Comments on: Word of mouth

By: Georgia Paterson Dargham

Georgia Paterson Dargham — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:15:14 +0000

Thanks Jennifer – yes, face-to-face communication ends up being more effective even when there are other options.

By: Georgia Paterson Dargham

Georgia Paterson Dargham — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:13:05 +0000

Welcome aboard Paulina!

By: raymond

raymond — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:26:17 +0000

I enjoyed reading .Keep up the good work
congratulations

By: Paulina

Paulina — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:57:59 +0000

I can’t believe I hadn’t seen your blog before now. This is definitely the most interesting blog I have come across! So much to catch up on! I love the way you write about my beloved Lebanon. You got yourself a new regular reader now..

By: Jennifer Hattam

Jennifer Hattam — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:53:23 +0000

Beautifully written post; just in my short visit to Lebanon, I could definitely see this dynamic at work. I’ve experienced the “stop at the next corner and ask again” directions in Turkey too, as well as the completely contradictory instructions from people who either want to be helpful or want to look like they know what they’re talking about, but actually don’t! Somehow, though, you always seem to close in on the right place, if not in the shortest way possible. Also fun are the cabs racing full speed down the street while the driver paces another car to yell for directions. Turkey might be a bit “ahead” in terms of what you can do on the Internet or over the phone, but it’s so much easier to make my yabancı (foreigner) Turkish understood in person that I often go that route anyway. And when you’re trying to figure out which random rural corner is the “bus stop,” there’s really no other way!

By: Marketing Blog

Marketing Blog — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:35:11 +0000

Good read, keep it up!

By: Sami

Sami — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:13:47 +0000

I love how you make a rather negative thing, sound so positive and makes me feel so nostalgic!
But! :)
Somehow I’d rather this can change. I’ve been living abroad for 6 six years now and I can no longer get used to things like that. I guess I got too accustomed to the structured life here and don’t feel like trusting “the word” I get if it’s not written + add to this a couple of bad experiences of course :)
Otherwise I definately love the warmth that u get in Lebanon, and if we could get a bit of both, it would be perfect!
This being said, great well-though posts! I’m a regular reader now!

By: Sherbil

Sherbil — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:23:05 +0000

And verbally recommend it, for that matter :P

By: Sherbil

Sherbil — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:20:51 +0000

I’d sincerely like, retweet and buzz this (and the previous) post!

By: Mich

Mich — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:06:08 +0000

It not only feels good, it feels great! The beauty of Lebanon, akhhhh!!! Great post and so true :-)