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PWEI   
13 Sep 2011
Work / Salary for Teaching EFL in Krakow [120]

In Poland only people from certain countries can operate as a dzielnosc gospodarcza and for some purposes running any other kind of business activity is not economically viable (as all of your competitors are running as dzielnosc gospodarcza).

Do you specialise in giving advice on topics that you know nothing about?
PWEI   
13 Sep 2011
Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

milky
(plenty of teachers work a mere 9 hours a week to get ZUS paid,

A 'mere'??

Yes, a mere: some of us very regularly work more than 9 hours in a day. Perhaps you should try it?

milky
at 50zl a shot, that can easily be an extra 4000zl in income

an extra 25 private classes a week?? you'd be dead in a month.

Now we're seeing exactly why it is that flats are so far out of the range that you can afford: you simply do not work hard enough. Sorry to tell you this Mark, sorry, I mean Milky, but 34 hours per week is slightly less than most people work.

I also love your maths skills. If lessons are 50zl each and a person wants an extra 4000zl per month in income, they do not actually need to work 25 lessons per week in order to earn that much. So perhaps the problem is not only that you're too lazy to be able to buy a flat, perhaps it is that you are too lazy and too stupid?
PWEI   
13 Sep 2011
Travel / Any Hooters in Poland? [28]

You aksin a keschin? I do believe robust beat combos perform in 'Speakeasy' establishments, and such like.

I suggest that the witness is referring to the 'Hard Rock Cafe' chain, m'lud. The are dining establishments owned by a tribe of what one used to refer to as redskins and are themed memorabilia from popular beat 'combos' and the like.
PWEI   
13 Sep 2011
Travel / Any Hooters in Poland? [28]

Nope. Rumour was that they were planning to open up in a couple of locations but were informally advised that their product wasn't sufficiently Catholic for Poland. Both the Hooters copies in Gdansk and Warsaw have sunk without a trace.
PWEI   
12 Sep 2011
Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

Foreigner4
what are the chances that some areas will see a bit of a dive while others remain stable?

Pretty close to 100%. In the current market conditions, some sectors will see falling prices (although I think that 'dive' would be too strong a word), others will see stable prices and others will see increasing prices: it all depends exactly what we're talking about and exactly where it is.
PWEI   
12 Sep 2011
Work / Is finding an engineering job in Poland difficult? Do I have to be fluent in Polish? [17]

Does anyone know how difficult it would be to find an engineering job in that area without completely fluent polish?

The question is what you can offer a potential employer that a Polish candidate can not offer and whether that plus will outweigh the rather large minus of you not being able to communicate with the majority of the Polish staff at the company. In other words, it is going to be very very difficult.
PWEI   
12 Sep 2011
Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

Poland is not in a bubble- why does this keep coming back?

Because the only way that the likes of Milky Mark will ever be able to afford to buy a place is if the price of property goes down by 95% and they think that by constantly predicting that the sky is falling, the sky will actually fall. Sad really.
PWEI   
12 Sep 2011
Love / Help - evil Polish girl after my partner. [39]

I thought maybe I was misunderstanding some cultural aspect of the case!

Certainly doesn't sound like it to me. Sounds to me like the mother has a problem with alcohol and the father is reacting appropriately (although the mother might want to consider making sure the child can not be taken out of the UK, I really would not fancy her chances of getting the kid back from Iraq if the father takes him there).
PWEI   
11 Sep 2011
Travel / Airline tickets from LOT... changing flights. [29]

Even when the delay or cancellation is due to natural causes, airlines in the EU are legally required to pay for hotel accommodation and meals. But do feel free to demonstrate your stupidity by claiming otherwise.
PWEI   
10 Sep 2011
Law / Is it possible to change visit visa to student or work permit in Poland? [16]

It is technically possible to do that without leaving Poland but it's very very difficult to do. However, it is impossible to do so when one only has a week left on one's visa. Sorry. Your best bet is to do three months in the UK and then return to Poland.
PWEI   
9 Sep 2011
News / Prime Minister in Krynica on European integration [53]

Crow, Dalmatia was a part of Yugoslavia and not Serbia. Why the talk of that region?

Because he's a Serb and so views all land near Serbia as rightfully belonging to Serbia and all people in that region as targets for raping and/or murdering.
PWEI   
9 Sep 2011
News / Prime Minister in Krynica on European integration [53]

it is really tragic to me to see desperate Poland`s situation.

Don't be sad: Poland isn't in a situation which is at all bad, despite what certain ultra-nationalist morons think.

And no matter how bad things get for Poland, at least Poles will also be able to justifiably look down on the pariahs of Europe, the murderous rapist scum that inhabit Serbia.
PWEI   
9 Sep 2011
Love / Was the strict Polish family the reason for our break-up? [20]

Is this normal in a traditional polish family? My grand parents don't seem to hav any problem with hmy fathers decisions.

