News / POLES STILL NEED VISAS TO THE U.S.A!! [84]

It is an attempt and stops more than if there was no barrier...you know that.

There obvioulsy is no perfect or even great solution at hand...but you can't drop the rules because some people are put off by them. It's better than nothing. This way they can TRY to filter out people more likely to stay.

I still say if the shoe was on the other foot this wouldn't even be discussed here.

News / POLES STILL NEED VISAS TO THE U.S.A!! [84]

Warsaw...from the States though as I have mentioned.

I am not saying Poles shouldn't be allowed in the US or something stupid. Just saying everyone has to follow the rules and so many Poles think it is some personal insult.

I have had more than my fair share of trouble with immigration stuff here so I get that it is frustrating...but direct the anger where it belongs...to the illegal Poles mucking it up for the honest ones.

News / POLES STILL NEED VISAS TO THE U.S.A!! [84]

So since lots of people want to see the USA we should allow even more people in there who will stay illegally and put more of a burden on the US?

The visa thing is reasonable. It's people who think they deserve something and refuse to put the blame on their own countrymen who are ruining it for them that are not.

I know that if a huge number of Americans were coming to and living illegally in Poland, and they had to get a visa and complained about it, that you would think very differently than you do now. The hypocrisy is astounding.

Life / Paying bribes in Poland - necessity or a luxury? [41]

In Warsaw homeless or just less than clean looking guys hang around many of the parking areas and ask for money to 'watch' your car. If you don't pay this little bribe often something "happens" to your car.

I have had police outside of Warsaw play the bribe game when they pulled us over for speeding..which we were not..after a serious argument and us asking them to call their supervisor to come out or we would they let us go but acted like they were just giving us a warning this time.

I do have to say in the city of Warsaw at least the Police are generally friendly and upstanding in my experience.

I hate extortionists and corrupt idiots though.

News / POLES STILL NEED VISAS TO THE U.S.A!! [84]

So you are saying since sometimes laws are broken then it means we should just get rid of them?

You are Polish...tired of the US and trying to come back to Poland...it's pretty clear you are biased.

The USA has many problems just like any other place but overall it is a good place with good people. Poland has no moral or quality of life superiority...it's just your home and you will always have a special place for that in your heart.

I know it doesn't speak for all Poles...well I hope not anyway...but the one's who post here are VERY racist and egotistical generally.

Real Estate / Building new house what are the prices like in Poland? [8]

I would get references and check SEVERAL examples of the work of whoever you hire as a builder as well...even talk to the owners of those houses and ask them if they were happy or if they had any problems. If the builder gets insulted by this or try to avoid the issue RUN AWAY. Any good craftsman would be happy to show his quality and gain another customer. Cheaper is NEVER better in this arena. I have heard people complain a lot of the general availability of good skilled labor the last years. It is going to be your home for years or for life so don't risk problems for a few zl.

News / POLES STILL NEED VISAS TO THE U.S.A!! [84]

Can an admin delete this thread please?

This is blatant racism and should not be allowed one way like this or at all really.

This is about the third thread on this old topic the last days and they keep getting more aggressive and ignoring facts. This is NOT an anti Poland policy. Poland has to follow the same rules as anyone.

Every time this whining drivel is posted I will point out the facts...that Poland doesn't get free visa travel because too many stay illegally..more than the minimum. That is the only reason. It's not a conspiracy, it's not to snub Poland. Once the percentage of illegals is below the minimum Poland will be allowed visa free.

USA, Canada / No US Visa Waiver for Poles - 8/9/07 [96]

I am really not sure what the argument is here. There is a reason Poles are not allowed visa free travel to the US...it was said above.

There is a mininimum threshold for illegals from a country for it to be allowed visa free travel. Poland has a higher percentage if illegals in the US than is allowed. The countries that are allowed have a number under that threshold.

This is not some conspiracy against Poland. Does it suck for honest Poles? Hell yeah. But it's not some insult or scheme to keep Poles out. Once the amount of people overstaying their legal visas goes down Poland will be admitted to the program.

What is so complicated about this?

Life / Buying a Phone in Warsaw - where to get English manual? [11]

Yeah prices are for sure better on Allegro or ebay...but I dont trust the sellers. Too many scams and fake products being sold. On ebay you can try to get a resolution if there is a problem but it is hit and miss...on Allegro forget it. I will pay more to have a legit item and safe warranty.

