Things that make you go WTMC?!?!?

[Q]

^ You like RELL sh!t... YOU, lol.

[Saxito Pau]

Oh fleck, man Virtue,

You now make me mum embarrass me when she pull out a copy of the PROPER Newsday headline in response to my insisting your version was true......

[Doomtack]

LMAO, sax u really thought they would have put something like that in the papers? LMAO!

[VirtueTT]

LOL! I went looking this up and im wait.. ppl reallll idle yes. Its very convincing tho

[Arcmanov]

LMAO... totally had me fooled there for a hot minute. 

[Q]

EPIC TROLLFACE! OGADOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[woodyear99]

This one has been making the rounds on Facebook, if this is how things really went down then epic fail Sweet Lime.....

http://www.facebook.com/notes/bis-ram/sweet-lime-is-a-sour-lime/10150417658565881

Sweet Lime is a Sour Lime
by Bis Ram on Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 1:34pm

As some of you would realize by now – I was kidnapped by the management of Sweet Lime Restaurant on the Ariapita Avenue last night. Most of you all are wondering what I meant by my statement so the following is my account of the events leading up to my kidnapping and ordeal.

This year has been a challenging one for my co-workers and I, as such I thought it was best to have a Christmas Dinner to re-connect with them. As you all know, there are numerous restaurants offering a Christmas Menu this season. I made a seating RESERVATION for 12 persons, however, last night only 5 persons showed up for the Christmas Dinner at Sweet Lime. During our dinner, the manager asked to speak with me at the front. I obliged and proceeded to the front where I was told that I would have to pay for 12 meals as it was “specially” made for us and that I had made a “reservation for 12”.

I pointed out to the “manager” that a reservation is typically for seating and that the Christmas Dinner option was part of their A la carte menu that they have. FB – If I had known I was going to be billed for 12 christmas dinners @ $250 per plate then would I have still booked the reservation? At no point prior to the event did they make it clear that I would have to pay for 12. In no way was this event a booking either as no invoice was generated and sent to me. No legally binding document or agreement was signed by me to commit me to 12 plates.
 
I went back to our dinner table and my co-workers quizzed me about what had happened. I, hesitantly, told them about the claims Sweet Lime were making. Again, the manager requested that I meet her at the front. I have the best co-workers ever. We operated as a TEAM and went to the front. To our utmost surprise the Manager had called “Security” who flashed something resembling a badge/I.D. card. He told us that the meals were “specially” prepared and that we had to pay for all 12 plates. We told him that we are willing to pay for the meals we ate i.e. 5 plates and not the 12 they were forcing to pay for. He then proceeded to call the police…
 
Next in the scene, the cashier handed me a phone with “owner/manager” on the line. My co-worker took the phone and spoke to the manager trying to explain the situation and a lesson a CS relationships. He kept on insisting we had to pay and then insulted my co-worker before requesting to speak to me. I took the phone and tried appealing to the nobler motives suggesting that ultimately the Restaurant would get a negative review… that didn’t persuade him instead he said I had to pay for the 12 meals or face jail time “tonight”. I again re-iterated that I am willing to pay for the meals we ate and that I am in no way financially able to pay for 12 meals. He threatened me to call the “Police” and have me arrested to which I asked “for what?” He hung up the phone on me….
 
During this ordeal we were made to sit at a table essentially kidnapped with the ransom of having to pay 12 meals or face going to jail. We weren’t allowed to leave or get up from the table…
All the time I was on the phone, my co-workers had already called the police. However when the 3 police showed up they weren’t the ones we made the report to. In addition to which 2 of them were in plain clothes and only the WPC had on her uniform. The “Police” didn’t even talk to the management of sweet lime. Instead they walked up to us and told us that these meals were “specially” made for us and that we had to pay for them. We tried explaining our side of the event to them but they weren’t listening to us. They kept on insisting we had to pay for the 12 meals. One of the police officers who happened to be the most aggressive wanted to speak to me along to which my co-workers said that we came here in a group and that they weren’t letting me go anywhere. The “Police” eventually got me alone. He asked me why I was scared to which I replied “Sir, you may be a ‘good’ police officer but I read the newspapers everyday” He tried to instill fear to get me to pay the bill for 12 plates. Clearly, TTPS is not the only ones paying their salaries, as evidenced by the dismal refusal to give us their ID numbers and names. This was agreed upon by all of us based on how the entire event panned out.
 
