Fine then, mess up your countries reputation, see if I care...
5 Comments Published by Tom Gara on Wednesday, November 9 at Wednesday, November 09, 2005.
So, for the assclowns of the week award - heres to the incredibly talented staff of the Tunisian embassy in the Hague, who will only speak to callers in French or Dutch. The person I was connected to spoke English - but she told me (in slow French) that they will not speak in English over the phone. "Shhpeeke Nederlanshe??" - "No". "Parle Francais?"
How much more retarded and not in the bests interests of your country can you get? Say I'm an optimisting young Korean toursist travelling around the world with a big bag of money to spend. I've tired of Europe's cold grey skies and boring urban scenery. I see some awesome photos of the North African coast, the Sahara, I become interested in making my way there. I look on google and see lots of tourist information about Tunisia, but to go these, I need a visa.
So, I our young Korean friend calls the Tunisian embassy in the Netherlands, and they basically tell him to fuck off because he doesn't speak two completely irrelevant languages. Real smart thinking guys.
Anyhow, I'll be in Tunisia next week for a conference, so I guess I will be able to see in person whether this kind of retardedness is limited to overseas Embassy weirdos, or if it has infected Tunisia proper....
How much more retarded and not in the bests interests of your country can you get? Say I'm an optimisting young Korean toursist travelling around the world with a big bag of money to spend. I've tired of Europe's cold grey skies and boring urban scenery. I see some awesome photos of the North African coast, the Sahara, I become interested in making my way there. I look on google and see lots of tourist information about Tunisia, but to go these, I need a visa.
So, I our young Korean friend calls the Tunisian embassy in the Netherlands, and they basically tell him to fuck off because he doesn't speak two completely irrelevant languages. Real smart thinking guys.
Anyhow, I'll be in Tunisia next week for a conference, so I guess I will be able to see in person whether this kind of retardedness is limited to overseas Embassy weirdos, or if it has infected Tunisia proper....
what reputation? hope you get to meet up with gaigi and have a few drinks at the shilling.
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they didn't speack arabic?
i know if they did u would have find ur way around with them! hehe
durka durka jihad durka durka!
why didn't u try that?
jurka jurka mohammed jihad!!
Hi Tom... arent there any Dutch speaking people around you to help you.. I can help you I speak Dutch at least! Just tell me okay! xox Ingrid