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Louise

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    Louise Orr
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  1. I was very happy when Super Baru opened, and will continue to buy items there. But, must say, with the new competition, Romeros seems to have upped their game. In fact, I find their produce department superior to the selection at Baru. And yes, I love to shop for veggies with Sarah and her family's business across from Signor Gyros. They are good people and deserve our support. Today I went to Super Baru (and I was in no rush), and walked out angry; not because of the parking (with which I have not yet had a problem). The service at the deli/meat counter was awful! I was the only customer initially, and had to call out to the counter man to get his attention. He was slicing a large amount of lunch meats and indicated he had no time to take my order. Well, ok, but where's the rest of the staff? Decided to do my other in-store shopping, and when I returned to the deli/meat counter, there was a family picking-up that large amount of lunch meat. Great, I thought. Now I can place my order. NO WAY. The man behind the counter ignored me and was cleaning-up/re-wrapping. By the way, there were at least two other men at the chicken/fish end of the counter, doing nothing. I signaled them, as by now there was another lady waiting for service. Ignored....maybe the chicken/fish men are not allowed to mingle with the meat men? Finally, a young guy (looked to be a teenager) took my order, and it took FOREVER. This young man needs to learn to use a slicer efficiently! Each slice was so slow, and I had ordered almost 2 pounds of 3 different lunch meats! A woman (manager) appeared behind the counter, and I asked her in Spanish if she was the Manager. Yes, and I told her that service was terrible today. She said something to the two guys; tossed her hair, and left. The infinite slicing of turkey breast continued.... I have experienced some pretty bad service in Panama during almost 10 years, and expect I will continue to do so. It's my pet peeve, and I always put myself in "grin-and-bear-it" mode, but today was one of the worst examples...and this from a highly-touted new business in Boquete!
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