One Caribbean Nation. by William Skinner Trinidad is a Real Country Trinidadians have a rather strange saying : “Trinidad is not a real country”. It’s a light hearted but often frustrating commentary on how “tings” are done in T and T. These things range from: complaining about vendors , selling their produce outside of the public markets , to the problems with what initially appears to be difficult public servants and customer service. We say “initially appears” because most of these often maligned public workers, are pretty cordial , when approached with a smile or a little joke. They are similar to their Caribbean counterparts. However, customers who are not always pleasant are supposed to be always right ! Trinidad still has a very entrenched hy-brid system of local and central government and its not unusual , to be given an answer to a problem , in a local burrough and then realise that t...
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