**The tourists in this story should not have been placed in a position to get into a fight with a taxi driver about what HE thought was proper value for their dollar**. In my opinion, a tourist should not be in court for manslaughter for driving a vehicle rented to them but known globally to have a history of safety concerns regarding rollovers while executing turns. These fares and services returned should be monitored by the ministry of tourism. Certainly something as basic as a dropoff point should be part of an advertised pre-approved program. But no, anything goes with these taxi drivers

Posted this just last week, I should have prefixed the statement with "**some**" *are scams*

*Bahamian tours are a scam **and the MOT needs to do something about it**. I met someone who came into town a week ago who told me they skipped a Clifton tour because the taxi driver wanted to charge each person in their group two hundred and fifty dollars. each person. Same car, same gas, same time, same route. **These rates and routes need to be regulated**. Taxi drivers are not entitled to high wages, theres no obligation for the govt to ensure they earn 1000 dollars a day off the backs of unsuspecting tourists. It is completely ridiculous. This is why your tourists arent returning, they're paying too much for a tour past run down Bay St with a stop to buy a cake, what is that? I feel cheated paying 20 dollars for a lunch meal that tastes terrible and I make a mental note never to return. imagine them.*

*On the other hand they spoke very highly about Graycliff... because it was quality, their exact words, you cant get this experience anywhere in the world. Tourists arent afraid to spend money but they just like us, they dont want to waste it on poor experiences which our taxi and Surrey ride scams offer in abundance*

What is the mission of the bar association?

Is it to protect members or is it to protect the good name of the legal profession, those are two different things.

I find it interesting that the bar association has spoken out about this but has yet to say anything about a multitude of other issues involving alledged legal representative misconduct or legal issues of national concern within the country from a public education standpoint. A simple one would have been, what are the rights of elderly persons and their families and the proper process for legal transactions of elderly persons who may be impaired. But silence.

Not really, a liveable wage cant grow the middle class. The loveable wage is basic food clothing and shelter. The middle class has disposable income and can afford *comfort* living with ease

Discipline and abuse are two separate things.

Throwing shoes, pots and pans at a child and beating them with a hanger are abuse. Asking the child what they did, inquiring why they did it, explaining why that's wrong and deserving of punishment then delivering a punishment without anger, even if it includes spanking, would not be abuse.

The problem is what most adults refer to as discipline from their parents was actually abuse delivered by angry and frustrated parents who didnt have the right tools to deliver discipline. That type of treatment can create aggression

That said, I think our dismal economic climate may be a much bigger trigger for aggression. The treatment as a child might be a happy (sad?) coincidence. The study would have to eliminate all these other triggers then make a conclusion

No numbers on underemployment. The Bahsmas has an NA next to its name on the global boards. I don't know if that means not available or not applicable because everybody needs to learn to do less with less... unless you need a 1.5 million dollar elevator, 200,000 dollar car or 2.5million dollar plane.

Between discouraged workers and underemployment it's better than zero activity COVID but not a pretty picture

**Bahamian tours are a scam and the MOT needs to do something about it**. I met someone who came into town a week ago who told me they skipped a Clifton tour because the taxi driver wanted to charge each person in their group two hundred and fifty dollars. each person. Same car, same gas, same time, same route. These rates and routes need to be regulated. Taxi drivers are not entitled to high wages, theres no obligation for the govt to ensure they earn 1000 dollars a day off the backs of unsuspecting tourists. It is completely ridiculous. This is why your tourists arent returning, they're paying too much for a tour past run down Bay St with a stop to buy a cake, what is that? I feel cheated paying 20 dollars for a lunch meal that tastes terrible and I make a mental note never to return.
imagine them.

On the other hand they spoke very highly about Graycliff... because it was quality, their exact words, *you cant get this experience anywhere in the world*. Tourists arent afraid to spend money but they just like us, they dont want to waste it on poor experiences which our taxi and Surrey ride scams offer in abundance

The grapefruits and limes have mold over them and the cucumbers and tomatoes have been on the shelf so long theyre liquefying. Even in liquified state, they're still listed at full price. I wonder if you took that liquified cucumber to the cash register if theyd actually check it through... hmmm... Do you know how long a cucumber and tomato have to sit to liquify? Nobody noticed? The avocados are browning and soft. Apples sometimes not possible to tell from the outside. The peaches are soft and mushy as are the land paper grapes... it's just unbelievable that this state was allowed for over 4 years now.

I recall one day walking into the foodstore on the hill and it was like christmas, after months of spoiling offerings everything was colorful and bright, leafy greens were full and deep green, fruits and vegetables were large and firm. It was an eyeball eutopia.

I remember saying, finally a new shipment, the end to the COVID scraps. But was it really possible that no shipments were brought in for over a year? Or had the policy changed such that the higher end location was getting the fresh offerings and their spoilage was being sent down to other locations? I dont know, but it's the most logical explanation I could come up with for months of spoilage.

I'd long stopped buying meat there, after the stinky chicken purchase, too risky

Was Brave Davis an outstanding athlete? I honestly dont know

Ive bought spoiled juice, milk and parmesian cheese from a major food store before realizing that theyd actually sell it near expiry at full ridiculous price. It wont kill you, but the taste is off. Yes I now pay closer attention to the dates. I stopped buying carnation cream as that's an item that should last quite a while but upon opening for use I'd find the cream curdled. This is a **major** foodstore. I've developed a fear of cutting into fruits only to find them black/blacjening and spoiled inside. These issues were not the case historically, this is a new COVID era, price garbage exponentially, phenomenon.Something is wrong in the industry and the consumer is not being protected

As said when the PM had the Big and Bold crime launch, the people they need to go after arent living in Englerston. And as long as the commissioner continues to regurgitate Saturation Patrols under new names this will continue to happen. Nothing new here, we've had incident after incident where multiple persons were shot by multiple gunmen shooting into a crowd of people, they were just lucky not to die en masse.