We had a lovely meal on the terrace at Jamaica on avenida Mediterraneo last night, but there was one incredibly annoying aspect to the experience.
One expects the odd street seller peddling dodgy DVD’s and fake headphones that don’t even work, and one can tolerate two or three of them during a meal, but TEN!
One after the other they trooped in, going from table to table, hot on the heels of the previous one. Considering the area is non-central, slightly off the beaten track, one can imagine it being even worse – if that’s possible – in the main areas of town.
While some of the items being offered, albeit copies, may be quite OK, to think that a pair of supposedly genuine ‘Beats’, normally priced at €300 plus, being offered for €25 are going to be any good is pushing things too far. Especially when the logo on the allegedly genuine articles is wrong and when one guy asked to test a pair…they didn’t work at all. What a surprise.
Peter Cartledge says:
We have been regular visitors to Nerja for many years and this has always been a problem but this year, in April, they were the worst we have known. Are the council aware of the problem and are they doing anything about it? The trouble is that SOME staff in restaurants encourage them. They are a serious blight on a lovely town.
The Captain says:
I think the authorities are more than aware of the situation. There is an annual ‘crackdown’ of a couple of days in the run-up to summer, during which time the sellers keep a low profile.
A couple are ‘checked’, the authorities pat themselves profusely on the back and then ten times as many sellers emerge from the woodwork. Same every year.