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Volunteering for Connie.
Bavarian Horse Riding Stables的点评
点评：This is a review for VOLUNTEERING at Connie’s stable. I would not recommend
I am writing this because I wish people had told me this before I came out to volunteer with Connie. I had a leave abruptly because the conditions were just not good enough. Be prepared to work overtime, you won’t get paid (even though it states in the contact you will), when you finish work she will require you to water her entire garden. I did not mind helping Connie out, it’s very hard work living her lifestyle but she is exploiting young girls and if you’re fine with being worked like a dog for free, that’s fine. You will not get a day off and if you do she may call you in to work. There is also a language barrier if you do not speak English. They are German, the horses and the dogs are responsive to German and they will talk in German in front of you even though Connie can speak English. It’s very rude and I was not told there would be a barrier. The German speaking girls had to translate everything Connie said.
Connie also stole my riding helmet and has blocked me on all social media because I left, and will not post it or keep in contact with me, I even offered to pay. I’m coming to get it very soon, we can talk about everything you’re doing wrong then.
- Food: she does not provide enough food, I had no breakfast or lunch. She cooked at night but we had no say in what it was, and I was always grateful but it just wasn’t enough. For the amount of work we were doing, and working in the heat. We needed food. She also bought only the cheapest of food. For example: Our fridge contained, long life milk, a sausage meat and some cheese. We had bread but it was stale, completely rock solid - this is what we had to live on. We had berries from her garden, we had to pick them and most of the time we just needed to get out of the sun. I understand for some people this is fine, and it was, but she made us feel very uncomfortable asking for extra food. The girls I stayed with never stood up for themselves as they are younger and didn’t want to be made to feel uncomfortable.
- DOES NOT SUPPLY WATER!
You cannot drink the tap water in Kefalonia but she will not supply you with drinking water. You must buy your own. She never told me you couldn’t drink the water either. Disgusting
- NO washing machine, you are expected to handwash your clothes. And they will be so dirty, sweaty and very smelly. (there is a Launderette in Sami, but again, this is another expense)
- you must buy your own toilet paper and this cannot be flushed.
- Car hire is essential (€1000) If you want to leave the yard and not cycle to the barn (she supplies bicycles but is very strict on them, the road to cycle is HOT and cars drive very fast. She doesn’t supply helmets for the bicycles either) you cannot get anywhere by foot or bike (only the barn - 20 minute cycle or 30 mins walk) You need to taxi or drive/hire a moped in order to travel the island.
- the accommodation is the bare minimum and directly underneath Connie’s house (no privacy) , it’s clean if you keep it clean (depends on who you’re bunking with) and there will be bugs in your room, lots of mosquitoes. I was bitten every night (Connie would not put up nets for us) and a standard
shower/toilet. You are expected to keep the
accommodation pristine, this is common decency and I agree with this. You cannot make any noise after 6pm, you can’t even close a drawer or window.
Responsibility and liability:
There was several circumstances where the girls that were hacking with me, were forced to take out a dangerous horse with young children (3-4) and felt extremely uncomfortable and scared that something may happen. But could not say no Connie, as she wouldn’t listen.
If you have money to spend whilst you’re there (buy food, travel and water, toilet paper)
I am writing this because I wish people had told me this before I came out to volunteer with Connie. I had a leave abruptly because the conditions were just not good enough. Be prepared to work overtime, you won’t get paid (even though it states in the contact you will), when you finish work she will require you to water her entire garden. I did not mind helping Connie out, it’s very hard work living her lifestyle but she is exploiting young girls and if you’re fine with being worked like a dog for free, that’s fine. You will not get a day off and if you do she may call you in to work. There is also a language barrier if you do not speak English. They are German, the horses and the dogs are responsive to German and they will talk in German in front of you even though Connie can speak English. It’s very rude and I was not told there would be a barrier. The German speaking girls had to translate everything Connie said.
