What events would drive you to booking a caribbean vacation on a sunny island. Well, for me I didn’t have to stray too far away from home to find at least 6 reasons for wanting to pack and go hide in some cave on the Bahamas. Perhaps, you are different and prefer to plan your holiday a long time in advance and escape with great fanfare on one of those cold winter days.
During the past two months I have had so many administrative boo-boos that I wonder if anyone works for an honest living anymore. Companies fight so hard to get your business, then when they capture your time and money they look the other way and just don’t understand why some people dismiss sales representatives or advertising messages that come into their lives.
We felt bone-chilling temperatures here in North America in December and the same continued for most of January. The last few days of December were downright frigid and it was the time I decided to move house after many months of stalling. But it doesn’t matter when you move. What counts, is the services that you depend on, and many people who don’t move a lot take this for granted.
People in the Caribbean don’t move house as many times as we do in North America. Take the case of someone who lives near the Grand Anse beach resort. If you haven’t visited him for ten or more years, you are almost certain to find him at the same location if you decide to drop in to see him when you are holidaying in Grenada. Even a bed and breakfast hotel will still be around long after the cows come home.
But in North America we move because of work, family, school, or just plain luck. Well, my luck ran out after I moved and still have a hard time getting the post office to redirect my mail. I call almost everyday but I just hear what the policy is and what they can’t do for me. It gets even worse when I offer a solution. “No, we can’t do that….” It is so frustrating getting any service completed these days.
My new landlords didn’t do much better. I had to spend precious time trying to get one of the two cards we received to gain access to the building and garage. They fixed the problem after the holidays but we still couldn’t get into to the garage. When we finally received a proper card for the garage, we found another car in our parking spot.
There’s more but I will save that for another time. With February fast approaching, I can see myself basking in the Caribbean sun or catching a quick shade under a palm tree.
