Estuvan estado robado!
I’m really angry this evening. For the second time in as many months, I’ve heard these words and it makes me walk around ready to punch someone.
Some opinions shared by a friend “that you cannot trust anyone in Chile, except, perhaps your own gringo friends” is slowly and sadly being proven. In addition to our bikes being stolen last month, soon after their arrival in Chile, our monthly charges for the upkeep of the building, payment of concierge and insurance has, apparently, been stolen by one of the concierge staff.
It has emerged that since he left just 10 days ago, he has “walked” with more than £500 of charges. In that sense, “it could have been worse”- he only stole £60 of our payments. But it’s not clear if there is any form of insurance or recompense for this.
It is very hard to want to trust anyone here. We really did believe that the concierge concerned, Eugenio Pavez (incase he checks on Google!), was friendly, honest, trustworthy and fun. We shared time good and bad times with him. I would forgive and welcome him back because he did his job really well. But I don’t think the other residents will share my views! And even then, the system (in its current form) doesn’t allow more secure payments.