The prices in shops here ARE robbery and I only purchase what I have to here. I save important purchases for when I am out of Poland.

Life / Buying a Phone in Warsaw - where to get English manual? [11]

Not the Orange salons in Warsaw. At least not the ones in the center. People think there is way more English info available here than there really is. I am noticing more and more young people who don't speak English at all too compared to a few years back. Could just be my perception but I have noticed this.

I'd also not buy electronics other than at a reputable shop as warranties and such won't be honored or valid at KDW or ebay etc. I know from experience.

Law / Canadian applying for the European Residence Card in Poland [7]

The "girl" processing his file sounds like most of them I have met. They don't know the rules and make them up as they see fit. I'd ask a a couple other workers there and see what they say.

I have been flat out told something was impossible by one office multiple times only to have another office say "no problem" and do it in 5 minutes. There is no standard here.

You are kind of screwed trying to get the girl above to do anything as they will not make any effort to prove themselves wrong. I'd try to switch case managers.

Life / Buying a Phone in Warsaw - where to get English manual? [11]

If that is mandated it isn't followed. Most things I have purchased have at best PL, EST, LT, LV and CZ.

Love / Help me: about polish girls [12]


I guess the load of Indian guys I see with Polish girls in Warsaw are a figment of my imagination?

Law / Renewing Karta pobytu in Warsaw [35]

If you went into a shop and took some bread to the kasa and they would not tell you a price but told you must pay. What would you do? If you walk out they call the Police as you are stealing...if you leave it you don't eat.

How is this my fault?

I can't get true info from the people who make the process...so I thought I'd ask some people who have done it. Thats the only reason I asked in this "forum". Clearly that was a mistake and the problem is not the office but the attitude of the people here.

None of them answered with accurate info...and somehow I am the bad guy.

In "ROME" the "ROMANS" dont need a ******* karta pobytu!

The people who don't have a problem with this system have someone else arranging it for them. I don't have that luxury. You said 'many' people cope fine...well every single expat I know ******* constantly about this place...don't kid yourself that because they are polite in mixed company that they have no problems and everything works great.

My irritation stems from the fact that nobody knows answers to **** they require YOU to know.

Respect...help...and decency are in short supply in this country.

Thanks to those who were polite...and **** those who weren't. I extend politeness and respect as a matter of fact until people treat me like ****. I guess it is more fun to insult people than to help and be nice.

You can have your forum for Arabs to get dates and to argue about which girls are hotter. You have several posters here who are really poor quality people and say some awful things yet they don't get this much grief.

Generally I turn the other cheek. But I also believe in treating others the way you wish to be treated...but when they stop...I stop.

So to that end:

**** you mak****head. I didn't do a ******* thing to you yet you felt the need to berate me and insult my friends. Go suck a dick you arrogant ******* jack off. Ironically I will likely be banned and or the post deleted when those attacking me weren't. But at this point it doesn't matter as nobody here knows what the **** they are talking about anyway.

To the few good folks here like Sausage...no offense to you all but this site is overrun with people who are full of **** and get their jollies trying to knock others down. Usually it is a ****** minority ruining it for the masses. Here the masses are the problem.

Save your "see ya" and "good riddance" replies. It isn't clever nor bothering. Nor will I read them. But that won't stop you. "Internet" badasses just have to show how tough they are.

And you wonder why Poland gets so much grief...look in the mirror you twats. All you had to do was be polite. But that was too much to ask. Next time I see some dick shoving an old woman as they get off the bus I will think of you. Poland's finest.

News / Adult movie producers looking for 'actresses' in Poland or just a weirdo? [120]

djf don't worry...there are people who understand what you are getting at and are not getting their jollies on this site insulting others. It seems to be common here.

Law / Renewing Karta pobytu in Warsaw [35]

What is it with people here and the personal attacks?

If it makes you so angry stop replying. You are making excuses for Poland's faults and blaming it on me. I would not presume to blame you if you were in the US and some idiots or contradictions blocked you from accomplishing something. Typical for here...don't know something or feel stupid yourself?? Well the answer is to turn it on the other person and treat them like crap. See it all the time in shops.

And you insulted my friends too. That is disrespectful and you can't justify it.

Law / Renewing Karta pobytu in Warsaw [35]

Well....I showed the link to several Poles and they said it didn't say anything about American's not needing the permit. Explain to me how that is my fault or me not coping if I was given bad information? I can only know what I am told or experience...

