Problem solving in Greece II

This is more of an update to my last post. Today I stumbled upon a very funny answer to a Greek customer complaint that was addressed to Renault France. So, Problem solving part two:)

 

 Who can blame the poor Frenchman for not finding "arhidia kivotio" in the data base?:)) "Kivotio" is the gearbox while "arhidia" means testicle. Some of you might know this word from the Big Fat Greek Wedding "Exo tria arxidia" scene. It literally means "I have three testicles"

  "Gamo to aftokinito sas" would be translated as "Screw your bullshit car". Unfortunately English doesn't provide that colorful range of expressions used in this kind of situations. The original swearing is far more expressive.

"Valte to ston kolo sas"- "Shove it up your ass."

"Gamo tin kariola tin reno"- "Screw the damn Renault breaks".

Here you  have a typical Greek problem solving strategy. The result? The problem is still there but at least now the whole world knows about it.:)))

 

It's literaly all Greek to me

Usually this is "the statement" post, the one post that tells you who I am and what's this blog all about, so let's not break the tradition, we are talking about Greece after all.

I moved in Greece about a year ago, totally unaware of how things work here, how the people are, how different the culture is, in short not knowing what to expect. After one year I still don't know what to expect and I don't think I ever will. The funny thing is that it starts not to bother me anymore. I think I'm slowly getting "greekified".

In some ways Greece is an island. Well, maybe not in the strictly geographical meaning but people here need always to do things their own way which is not necessary  a bad thing unless that involves reinventing the wheel, and keep reinventing it. In short, the way things are done here is least to say unique.

For me as a foreigner, one of the biggest challenges is, of course, the language. There must be a reason for which people all over the world use the expression "It's all Greek to me" when they don't understand something. Maybe it's because Greek language is as easy to learn as predicting the creation of worm holes in the universe and it is also just as random.

There is a movie called "My Big, Fat Greek Wedding". You have probably seen it, it's quite old. To get an idea of how things are in Greece you can imagine that movie with a cast of 11 million people. There are some slight differences of course but most of the things in there are sooooooo true.