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[–] cyclops1771 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Ah, "island time."

I helped open a bunch of furniture stores there in the late 2000's. Everything was always late.

We would order a trunk line to be installed 6 months prior to needing it. In the US, it's 6 weeks, tops. And you can pay for expedited installs. In PR? Nope. 6 months, and then you have to call and bitch every day, hour upon hour, until they are sick of hearing from you, and finally send someone out.

Using the "I ordered this 6 MONTHS AGO!!!" complaint, and they can see, sure enough, you ordered it 6 months ago.

You're in the Caribbean - everyone is chill and relaxed. No pressure. Vacation mode. If it doesn't get done today, oh well, there is always tomorrow!

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[–] Dortex1 [S] 2 points -1 points (+1|-2) ago 

Oh god. I actually had the eminent pleasure of working with whites in an SBA event. It really was night and day. The secretaries were always orderly, polite, and efficient. They would spend the entire day calling out names for "people" who'd come to them seeking an appointment. Half of them didn't show up. When my turn finally came, the spics they'd left in charge of escorting me to the appropriate office had just quietly left me sitting at the lobby for 20 minutes. The (white) secretaries, bless their souls, got me a new appointment and one of them took me to the offices personally. What were the spics doing? Bitching about how punctual the whites were. Like, openly making jokes about how they'd get mad if they're late.

Ultimately, how did these orders go? Did you finally break? Find anyone that's better than just doing the work yourself? I'm basically at a loss as to how to find anyone here that's competent short of sneaking into some White office and hoping someone hears me out before getting booted.

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[–] cyclops1771 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Find Cubans who emigrated to Florida, and then moved to Puerto Rico. Cubans tend to work their asses off - the ones who fled Castro were the upper and middle working classes. They have a work ethic built into them.

Everyone who I dealt with who was puertorriqueno was lazy - the ones with motivation all moved off island to the mainland. Whenever I dealt with Cubans, everything was solid and easy.

Orders went in after a couple of days, you just have to plan wait time, lead time, bitching time, and screaming time into your schedule.