I find it ridiculous that you can be angry at ME for the system being broken. I assure you I am not the only one having these issues.

Your reaction is typical here. People can't figure something out and they take it out on the person trying to sort it.

You tell me to stop bothering people? How about people post reliable TRUE and complete info rather than more ambiguity? I'd loved to have only asked once and gotten the true response...just like people would love to only have to go to the offices ONCE and not 20 f'ing times.

Put the blame where it belongs.

Law / Renewing Karta pobytu in Warsaw [35]

There IS no info that Americans don't need the permit...not that I can find. The first I heard of this was in a post here but that person won't respond and say how they know this. The "law" doesn't say this anywhere anyone can show me. I asked a few people in the Immigration office and one guy said 'sometimes' it is true but others flat out said no you MUST have it...well it can't be both. It is or isn't ALWAYS required. If it is not...there has to be a criteria.

I need to know before I start this...as if it IS needed I will go another route.

Last week I went and was told to go today and ask for a certain person. I went today and the jerk shift must have been working as a few people told me "WE CANNOT CALL THIS PERSON..GO TO THE INFORMATION!!" Well the Information TOLD me to ask for this guy. It's ridiculous.

They wonder why people flip out and go on rampages in government offices.

News / Adult movie producers looking for 'actresses' in Poland or just a weirdo? [120]

If he comes back she should call the police. These kind of scum aren't tough guys...just opportunists. They would run like the cowards they are if the police or the threat of police was leveled.

This happens all the time just like trafficking and lots of other things that we can't change because lots of people are just sick.

I think OC spray (tear gas) and such things are legal here (PL) right? Some sort of weapon for defense is a good idea for a girl working alone. Hell a meter long board or pipe by the kasa would work well too in case someone did attack her.

Law / Renewing Karta pobytu in Warsaw [35]

Maf...I appreciate your links...but the answers are not there. Polish friends have read them AND the people in the immigration office even say they don't know as the law "depends". That is not an answer to a YES or NO question. Especially when they can't even tell you what it depends on.

My questions are NOT being answered. What I need is a clear response. Links to laws those implementing them don't even understand or follow don't help me at all. In addition, the exact things I want to know aren't listed in those laws.

1. Do American's need a Work Permit or is their a waver. If so who told you this or where did you reference it.

2. What is the "proper wording" to get 2 years as was mentioned above.

Love / DO POLISH GAYS ALSO DIE YOUNG? [56]

Some sad people posting here. I pity your views of others.

Life / Doing laundry in Poland [66]

Nevermind.

Travel / zloty or Euro [33]


No you aren't. You are telling in a way that makes you feel artificially superior.

Likely someone who had never been abroad 'told' the OP either currency was accepted or they read it online. In the old days US Dollars were accepted all over and if someone who hasn't traveled for ages is giving advice I can completely see it.

This happens all the time in Europe too...people giving false info...case in point my quest for immigration info. Half the stuff I am told is wrong...so does that make me stupid when I ask someone if that info is true so I can vet it? No.

Search for about anything online and you will get conflicting info and flat out lies. I am sure I could come up with all sorts of things you don't know about my country that some would say you were stupid for asking about. Does that make me better?

Americans are nor more stupid, arrogant, selfish, shallow, jealous, greedy or whatever bad notion than Europeans...and "European" is not a nationality and the attitudes vary widely by country. I have lived on both sides of this "culture" rift for years and I have grown very tired of this nonsense.

Life / Doing laundry in Poland [66]


Exactly...most people don't bother.

Life / Doing laundry in Poland [66]

Putting in it in the bathroom will make the mold problem worse as that room is much more humid as a norm.

When the front loaders made their way to the US people were moaning en masse a few months later when most of the machines were full of moldy stink. It's a design flaw really with so many twisty tubes and sealed areas...and most people don't know or think about it until it is so bad you can't do anything about it. I have run load after load of bleach in mine and it still won't go away entirely.

They even started selling special cleaning tablets to run in them every few loads to prevent mold...and using liquid soaps and especially liquid fabric softener will make it much worse.

It really is one of those things people don't seem to believe or care about until it affect them...I know I never thought about it until my clothes started stinking after being washed and I investigated.

Life / Doing laundry in Poland [66]

I notice no difference in drying. I have the rack that goes up on cords above the bathtub. Most things are dry in 6 hours or so...jeans need overnight. If you have a balcony rack I can see it being an issue.

