Arhive zilnice: 19 septembrie 2005

Flamingo keeps on broadcasting this ad clip about their branches in rich industrial countries like Bulgaria and Serbia. But why would we care about that? What’s the marketing strategy behind? If it was about Canada, I would understand, but Bulgaria and Serbia… Well, I guess it’s about regional settings. That’s why we have to bear rad clips in Dutch and Polish onVH1, MTV and Discovery Channel. But I didn’t know that Romanian TV channels have a European market span!

I hop on the tram that’s just coming into the station. It stops at the next station and doesn’t want to resume its trip. It broke and, as usual in Bucharest, nobody is asking what’s the problem and driver doesn’t care about us. We all get off and wait for the trolleybus. The station is a little further and we walk in the rain quietly. In the meantime, the tram is repaired and continues the trip. Empty, as everybody is waiting for the trolleybus. The bus is coming but one of the doors doesn’t close. Next stop – the depot […]

Everyday I wait for a lot of things and I get the chance to see a lot of occasions when people are not careful with their money or the lack of security for a lot of public services. Here are some tips for those who are short of money: – Everyday, there is a guy working at the SpringTime in Victoriei Square who goes to the BRD next door to change money into smaller bills. He carries the money in his bare hands and comes back with a “brick” of money from the bank. No police around and it’s a […]