In the end we were made to pay a bill of more than $3300 to Sweet Lime before being escorted out. No dessert, no food packaged to go, nothing. In addition to which the police took all our info: names, addresses and phone contacts, which I am inclined to believe is in the possession of Sweet Lime Restaurant.
 
So what do we do now? Well I paid the bill and I am NOT going to contest it. “Why Bis?” is the question all of you that read this will ask. And I will reply, that I am seeing the bigger picture here. Anyone who knows Sweet Lime/Ma Pau knows about the connections that they have. I am of a strong morale belief. While this event is most unfortunate and unfair, I cannot compromise the security and well being of my co-workers who I hold dearly to me for a couple hundred dollars. No amount of money is worth their lives. In the end I made the reservation and I will take this one and let it slide. Against all better judgment and argument, I love my co-workers who proved to me last night that at John D we are/were best friends and family…..we stuck it out and I love you guys. I’m sorry I cannot call out your names…you know who you are!!! God Bless….even those at Sweet Lime Restaurant
 
Regards,
Bis Ram

[Redlum08]

^ Hmm, sounds like Sweet Lime ain't so sweet after all...Can't understand how making reservations = guaranteed MONEY....

I would say to the owner..."SAY WHAT?" 

[woodyear99]

Just saw this update. What yall think good enough or should this have not happened in the first place?

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150420492550881


At exactly 1:23 PM on Monday, December 12, 2011 I received a called on my mobile phone.  The person identified himself as Mr. John Wallis, Owner of Ma Pau and co-owner of Sweet Lime Restaurant.  I was livid and utterly speechless not anticipating what the conversation was going to be like.  I was very silent on the phone but Mr. Wallis proceeded to speak.  He apologized on behalf of his restaurant and offered some form of re-dress to the situation.  I responded very guardedly that a refund to the tune of the 7 extra meals be paid to which he responded in the negative.  Instead he indicated that a full refund would be made.  At first, I indicated my hesitance to do such but Mr. Wallis is a professional.  He understood my viewpoint and was very sympathetic about the outcome of the incident.  He re-iterated that on behalf of his establishment how apologetic he was for the turn of events.
Earlier this afternoon, around 5.20 PM, a full refund to the tune of $3038 was paid to me.  I am satisfied that through it all that the owners were very professional and did the right thing.  But here is a suggestion from which we can all learn:
On the part of the Restaurants – take it upon yourselves to establish a properly publicized reservation policy and ensure that managers implement it.  If it was known that I would have been financially liable for the 12 meals things would have been much easier.
I would like to thank my closer FB friends JD, VOR, TOP, SSA who encouraged me to make public what started off as a personal status update for my FB friends only.  I would also like to thank Mr. John Wallis, co-owner of Sweet Lime for his speedy resolution of the matter.  And the biggest thanks go to YOU, the FB community, who shared my pains of the last 36-48 hours and really took the time to read and repost.  Through it all, Trinidad and Tobago is truly a magical place filled with magical people.  I never thought that my simple note would have gone so viral that a matter, which I thought was dead, would have been resolved this quickly…
 
Compliments of the Season and Merry Christmas to each and every one of you.
Regards,
Bis Ram

[VirtueTT]

You would expect something like that. These days, things can go viral so quickly its not funny. Bad for business. You can imagine that sweet lime as well as ma pau would have lost customers because of this incident. People still bad mind tho, so unless he gets people to be viral about this outcome, the initial note is going to keep spreading and put the company in a bind unless the fire is put out. Happy to see that some business men in this country do uphold good business morale tho, even its just to save the reputation of their business.

[LQDSNK]

There are certain proprietors of certain well known businesses who have horrible reputations in this country and patrons STILL frequent their business even after all their talk. This was certainly horrible publicity and perhaps patrons would have spent 2-3 weeks away from the place and then come back. That being said, the co-owner still went about and did the "morally correct" thing, +1 to him and hopefully some other unnamed businessmen might follow suit.

Or hopefully T&T will start voting with their wallets, hopefully both!

[woodyear99]

WTMC at actual good service in St James licensing office. I went to renew my license today and got through in under an hour. The staff was courteous and helpful, the line moved fast, even the guard was looking out for people car getting wreck. The air conditioned waiting room was also a nice touch. The whole process was further expedited since they were handing out renewal forms.......before the office even opened wow. Yes people may say this should be the norm but lets time travel back to the last time I was there in December 2008. This was the scene.....

