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Normally,
when
I
have
a
bad
experience
at
an
establishment,
I'll
reach
out
to
the
manager
and
let
them
know,
rather
than
write
a
negative
review.
What
do
you
do
when
the
bad
experience
is
with
the
people
managing
the
place?
I
had
an
unpleasant
encounter
yesterday
evening
that
made
me
sad.
As
the
manager
of
an
Airbnb
residence
in
Holetown,
I
often
pass
One
Love
Bar
and
am
ALWAYS
met
with
a
friendly
greeting.
I
know
the
bar
is
popular
with
both
locals
and
tourists,
in
particular,
for
their
karaoke
night.
So,
with
friends
visiting
from
the
UK
and
the
US,
after
having
watched
a
sunset
at
a
nearby
beach,
One
Love
Bar
was
the
obvious
option
to
sit
and
have
some
drinks.
One
person
in
the
group
was
feeling
a
little
nauseous
from
the
bus
ride
to
Holetown
and,
although
we'd
gotten
some
tap
water
from
a
beach
bar
in
front
of
which
we'd
watched
the
sun
set,
she
wanted
some
more.
Upon
arriving
at
One
Love
Bar,
I
let
the
person
who
greeted
me
know
that
we
intended
to
stay
for
drinks
and
I
asked
if
we
could
get
some
tap
water
explaining
the
situation.
After
she
repeated
what
we
were
interested
in
getting,
I
clarified
that
we
just
wanted
a
little
tap
water
and
not
to
buy
a
bottle
of
water.
To
which
I
was
told
they
only
sold
bottled
water.
I
thought
it
odd
since
even
in
restaurants
you're
given
the
option
of
tap
or
bottled
water.
So,
speaking
in
a
low
voice
to
the
lady
(my
intention
being
that
the
others
not
hear
exactly
what
I
was
saying)
I
explained
again
that
we
were
planning
to
spend
money
at
the
bar.
The
response
was,"Why
are
you
speaking
to
me
like
this?
You're
giving
the
impression
that..."
I
don't
remember
what
she
went
in
to
say
exactly,
only
that
she
then
called
to
someone
else
and
said,
"Look!
Come
and
deal
with
these
here
for
me!"
And
walked
off.
I
couldn't
understand
how
things
had
escalated
to
this
point.
The
next
lady
approached
tentatively
(with
our
introduction,
how
could
you
not
expect
that
we
were
'problem
customers'?).
She
eventually
explained
that
their
tap
water
is
brown,
but
asked
how
I
think
she
felt
having
to
say
that
to
everyone.
To
which
I
said
she
could
have
just
said
the
tap
water
is
not
drinkable
-
sometimes
pipes
(especially
in
older
buildings
that
used
metal)
get
rusty
and
it
can
affect
water
quality.
She
said
she
could
tell
that
my
friends
weren't
interested
in
staying
(which
felt
dismissive,
as
it
was
easier
to
get
rid
of
us
that
try
to
find
a
solution)
and
we
all
agreed
and
parted
ways.
What
makes
me
sad
is
it
was
obviously
ok
to
treat
us
in
this
manner
because,
as
a
relatively
successful
bar,
I
imagine
they
don't
need
to
care
about
treating
a
few
customers
like
this
-
the
bar
was
full,
they
didn't
need
our
money.
The
initial
lack
of
clarity
about
why
we
couldn't
get
tap
water
gave
me
the
feeling,
and
I
could
be
wrong,
that
it
was
a
lack
of
empathy
and
that
the
policy
is
to
only
sell
water.
Even
if
this
were
the
case,
that's
all
they
had
to
(politely)
say,
"I'm
sorry.
It's
our
policy."
I
wondered
how
many
people
pass
by
feeling
nauseous
and
ask
for
some
tap
water
-
tens?
Hundreds?
I
wondered
if
the
residents
of
the
house
to
which
the
bar
is
attached
only
drink
bottled
water.
Ultimately,
it's
really
the
way
in
which
we
were
treated
and
not
about
the
water
at
all
-
we
could
afford
the
bottle
of
water.
How
we
were
handed
off
to
the
other
lady
was
rude.
As
a
Barbadian,
I
felt
embarrassed
for
my
visiting
friends
having
had
that
experience,
and
I
can't
imagine
myself
ever
recommending
the
place
or
visiting
it
again
myself.
An
easy
fix
might
have
been
to
offer
a
complementary
bottle
of
water.
We
would
have
sat
and
spent
the
night
buying
overpriced
drinks
(understanding
that
things
tend
to
be
overpriced
on
the
West
Coast
of
Barbados).
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