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Rank: Veteran Joined: 7/3/2007 Posts: 1,634
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ecstacy wrote:As for the ladies who return, what's with lecturing EVERYONE in customer service whilst on tweng mode?? Add that perennial, annoying question: "And how much is that in dallars?" (said with a tweng of course). "The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." (Niels Bohr)
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Rank: Member Joined: 4/20/2012 Posts: 888
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Some come with those funny dreads...when asked; he retorted " watu wote wako hivo huko"
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Rank: Member Joined: 7/11/2008 Posts: 401
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MKWASI wrote:Some come with those funny dreads...when asked; he retorted " watu wote wako hivo huko"
More like the bratha cannot afford a weekly haircut.
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Rank: User Joined: 9/6/2013 Posts: 1,446 Location: In a house
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theman192000 wrote:MKWASI wrote:Some come with those funny dreads...when asked; he retorted " watu wote wako hivo huko"
More like the bratha cannot afford a weekly haircut. Paying $25 for haircut(no beards) yet you earn $8/hr gross is not easy as you think.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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Another observation is when you ask what they're doing back in the diaspora, its so vague.... Oh I manage some buildings = janitor Im in hospitality = flipping burgers at McDees Just say what you do...unless....:) Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 2/3/2010 Posts: 1,797 Location: Kenya
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toward the end of their stay when they have maxed out their credit cards, they tend to ask for soft loans which they take long to repay once back majuu  I may be wrong..but then I could be right
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Rank: Elder Joined: 1/17/2013 Posts: 4,693 Location: Earth
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kueni wapole. Kiash might change his mind
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2009 Posts: 26,325 Location: Masada
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You know you've made it when you get a parking space for your yatcht.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2009 Posts: 26,325 Location: Masada
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2008 Posts: 6,274 Location: Kenya
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ecstacy wrote:KulaRaha wrote:I've noticed there is a huge chunk of RTS (Return To Sender) diaspora types back in town. Most claim to be back home so they can "feel grounded" and miss home. Yet when you hear their conversations, they spend most of their time telling us how things were so much better back in X ( for X use SA, USA, UK, Canada, Dubai etc). They also make fun of local ethnic accents, while they talk in fake twangs that sound nothing like English. Share your observations. All for a good laugh!  Can't these brothers wear clothes that fit? Once a hommie, always a hommie? Or is it anatomy of these fellows? I hear they are actually two guys carrying each other. 
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 6/30/2014 Posts: 36
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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!
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 6/23/2011 Posts: 1,740 Location: Nairobi
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And when the guy says he is in transport business...taxi driver
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 6/30/2014 Posts: 36
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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).
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,979
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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. "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Rank: Elder Joined: 1/17/2013 Posts: 4,693 Location: Earth
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2008 Posts: 4,449
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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.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 1/17/2013 Posts: 4,693 Location: Earth
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I know one who walks on air after returning from DRC.
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Rank: Chief Joined: 5/9/2007 Posts: 13,095
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/26/2011 Posts: 181 Location: Nairobi
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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. First time in history we can save the human race by laying in front of the TV and doing nothing. Let's not screw it up
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2008 Posts: 4,449
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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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