Friday, June 27, 2008
Coup d'Hostel
hen is the last time you complained to management? Sent back your food at a restaurant? Protested anything at all? I am learning very quickly that people in Argentina do not take any shit. They will much more likely protest than look the other way. I mean, look at the people banging pots out in the streets on Sunday and Monday night over a grain export tax increase. When would that make anyone (not directly involved in the sale of grain) in the States bat an eyelash? And so, I read in La Nacion this evening that guests at a local hostel took it over because they were not happy with the service. According to La Nacion, the guests have reported numerous thefts to the management and it does not respond. Also, the guests complain of bad treatment in general. And so they have made a sort of Coup d'Etat... err... Coup d'Hostel???