenged when it comes to 'customer service'.
But surely in these tough economic times a much higher priority should be placed on customer service.

It's hardly surprising for me that online shopping is absolutley booming here in UK
Nobody ignores you and there's no humpffing, scowling and rolling eyes.
In fact it's normal to be welcomed back with a friendly "Hello Terpe, welcome back" each time I visit.

If you think the customer service is bad in the UK you should go to France where the motto is I am King and the customer can lump it Literally I try to buy everything overseas since I went back to live there a few years ago and as for after sales service just FORGET it getting blood from a stone would be a much better use of your time than trying to get a refund or even something fixed and don't even get me started on insurance claims over there !!!!!!!

[Ako Si Jamie]

I think its great when you have a bunch of lovely young ladies following you around while shopping

If they were after your body and not your money I would agree.