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May 24, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,

We are in the Golden Jubilee celebration period and one would expect to get a good treatment/service wherever he/she goes but a few observations made me wonder what we’re celebrating. A while ago some relatives and I venture into the Popeye’s branch on Camp street and upon placing our order we were inform that some of the things are not available like the pepper sauce, certain flavours of drinks and some of the things we ordered to eat. Reluctantly we ordered what was available and sat in the exterior section to eat and observed a man poorly dressed walking around the yard with a cutlass in his hand picking up garbage etc., and only to summarize that he’s the security guard.
After eating, one of my relative returned to the outlet to obtain some toothpicks and to our amusement, she came out with corn cob sticks and told us that they don’t have toothpicks and they give her that. I ventured inside and asked to speak to the supervisor and he was standing in the customer’s area and I explained about the service we’ve received and asked if that’s regular. He told me that this is a normal and they run out of stock but when prompted about the staff’s attitude he didn’t answer because instead of the staff being sincere, they had an attitude like ‘this is what we have either you take it or don’t’. We left there greatly disappointed.
Yesterday after calling Starrs Computers to query about a HP printer and the cost, I went to purchase it and while in the process the sales attendant told me that I have to buy a required cable separately because for some reason the HP company decided to leave out the cable that connects from the printer to the computer. Wouldn’t it have been better to tell me before I went there? After that I visited QuikServ at Stabroek market and after viewing the various signs and prices, I placed my order and was told I have to pay more than what is written on the display board. I pointed out that the display price is what I was working with and the pleasant lady told me the computer/cash register has a different price and that is what they are working with.
I enquired how long this is going on because it could put someone in an embarrassing position and she told me that since last year the prices changed for lots of things but for some reason the management of Banks DIH are not changing the misleading prices on display even though many customers voiced their disapproval even after speaking to supervisor when they are inform of the differences. I’m wondering what would be the tourists’ reactions especially when I look around there’s no garbage bins in sight and the table are littered with empty bottles, tissues, boxes etc. I spend nearly half an hour there and customers had to push the stuff aside on tables if they want to use a table. This is some Jubilee environment we seeing and expect visitors/tourists to accept.
Finally Editor, passing the Stabroek market at the eastern gates, you are greeted with marijuana smell and people pestering you to sell or buy something. Our Town Clerk is relocating vendors (some) but sees it fit to leave these people to conduct suspicious activities, including selling drugs there and deterring people from venturing into the market because of their menacing looks.
The Town Clerk demolished a building that I use to frequent and that I took others to see including the now Director of Sports, former Ministers and present Ministers, based on allegations and I’m prepared to publicly deny these allegations and I’m quite sure that many people whom I took there at various hours would verify that they were never scared, threatened, or witnessed any of those allegations that this the Godly Town Clerk is talking about. I’m urging the relevant authorities to put a leash on him because he’s doing more damages instead of rebuild and to polish it off, he is not exactly truthful. He probably has his personal vendetta against these people and thus he’s using his position to execute his vengeance.
Sahadeo Bates

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