"I did not leave on my free will, I was kicked out of the country."

I am sure there's an interesting story there. You wanna share? Are you Turkish?

I did not leave on my free will, I was kicked out of the country.

kavachik:

"But if the establishment is owned by Bulgarian the service is not that good,.."

Then we are talking about service. Look this is one of my pet hates:

You say that you "visit Bulgaria" which means that you live in the West, right? I am willing to bet good Euros, that had you never left Bulgaria, the shitty service would've not been such an issue with you. Your standards change, when you familiarize yourself with other cultures, right?

What I do not like, is Bulgarians like you, having seen the light, come and dump of their fellow Bulgarians, many of whom haven't really had the chance. Just think of how blind you were before! Chances are that you would've been just like them, and it wouldn't have been your fault.

Decades of Socialism and isolation can turn any group of humans into an abnormality. In reality, people in Bg are becoming more polite, precisely because many of them travel. Drivers are actually stopping for pedestrians - something unheard of in the years past. Things are certainly improving, if you only remember where we were 20-30 years a go. The problem is that you don't.

You went to the West, you were impressed with service and casual interaction, then came back to BG and were shocked! Shocked enough to get on a English language site to bitch about it.

You ARE a stereotype.... part of the problem.

Valeri,
Matter of fact I have visited United States and few other Western countries. While I was visiting one of these countries I had a eye account of an incident in one of those nice restaurants. When I saw how the management of the restaurant dealt with the person who caused that incident i was astonished. They were very diplomatic, many of the diners did not even noticed the incident.Do not get me wrong I'm a Bulgarian born and almost have of my life I lived in Bulgaria.I love Bulgaria and often visit Bulgaria. Ordinary Bulgarians are great people, they are little shy in the beginning but after one or two drinks they become very warm blooded. In my visits to Bulgaria I notice if the establishment is owned by foreigner the service is very good and the management are very polite with the customers.But if the establishment is owned by Bulgarian the service is not that good, perhaps the employees are not treated with dignity and therefore they don't care.

darkcrap:

"Bulgarians don't like foreigners and moreover, like themselves and each other even less."

So, that should tell you to stay away;)

kavachik,

establishments all over the world discriminate based on how you look. Don't know if you've been to the States, but many night clubs there pick only trendy looking, perfect people from the crowd outside, and leave the fatties, or the geeks out to hang until they get the message and go home, or wherever ugly people go when they are not imposing with their looks.

Life isn't fair and we all discriminate. Tell me you haven't discriminated against fat chick...

bulgarian eating and drinking establishments country wide are snobby and elitist, dishing out appalling quality food and drink.
Bulgarians don't like foreigners and moreover, like themselves and each other even less.

I suppose we are in different page here. To deny a person to enter classy or as you say "nice restaurant" or refuse a advertising flayer because of the assumption that the person might be poor is a discrimination.In the same token if the person enters that nice restaurant and eats drinks and in the end he/she can not afford to pay the bill, I'm sure there is laws to deal with this kind of situations. It is different if the restaurant has a dress coat requirements and the person is not properly dressed and because of that denied to enter the establishment.

kavachik:

"One would have hopped that with coming of democracy and also becoming a member of the European community discriminating and the two tier policies of the Bulgarian establishment would have diminished."

Are you out of your mind? The western EU has had Democracy for ages and they still wouldn't serve a bum in a nice restaurant. Yeah, Democracy comes, and magically we all find ourselves in a perfect society, where everybody is wonderful and fair! What bozos post here....

Personally, I'm not surprised. One would have hopped that with coming of democracy and also becoming a member of the European community discriminating and the two tier policies of the Bulgarian establishment would have diminished. Needless to say old habits die hard. During the communist regime Bulgaria had not two, but three tiers system. One discrimination against the ethnic Bulgarian citizens,one against foreigners and one against all Bulgarian citizens. The communist party members had their own discount shopping stores which no other citizens were allowed and also their kids were privilege ones, even with the lowest score could enter any university they desired. The trued is the ex rulers had the first crack and opportunity to the businesses in newly established democratic Bulgaria. They have adopted themselves very quickly to the capitalist system except the rules of the democracy.

Mark C.:
"On the other hand back in the days when there were two sets of prices: One for tourists and one for Bulgarians, .."

On the other hand, back in the days, before back in the days, we, Bulgarians weren't even allowed in some of those restaurants.
I think people need to make up their mind - who do we discriminate against? I've read plenty of discrimination complaints from foreigners here, now we all believe BG discriminates against Bulgarians.

That's just us - we will discriminate against a door knob, if nothing else in sight, because it is in Bulgarian and you don't like the place;)

"When she asked the young men if she had been refused a flyer because of her nationality they admitted that it was the restaurant's policy to attract wealthy customers, Georgieva told bTV."

This is suspect. There are so many wealthy Bulgarians these days, including probably the owner and his friends, so it is possible that the lady wasn't that much to look at.
If a beggar type shows up and a fancy restaurant in Munich, I wonder if they will seem eager to serve her there too.
She's walking around with a chip on her shoulder for being broke and probably completely unproductive, in her own job and is attempting to turn this into a larger issue for attention.
Too much American movies, is what the problem is... and you the foreign wife hunters here just can't wait for anything remotely negative to dump on BG.

Probably true. On the other hand back in the days when there were two sets of prices: One for tourists and one for Bulgarians, I doubt that she demanded to pay the tourist price at a seaside hotel rather then the Bulgarian price.

Is it just because it is a weak season that she should be accepted there?
I totally believe what happened to this lady. It is a common practice for the Bulgarians to do that.
She has all the rights to file a complaint, because that is an absurd behavior.