02-07-2018, 09:55 PM
I am not barred from that board but don't spend 30 minutes in a year over there either.
I will absoulutly not spend any of my hard earned vacation money feeding him, and I go out of my way to not patronize any of the businesses that advertise there.
Little back ground...
I've been to Negril 18 times in the last 12 years or so, and stay for anywhere between 12 and 17 days each trip depending on my work schedule. So I am no expert on everything Negril but have been around a bit, and have been lurking on this site for many years but don't post much because I call it the way I see it - no candy coating with me - and have been beat up in the past and will probably get tomato'ed on this topic as well.
I also don't have the very best memory in town, but I do remember the ambulance topic , and the lies about the ambulance that was in perfect working order and ready on a moments notice, when in fact it either hit a tree or rolled over? on the west end road, it was out of commission for many months...
I also remember the sweet little old lady that lost her beloved little dog and was looking for a some compassion from a few fellow board members. That ignorant @*$*#l/ went up one side of her and down the other. Described in one word? Bully.
And she's not the only one he has been rude to.
So. No I do not, and will not support sponsors on that site.
I have also been vocal with the many different hotel and villa owners where I've stayed in the past, explaining to them that several things effect my decision to stay at a particular property, and the fact that they DO NOT advertise on that site is a big factor.
I've been told in the past that he does not own the board. The local chamber of commerce owns the board. Personally I don't need the details. He is benefitting from those advertising dollars and if a particular hotel, restaurant or car rental decides to support him in anyway, I don't need their services.
I've also been told that he is considered a kind of a necessary evil.
Well part of that statement is correct, but he is not necessary.
Jamaica is a developing country, and it seems there are not a tremondous amount of employment opportunity's.
It is my opinion that he is taking a job away from somebody that was born and raised in their very own country!
You can't tell me that there is not one Jamaican born citizen that can't turn on a camera and drink free beer, sell a little advertising and plug in a wifi router. No sah.
I plan on continuing to spend my vacation time in Negril, however if more and more businesses jump on that band wagon, I will take holiday to Port Antonio or Treasure Beach, Ocho's etc.
I will absoulutly not spend any of my hard earned vacation money feeding him, and I go out of my way to not patronize any of the businesses that advertise there.
Little back ground...
I've been to Negril 18 times in the last 12 years or so, and stay for anywhere between 12 and 17 days each trip depending on my work schedule. So I am no expert on everything Negril but have been around a bit, and have been lurking on this site for many years but don't post much because I call it the way I see it - no candy coating with me - and have been beat up in the past and will probably get tomato'ed on this topic as well.
I also don't have the very best memory in town, but I do remember the ambulance topic , and the lies about the ambulance that was in perfect working order and ready on a moments notice, when in fact it either hit a tree or rolled over? on the west end road, it was out of commission for many months...
I also remember the sweet little old lady that lost her beloved little dog and was looking for a some compassion from a few fellow board members. That ignorant @*$*#l/ went up one side of her and down the other. Described in one word? Bully.
And she's not the only one he has been rude to.
So. No I do not, and will not support sponsors on that site.
I have also been vocal with the many different hotel and villa owners where I've stayed in the past, explaining to them that several things effect my decision to stay at a particular property, and the fact that they DO NOT advertise on that site is a big factor.
I've been told in the past that he does not own the board. The local chamber of commerce owns the board. Personally I don't need the details. He is benefitting from those advertising dollars and if a particular hotel, restaurant or car rental decides to support him in anyway, I don't need their services.
I've also been told that he is considered a kind of a necessary evil.
Well part of that statement is correct, but he is not necessary.
Jamaica is a developing country, and it seems there are not a tremondous amount of employment opportunity's.
It is my opinion that he is taking a job away from somebody that was born and raised in their very own country!
You can't tell me that there is not one Jamaican born citizen that can't turn on a camera and drink free beer, sell a little advertising and plug in a wifi router. No sah.
I plan on continuing to spend my vacation time in Negril, however if more and more businesses jump on that band wagon, I will take holiday to Port Antonio or Treasure Beach, Ocho's etc.