Some Poles find it far more acceptable for their son to have a black wife than they would for their daughter to have a black husband.
PWEI   
9 Sep 2011
News / Polish Students Striking in Lithuania [80]

hubabuba
foreigners(also minority) can name their children whatever they like

No they can not, which is why nobody in Poland would be allowed to name their son Lê Văn Duyệt. And heaven forbid that anybody thinks Triệu Thị Trinh is a suitable name for their daughter!
PWEI   
9 Sep 2011
Work / Average monthly salary in Poland is around 1000 PLN (few hundred bucks). [387]

I have a Polish passport and ID, does that give me the right to live in Poland? =p I'm Canadian by the way...

Yes it does give you the right. But is your Polish fluent? If not, you're not going to get much work.

Do you know anything on how much bartenders make, I need to make sure that going through school and all is worth it.

About 12zl per hour in Warsaw.
PWEI   
9 Sep 2011
Law / Is there some way to extend the residence permit here in Poland? I have a tourist visa. [50]

get out from schengen normally via Russia or Ukraine , then I get the Stamp , then I return to my GF`s house illegally and stay there 3 months , go back to ukraine or russia illegaly , and reenter poland legally ... sounds easy no?

Sounds totally foolproof. What could possibly go wrong? All you need to do is to twice cross one of Europe's most heavily protected land borders and avoid any situations in which you might need to show your passport for the three months that you are illegally in Poland.

Personally, the last time I even went near Poland's border with Ukraine, my passport was checked more than once, and I didn't even leave Poland.

On the plus side, the average IQ in Poland will certainly go up after you get caught and banned from the Schengen zone for a good number of years.
PWEI   
9 Sep 2011
Law / Is there some way to extend the residence permit here in Poland? I have a tourist visa. [50]

Why would you want to do that? Even if you do manage to cross what is now one of the most tightly guarded land borders in Europe, you'll still be in Poland illegally. You'd be better off just not leaving Poland (you'll be here illegally either way but at least if you don't leave, you won't need to explain why you have no Polish entry stamp in your passport).
PWEI   
9 Sep 2011
Law / Is there some way to extend the residence permit here in Poland? I have a tourist visa. [50]

let say that my GF , or other polish individual that knows me (and know my situation), goes to speak to the voivod (the office in charge of residence permissions) , can that be a good reason to extend my stay here?

No. Most certainly not.

Can I do something ,within a week time , to get an extension of my residence ?

Nothing that would work. You could try claiming asylum but they'd probably just laugh at you.
PWEI   
9 Sep 2011
Life / British working communities in Poland [12]

OWELL
are you serious? get the facts dude lots of polish doctors are in Uk not to mention engineers and scientists dude get out of that hole and see how poles are doing abroad esp in UK

This of course explains what those of us in Poland have noticed since Poland joined the EU: it is virtually impossible to find a doctor but it is very easy to find a plumber, a painter or an electrician.
PWEI   
9 Sep 2011
Life / British working communities in Poland [12]

- Is the British ex-pat community a noticeable presence?

Not really. There are a couple of bars in Warsaw which attract the British expats but that's about it. There's nothing like the Irish community's St Patrick's day ball or the Burns Society's Burns night dinner.

- Is it in any way comparable to the Polish working community in the UK?

No, not even close. For a start it is far far smaller.

- How are relations between Poles and Brits working in Poland?

In the 16 years I have been here, I have never noticed any problems at work which could be attributed to British/Polish clashes.
PWEI   
9 Sep 2011
News / Polish Students Striking in Lithuania [80]

Even some Lithuanian names are barred in Poland - for instance, Agne, Egle, Giedre and more. All valid female names, yet due to the requirement for female names to end in 'a' in Poland - no such luck here.

Also barred are all the names which require use of Lithuanian characters.
PWEI   
9 Sep 2011
Law / Is there some way to extend the residence permit here in Poland? I have a tourist visa. [50]

OWELLThe answer is where are you from?

I do wish that people who know nothing wouldn't give advice which gets other people into trouble.

No it is not legal to take a train ride to the Ukraine in order to get another 90 day-visa. Once you have been inside the Schengen Zone for 90 days in any 180 day period, you must either have a valid residency permit or leave the zone and stay out for 90 days.

If anything, leaving Poland is worse than staying here: all you do is twice expose yourself to people who will take an interest in your passport.

More and more Americans are learning this the hard way every month.

Depox
what happens for instance if I overstay in Poland ,

If you get caught, you'll be deported. When you try to leave Poland, you may be fined and banned from the Schengen zone for a number of years.

Depox
can I begin some voluntary work , study or whatever?

Not legally you can't. If you are not in Poland legally (which you are not if you have been in the Schengen zone for more than 90 days in any 180-day period and you do not have a residency permit), you can not do anything legally and nothing you do will make you legal in Poland: you must leave and stay out for 90 days. Of course, if you overstay and then are not lucky at the border, you will need to stay out for a lot longer than 90 days.