So, this thread is, in part, directed at @Mad Dog

I am in Santiago for a holiday for 10 weeks, where I am hoping to learn some Spanish. I was strongly urged by MrsCanberra (and her family, who are Chilean), not to wear any of my good watches, and told me to 'just go out and get a $30 one' - I even got in trouble for looking at a $200 seiko! So I went on the net, and duly bought a Quartz watch for $29.95, inc postage!

Secondly, for some strange reason, there isn't much of a coffee culture in Chile (infra-continental rivalry? Don't want to endorse a product from Brazil?) and in most places, coffee means instant, often sweetened with sweetened condensed milk. (Keep in mind I usually drink espresso or macchiato).

So in my hunt for a decent coffee, I even turned to Dunkin Donut, resulting in these photos.





I'm sorry for dirtying this esteemed forum with this piece of plastic that tells time.

Oh, the coffee was st also.

 

I'm blowing the whistle on Daniel and placing him in the Penalty Box with a 10 minute major for unwatchmanlike conduct.

 

@CanberraOmega...

Dibs on the Dunkin'.

Dibs on your job.

Any job that allows 10 weeks of holiday (if holiday = vacation) I want.

LATE ENTRY: I believe the date is incorrect on the Q&Q watch...it should read FRI 11.

 

Not sure if @ulackfocus will allow me to answer,or if i have to wait for my penalty to be lifted!

In Australia we have a concept called 'long service leave'. Work for one employer for 10 years, and you get 3 months leave ON FULL PAY.

 

@CanberraOmega...OK...then I call Double-Dog Dibs on your job.

 

Yeah, really. I've been with the same company for 6.5 years. You don't get higher than me unless you buy in to become a part owner. Yet I still only get 2 weeks paid vacation. The one vacation related privilege is that I can take 9 or 10 days in a row (using a personal day and the usual 2 days per week off combined with 1 week's worth of vacation time) where the regular staff can only take a max of 7 straight days off.

 

Where is the @Mad Dog pose?


Nearly all Australian,s get at least a month (4weeks) off a year and 3months long service after 10 years.
Some jobs. Then there is the work more than 10 Sunday's a year a extra week off. Work remote and another extra week off. This is all on top of 20+ days paid sick leave a year....2 days paid moving house days if needed.

In my current job I can even work 4 years and get paid 80% pay for 5 years, having the whole 5th year off paid at 80%.

 

opened this thread thinking 'i'll give Daniel a like, how bad can it be?'. Cant. Sorry....

 

@CanberraOmega

Hard to feel sorry for someone on a 10-week holiday.

Lack of good coffee is a bummer, but it isn't exactly the 9th circle of hell either.

The 9th circle is where they make you wear quartz watches.

 

I would rather wear that watch than no watch at all.
Just remember, that which you wear with disdain, others would wear with pride.
The man wears the watch, not the other way around.

I know you're just joking about the whole thing, but I abhor watch snobbery in all forms...
I'm sure you can rock that Quartz!

 

Which one? With Hooters girls????

 

I got 5 likes from that first post already!

 

At least i paid less for my quartz than you paid for yours

 

This has to be a contender for quote of the year!

 

The watch gods work in weird ways, guess what just came across my path, BNIB


First time I've tried it on.....
Price was outrageous though.

 

No proper coffee hell, that is hell! Coffee culture is alive and very well in Melbourne and could not imagine a world without it.

Dunkin Donuts? Well, if that's all the coffee you could get, then you're forgiven. Not sure what I would do if I were in your position.

Nothing wrong with the Q+Q by the way. My Father in Law has a Q+Q digital that he bought new for a similar price at a Bendigo Feel Market one day. No chance of seeing the seller ever again, but after about 12 years the darn thing still works and keep pretty accurate time. I admire these watches for what they are. Honest, down to earth, bulletproof and cheap as chips.

Enjoy your long service leave.

 

Wow... Last time I went to a feel market, I sure as hell didn't buy a watch....

 

Don't you have Feel Markets your way that sell watches?

Flee Market. Of Course.

 

And while on vacation!!!! If you're blessed by the watch gods.....

 

Must have been dislodged somehow by the earthquake