I got there before the 8 am opening time.......they didn't "open" until like 8:20. Once inside we were told that the cashier had not reached yet, the line continued to grow. At the time there was no waiting room so the place started fulling up. After an hour or so I paid and then I realized the photographer wasn't there yet :s Anyway people started to complain, licensing officials came out and started screaming at us telling us to shut up lol. It took over 4 hours to get through back in 2008 so I must say well done St. James.   

[VirtueTT]

http://news.am/eng/news/85689.html

Kim Kardashyan is most searched in the internet by residents of Trinidad and Tobago. According to the facts of the largest online search engine, Google, during the periods from 2004 to 2011 most people choosing the phrase Kim Kardashian in the search system were the residents of those islands. The second on Kim’s fan list is Armenia, then Namibia and USA.

The top ten “searchers” also includes Botswana (5th place), Jamaica (6th place), Honduras (honorary 7th place), Albania (8th place), SAR (9th place) and Cameroon (10th place).

It is interesting that 4 countries of the celebrity’s top 10 list are African.

It is also noteworthy that even after years the search of sexual video clips of Kim does not decrease. Searches like ‘kim kardashian tape’ or ‘video kim kardashian’ are far more than ‘kim kardashian wedding’.

 ... which year was it that T&T was number 1 in the world for pornographic material searches on google? 2008?

http://www.carigamers.com/cms/forums/index.php?topic=15622.0 - another thing that made me go wdmc.. i googled "trinidad and tobago number 1 in the world for porn" - this link was the 8th that came up XD

[woodyear99]

Trinidad has alot of horny people hehe

In this case I can see why she is so popular, photo attached.

[Q]

Trinidad has alot of horny people hehe

In this case I can see why she is so popular, photo attached.

Oh please... What the US considers an anomaly, I call "Thursday in Arima." I have had access to an even more epic ass going to school and I'm sure that I'm not the only one here who has at some point in time. This is T'dad, b!tches.

In more interesting news, yeah woody, St James Licensing office is the shiznit.

[QuickDraw]

WTMC at actual good service in St James licensing office. I went to renew my license today and got through in under an hour. The staff was courteous and helpful, the line moved fast, even the guard was looking out for people car getting wreck. The air conditioned waiting room was also a nice touch. The whole process was further expedited since they were handing out renewal forms.......before the office even opened wow. Yes people may say this should be the norm but lets time travel back to the last time I was there in December 2008. This was the scene.....

I got there before the 8 am opening time.......they didn't "open" until like 8:20. Once inside we were told that the cashier had not reached yet, the line continued to grow. At the time there was no waiting room so the place started fulling up. After an hour or so I paid and then I realized the photographer wasn't there yet :s Anyway people started to complain, licensing officials came out and started screaming at us telling us to shut up lol. It took over 4 hours to get through back in 2008 so I must say well done St. James.   

yeh. It real fancy these days and they had the christmas decorations up in october when i went for mines. Only thing I didn like was the electronic signature ting. how we going 2 kno what they doing with that after?they have yuh address, dp# to go with it. i hope that data getting wipe from the system instead of been stored.

[woodyear99]

Yeah I did wonder why you have to sign electronically since they make you sign the form as well as the book.

[TriniXaeno]

hahhha @ #1 for searches for Kim Kardashian.

I don't quite understand why Trinidad is such a mecca for all things porn related.

and if there was any doubt about our little island's place on the seedy map of the internet, Anya made sure that we will forever be firmly recognized as the twin island republic of sex.

Going back to Kim, africans have long been known for admiring big booty women. So I'm not overly surprised.

She doesn't fit the mold of the typical American model. Definitely would go over better with those demographics who prefer more meat on their bones.

That's my theory any way.

[LQDSNK]

Those demographics? Sir there exists only two: Those who like the curves and those who haven't yet found the curves they like(and sometimes settle for less).

[TriniXaeno]

lol, nah man.....

I could easily dice up a woman and discern demographics out of that.

There are the "butt men"

The "breast men"

the "hips men"

the "legs men"

the "face men"

could even go into slightly kinkier territory and have "hands men" and "feet men"

lol

oh and don't forget "hair men"