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dagi · Joined: 01 Jan 2004 Posts: 425

"Some of us had to pay a deposit in dollars, some paid in YTL - so what - is it a sign of personal weakness if we didnt pay in YTL or we didnt manage to win one over on the estate agent by not getting him to change his mind. And for your information I am talking about Izmir and I moved in last 10 months. "

No, it is not a sign of weakness it is just what can happen to you, when you have just arrived. I paid my deposit in US$ and had to accept a higher rent, too. But what does one do when you just arrived a week earlier, the landlord coldly says "take it or leave it and look for something else"? Unless you want to end up on the streets with absolutely no clue what to do, you swallow and you learn from it.
And it looks like I am one of those who won't get the deposit back, too. The frienly man has taken a look around the flat and claimed that it needed renovation which will be deducted from my deposit.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

There are no rules.

In 15 years I have paid deposits in dollars, sterling, euros and lira. Sometimes I have got my deposit back and sometimes I haven't.

fungus the bogeyman · Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 25

Hobo wrote:

hobo · Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 91

tanzania · Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 22 Location: TURKEY

FGT and Fungus deserve a bit more respect than they have been shown on this site. Constant, pathetic posts by twats who know little or nothing about life here should be checked then deleted by the so called monitors.

justme · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 1944 Location: Istanbul

This is the worst Dave's forum snipe ever.

By worst I mean most boring and uninspired. A little more effort here, people. We have a reputation to uphold.

yaramaz · Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:11 am Post subject:

I'm bored; I'm going back to the Secret Hideout.

blondie10 · Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Posts: 40

I think we can all agree that when you rent a flat in Izmir you will have to pay a deposit that they keep for 1 year that you may or may not get back. The other thing we can agree on is that you will pay the deposit most likely in euros or dollars or in a few cases turkish lira. So lets agree on that and put that to rest.

New subject: What reputation do you have to uphold and with whom? If many of you think you are witty, I find it just downright childish and silly. When I made my post it was to actually give some helpful information to new people coming to Izmir to work.

To the person who said "I am bored" - now I see where my students get that line, they got it from their teachers. Newbies - if you hear it once you will hear it a thousand times, "I am bored, I am boring" or something along that line. The students actually think we teachers are put in the classroom to entertain them. I know I did not write my post to entertain the fellow posters and hijackers on this thread.

yaramaz · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:53 am Post subject:

I was joking. After being here as long as I (and many others as well) have, the word BORED takes on a life of its own, like a running joke, tongue in cheek.

And you should know by now that when a Turkish student says I am bored, it doesn't mean what we think it does: sikildim (with undotted i's, please) means much more than just not being entertained by the teacher. It can mean stressed, pressured, tired, frustrated, embarrassed, bashful, or to feel constrained. I've had a lot of students apologise to me after I explained exactly what it means when they say to a teacher, "I'm bored". They had no idea they were saying something so dismissive, so insulting.

burdik · Joined: 06 Jul 2007 Posts: 33 Location: izmir

yaramaz · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:38 pm Post subject:

Fair enough, but several different people told me this. I have no idea who is right. Just know what ı was told. And when I described the feelings of boredom to the head of the law dept at Vodafone after she told me she was bored, she said that wasnt at all what she meant and apologised.

Sheikh Inal Ovar · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 1208 Location: Melo Drama School

I think Burdik could do with following its own advice ...

I have heard 'sikildim' (no dots) used to express the feeling (I have a lot of work on my shoulders at the moment and) it's really getting on top of me ...

And a native Turkish speaker has just confirmed to me that it most certainly can be used in this manner ... which, if fluent in English, you would know does not translate as "I am bored" ...

fungus the bogeyman · Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 25

Boring being the operative word here!