A Cautionary Tale

[helen]

Re: A Cautionary Tale

I'm a happy hawaii import goin' on 34 years now. But when I go mainland, I probably whine a lot.

Got any of your own?

Forgive me for pullng rank here but this is not the thread or the sub-forum for discussing things that you miss while out side the state of Hawaii. There is however another thread (recently created) that does discuss this so please use that thread.

This thread is mainly about a person who missed things that was not available or didn't live up to expections while in the state of Hawaii.

[Richfuel]

Re: A Cautionary Tale

Auwe! Some people get it, some people never do.

I'm a happy hawaii import goin' on 34 years now. But when I go mainland, I probably whine a lot.

What! No sticky rice?
Where's the ocean?
It's so Cooooold. Brrrr!
You call this sashimi?
How can you not know what a Manapua is!
Ewwww, shoes on the carpet.
Gawd, is that a snake!
How come the weathercast doesn't have a surf report?
You call that a beach? It may be where land touches water, but it ain't a beach!
I said I was "Pau", how come you still nevah take my plate?
MY McDonalds has Portuguese Sausage, what's wrong with this McDonalds?
How can you not like Spam?
How come there's no shoyu on the table?
How come every fricken department store I go into, I have to go through 2 sets of doors?

Got any of your own?

[helen]

Re: A Cautionary Tale

By any chance did this person signed up to HawaiiThreads, before, during or after their stay on Oahu?

It would be interesting to know when (or what part of the year) this person first visited the state and did she visited Oahu first or some other island?

It kind of seems that place she first visited is not the same place she ended up staying and just didn't realize that the state, small as it is, is quite varied, I think that is the mistake this person made.

[MyopicJoe]

Re: A Cautionary Tale

I enjoyed reading your story, TG

She didn't experience an ounce of what you've gone through, and already she's running home to momma. Grant it, it's important to quickly find out what you don't want out of life and cut your losses, but it's a shame she was so rude to you and everyone else.

I have a feeling she needed to blow things out of proportion to justify quitting so soon; both to herself and to the people back in CO. Stories of how horrible Hawaii is, to protect her ego.

At least most of the ladies on HT are tough wahines

[tutusue]

Re: A Cautionary Tale

Wow, TG...just plain, ol'...WOW!!! I tend to refer to Hawaii as the 'land of instant karma'. No wonder she lasted only 3 weeks!

I'm stunned that the very short term employer who canned her actually paid for her return airfare. OTOH...I think that speaks volumes about how badly employer wanted complainer gone...with as much real estate between employer and complainer as possible.

[turtlegirl]

My buddy's new roommate just moved back to the mainland.

Total amount of time spent on Oahu - 3 weeks!!

Her first few days here she wouldn't stop gushing about how much she loves Hawaii, how she's waited her whole life to move here, since her first visit, she knew that she had to be here, she's so happy to be "finally home", loves her new job, can't wait to go snorkeling, everything's sooo beautiful, was 'meant to be here', love the aloha...blah, blah, blah.

She got a job immediately, and arranged with my buddy to pay her share of the rent once she gets her first paycheck. She got an 808 cellphone. Bought stuff like shorts and hats and water shoes.

By the end of her first full week here, the complaining started, and it never stopped.

"Its so hot I can't sleep at night. The sand on North Shore hurts my feet. I hate the Bus. I don't like wearing a swimsuit. I got a blister. A chicken woke me up from my nap. The heat at the beach makes me sick. We don't do things this way back in Colorado. Why do we have to walk so far...can't you just go get the car. I don't like the food here. I have a list of things I need to get but nobody will take me to the store (right now? you expect someone to take you to the store that's only a block away from you right now?). I don't want to walk to the bus stop (one block). I'm so far away from my (grown) son. Eww, I'm all sweaty. I can't find my bank here. Can someone take me home (once, she said this less than an hour after we got to a bbq, that took me an hour to drive us to!). How come my hair is all wavy since I got here? I don't like hanging out, especially with young people. The turtles look kinda small here. There's sand in the house. The water tastes funny here. I don't like the food. I hate the natural wood walls in the apartment, and the landlady said I can paint them cream. I saw an ant in the kitchen. I don't like taking off my shoes at home. I'm hot. I got red dirt on my shoes and now they're ruined. Why won't you take me to do this list of 10,000 things before you go surf? It's hooooooot. Waaaaaaaah."

Her attitude got more unbearable every day. And she was being pretty rude and jerky to anyone who tried to help her. Rarely thanked me or my friends for anything, and we were always going out of our way to help her out and make her feel welcome.

And so, for the finale, she mouthed off to her boss one too many times and got herself let go. She actually demanded that her boss pay for her return flight to CO! And he did!

And she stiffed my buddy on the rent, too!

To help out my buddy, I took her to the airport yesterday. Good riddance. But as a final insult, she yelled at me for not being there to get her on time. No thank yous, she just complained halfway to town, about how she was going to miss her flight, and have to spend more time here on this god forsaken island, thanks to me.

She made her flight in plenty of time, and thankfully, now she's gone.

Sooo, I just wanted to share this story with everyone. Often, we hear from potential newcomers here on HT, and they sometimes expect that we - total strangers- pat them on the back and give them a round of applause because they've decided to move here. Nobody's being mean by offering warnings to the newcomers, they just don't want to see you end up like this girl. She sold all her stuff and moved here, and now she passionately hates Hawaii, and has left.