There isn't much I prefer in Poland over home...but laundry is one of them. Easier on clothes and cheaper.

I actually hated having to guess how much the tumbler dryer was going to shrink my clothes when shopping.

Life / Doing laundry in Poland [66]

Just google Front Loading washers vs Top loading washers. The former are gaining popularity in the US as well in the last 5 years. To make it confusing though Poles will probably think of a Top Loader as a version of the Front Loaders they have but rather with a hatch on top that opens into the horizontally spinning drum..same principle..different access the the sealed drum. US style is an open vertical drum that doesn't seal totally...like Asians often have as well.

You don't HAVE to set it on the long setting...just like a top loader...just depends on how dirty the clothes are. Mine takes 45 min on the setting I use and my things are fine.

The main thing I don't like about Front Loaders is due to the way it seals up and the tubes for the soap etc run from the top, they have a tendency to build up mold. You MUST leave the main door and the soap door open to prevent this...but most people here don't. Every flat I have rented and every one I have visited has some mold in the tray, tubes and around the seal as they don't leave it open.

The clothes do come out drier as people have said...so it doesnt take things long to dry while hanging even inside. The only change I have had to make is the size I buy clothes in...in the US we tend to know it will shrink in the drier so we buy accordingly...here I buy the size that fits in the shop exactly as it won't shrink while hanging normally.

Work / NIP number - can I get this before I am employed? [13]

Bensz my friends experience with the NIP mimicked yours. I am hoping to repeat it on Monday but they will likely have changed the rules by then. Wish me luck.

Work / Do American English teachers need a Work Permit for working residency? [14]

The US embassy won't tell me anything I don't know (been through it) and they sure as hell can DO anything. Most people have a false idea about what embassies do and don't do.

Passport prob? US taxes or voting? Sure...but they are useless when it comes to anything having to do with Poland's internal law and procedure and even the anectdotal advice they have is not accurate I have found.

If I told them I was suicidal they'd probably forcably repatriate me and send me the bill...and they don't use economy priced tickets when they arrange it ;)

I actually think this is all an ingenious program by the immigration department to keep foreigners from settling here without having to outright say that's the plan ;)

I kid...but that would be diabolically brilliant...so it can't be true.

Viva La Polska!

Work / Do American English teachers need a Work Permit for working residency? [14]

Well...I am sans polish gf now....and yeah it was easier then but even she was at her wits end with it last time.

Its not doom and gloom its experience. Everything I have been told about how to do something here has been wrong or incomplete. Today I went to the Urzad Pracy (Labor Office) for the 2nd time they couldnt say YES OR NO and said come back next week and ask some other person who is only there like 15min during the full moon weeks or something crazy. That never works.

I find it impossible to believe that it changes with every Yank that does this...yet all Yanks I talk to have different stories ranging from "took 5 min" to "I lost 20kg and am on antidepressants now". And none of them followed the exact same steps.

The immigration office did the same. It is a YES OR NO question. I pointed this out...yes very politely :)...and got nothing but shrugged shoulders. I asked if he processed many American English teachers...he said yes...I asked if THEY needed it. "It depends"...but he couldn't say on what. I said "where can I find the criteria...it MUST be written somewhere or you would have no basis to make a decision" He seemed to understand but still couldn't say. HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW IF YOU HAVE TO DO IT OVER AND OVER?? They accept the applications and tell you what is missing...so how do they know what to ask for if they don't have criteria? It's insane.

I tried changing my coat, pasting on a fake moustache and going in again a few minutes later asking the same things again hoping I would win the Polish information lottery (you know what I mean) but to no avail. My Magic 8-Ball is more informative.

I will follow the rules...tell me the rules and I will follow them :) Not in Bizzaroland!!

And thanks UKPolska for asking your pals ;)

I would set up a business if I could do it for sure and not pay out the bunghole for it and could get reliable instructions.,,but in the thread linked to above the American asking never did get his questions answered and sounds like he has been at this for years. Most advice on the subject is simply wrong or rumor. Unfortunately you won't know it until you waste yet more time and youth.

Harry wrote something in that thread that went something like "to get something done here you have to convince them it is easier to just do it than to string you along and have you keep pestering them". I don't possess such diplomatic skills....choking them and calling their mothers unspeakable names is not effective I have learned ;)