Food / Vegetarian food in Poland? [83]

Good post casper99, thanks.

News / American wanting to know about views from Poland [37]

It'd be hilarious to do a youtube montage of all the Polish forum members
About their special interest in Poland i.e. their threads and posts.
People would think Poland the maddest country ever ha ha ha

History / Poland remembers its bloodless revolution of 1989 [9]

Out of Communism and in to E.Uism, I always thought that was quite brave.

Travel / Need a quiet escape in Poland (walking, romantic) - recommendations? [15]

Recommendations for Zakopane and Recommendations for Krakow (click here) and walks up the Beskid mountains of Poland.

Love / foreign gays in Poland [59]


They are called nuns, cause they don't get nun ;)

Law / The differences in business cultures between the west and Poland [11]


Westerners come here and want it to be like the west, happy meals, have a nice day and are shocked when it's not.
If all places become the same, you may as well stay at home.

I have read reports on this forum of people coming here, drinking and eating McD's and bugger all else.

Polish people smile with their eyes, eye contact here is much more important.
Firm hand shakes with every single person you work with is also important, while looking them in the eye, but not over a door and you must take your gloves off (if applicable).

The Polish, I have met, hate falseness.
An example can be found in the greeting "how are you?".
It is considered a joke here because it is not a real question and the answer is always "fine", even if your family got sent to Siberia.

But react in the exact same way to true friendliness and honesty.

You also have to understand the historical aspect, communists were not in fear of getting fired, they had a job for life, smiling or not.

Perhaps the flip side of this is that in the class system in the west, you had to kiss arse to keep your job.
People in shops here perhaps see, that they are no better or worse than the person they are serving.
I am not saying that is the case in the West all the time but the customer is always right could be an example here?.

And just for the record, I too like to see a smiling beaming face (Dollar signs in their eyes? ha ha ha) when I walk in to a shop, after all I am there to spend my money.

Perhaps if people were given a commission instead of a wage things would be different, maybe maybe not.

But most people here (I am talking about Malapolska) are grand.
I have walked out of shops because of the lack of or bad service, sure.
There is a noticeable difference between people who have worked abroad and people who have not.

But to round it all off I hate the bureaucracy more than anything.
It just slows down and sometimes stops business from getting anywhere.

But this is changing, quite quickly, the world crisis is the perfect opportunity to make these adjustments.

Travel / Animals and birds live here (in Poznan) too [2]

Interesting, thank you.

UK, Ireland / Polish Beer in Ireland! [13]


Ha ha ha, I never thought of it before, just took it for granted.

Jeez it's difficult to pronounce in English "Zełyk"

Life / Customer Service in Poland, what are your experiences? [106]


That was a hospital and that was the chief of medicine ;)

Life / Ceilidhs in Krakow [19]

I miss a good Céilidh!.

Feedback / Polishforums.com - the iPhone App [9]

Could you dumb it down, please?.
For our,
cough,
cough,
cough,
less technologically advanced viewers.

UK, Ireland / Polish Beer in Ireland! [13]


Yep, I hope not toooo
But nationalities as we know them are quickly changing to corporations.
I must be getting old, ha ha ha.

UK, Ireland / Polish Beer in Ireland! [13]


I have all me mates in Ireland on the stuff.
Did not Heineken buy this beer over?, i heard it but I don't want to spread rumours.

Feedback / Polishforums.com - the iPhone App [9]

I probably will sound very silly, but are you showing that on an MP3 phone (IPhone) that you can read and reply to threads?.
How much should/does it cost?.
Should/does it include free monthly minutes?.

I would like to know more but not be charged, if you know what?.


Where do you go?

Travel / Planning On A Trip To Poland [4]

Hello mDarkPoet, And welcome to the Polish forums.

Try for recommendations for Zakopane and for recommendations for Krakow.

It would help if you gave more details, apart from drinking what are your interests :)

USA, Canada / Work ethics in Poland vs US [66]


Who is the U.S?
If not native Americans and Europeans immigrants?.

Real Estate / Angel city Development in Krakow [33]


What was the date of completion in your contract?.


There appears to be a few foreigners who are desperate to sell at the moment and have dropped the price significantly, so not a bad idea.

History / Poland: dont blame us its the Germans. [174]


Quick give him a Euro or two ;)

History / Poland: dont blame us its the Germans. [174]


I would still like clarification about this.

Are you suggesting that it is "fashionable" to blame?.


I think that was his point.

All that it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing

History / Poland: dont blame us its the Germans. [174]


It is not beyond any nation to do such atrocities.


The fuhrer was the most popular person.

I find though that "West" europeans focus on WWII and that most Poles are still pissed off with the last invading force and infiltration, The Red army.

Life / Culture Shock Since Moving to Poland - Anybody Dealt With This Before? [52]

I didn't have culture shock, maybe I am not cultures enough :p

Of course it was very different here from where I was from in many ways but not in the ways that count.

Law / Polish business invoices: do they still need to be stamped and signed? [10]


Yes.


I email the ones I get but my accountants want the originals.
But I email my invoices to other people and they print it, no problem.

E.U. law is changing Polish law and a lot of accountants are not aware of the changes and unwilling to change.
The accountant is probably just covering his back, if the tax office go in to check, the accountant probably thinks it would be easier for him to have the originals. Although in reality the tax office cross reference for confirmation.

Polish bureaucrats love their stamps :)

Travel / Slovakia, neighboring Poland [19]


[quote]Paxton dresses in a client's clothes and discovers a business card for Elite Hunting, a Russian-based murder-for-profit organization./quote]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostel_(film)

The horror film "hostel" was based there ha ha ha ha

youtu.be/jYbaveZ0NYY

has anyone got any good things to say about the place ha ha ha
America seem to paint a pretty grim image, from the youtube links I have provided ha ha ha
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Travel / Slovakia, neighboring Poland [19]


Well it certainly has plenty of it.

I noticed it does not seem as densely populated as here in Poland.
Also the town planners seem to have put the houses in rows, something that is not common practice here in Poland ;)

Travel / Recommendations for Zakopane [48]

Excellent, thanks sapphire.

Travel / Slovakia, neighboring Poland [19]


Anyone i have met who has been there has had nothing good to say about the place.
I have not been there yet. But the mountains are wonderful.

Travel / Recommendations for Zakopane [48]

Try to downsize the photos sapphire, it took me a while to get but I would very much like to see your photos.

* JPEG/JPG - maximum of 100 Kb
* GIF - maximum of 100 Kb
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Travel / Slovakia, neighboring Poland [19]

Slovakian is similar to Polish.
I was surprised that I could speak to people and understand them.


do you like the statue of the little girl giving the soldier flowers? :)

Travel / Slovakia, neighboring Poland [19]


I was drinking the other one (I think ;)

Where were you and why would you not want to go back?.