Connie also stole my riding helmet and has blocked me on all social media because I left, and will not post it or keep in contact with me, I even offered to pay. I’m coming to get it very soon, we can talk about everything you’re doing wrong then.
- Food: she does not provide enough food, I had no breakfast or lunch. She cooked at night but we had no say in what it was, and I was always grateful but it just wasn’t enough. For the amount of work we were doing, and working in the heat. We needed food. She also bought only the cheapest of food. For example: Our fridge contained, long life milk, a sausage meat and some cheese. We had bread but it was stale, completely rock solid - this is what we had to live on. We had berries from her garden, we had to pick them and most of the time we just needed to get out of the sun. I understand for some people this is fine, and it was, but she made us feel very uncomfortable asking for extra food. The girls I stayed with never stood up for themselves as they are younger and didn’t want to be made to feel uncomfortable.
- DOES NOT SUPPLY WATER!
You cannot drink the tap water in Kefalonia but she will not supply you with drinking water. You must buy your own. She never told me you couldn’t drink the water either. Disgusting
- NO washing machine, you are expected to handwash your clothes. And they will be so dirty, sweaty and very smelly. (there is a Launderette in Sami, but again, this is another expense)
- you must buy your own toilet paper and this cannot be flushed.
- Car hire is essential (€1000) If you want to leave the yard and not cycle to the barn (she supplies bicycles but is very strict on them, the road to cycle is HOT and cars drive very fast. She doesn’t supply helmets for the bicycles either) you cannot get anywhere by foot or bike (only the barn - 20 minute cycle or 30 mins walk) You need to taxi or drive/hire a moped in order to travel the island.
- the accommodation is the bare minimum and directly underneath Connie’s house (no privacy) , it’s clean if you keep it clean (depends on who you’re bunking with) and there will be bugs in your room, lots of mosquitoes. I was bitten every night (Connie would not put up nets for us) and a standard
shower/toilet. You are expected to keep the
accommodation pristine, this is common decency and I agree with this. You cannot make any noise after 6pm, you can’t even close a drawer or window.
Responsibility and liability:
There was several circumstances where the girls that were hacking with me, were forced to take out a dangerous horse with young children (3-4) and felt extremely uncomfortable and scared that something may happen. But could not say no Connie, as she wouldn’t listen.
If you have money to spend whilst you’re there (buy food, travel and water, toilet paper)
翻译：这是对在康妮马厩做志愿者的评价。我不推荐
我写这篇文章是因为我希望在我出来和康妮做志愿者之前有人告诉我这个。我突然请假了，因为条件实在是不够好。准备好加班，你不会得到报酬（即使合同上写着你会得到报酬），当你完成工作时，她会要求你给她的整个花园浇水。我不介意帮助康妮，按照她的生活方式工作很辛苦，但她在剥削年轻女孩，如果你不介意被无偿地像狗一样工作，那也没关系。你不会休息一天，如果你休息了，她可能会叫你去工作。如果你不会说英语，还会有语言障碍。他们是德国人，马和狗对德语很敏感，他们会在你面前用德语说话，尽管康妮会说英语。这很粗鲁，我也没被告知会有障碍。说德语的女孩必须翻译康妮说的每一句话。
康妮还偷走了我的骑行头盔，因为我离开了，她在所有的社交媒体上都屏蔽了我，不会发布它或与我保持联系，我甚至提出要付钱。我很快就会来拿它，到时候我们可以谈谈你做错的一切。
- 食物：她不提供足够的食物，我没有早餐或午餐。她晚上做饭，但我们没有发言权，我总是很感激，但这还不够。对于我们所做的工作量，以及在高温下工作来说。我们需要食物。她也只买最便宜的食物。例如：我们的冰箱里有保质期长的牛奶、香肠肉和一些奶酪。我们有面包，但它很不新鲜，完全是硬邦邦的——这就是我们赖以生存的东西。我们有她花园里的浆果，我们必须摘下来，而且大多数时候我们只需要避开阳光。我明白对某些人来说这很好，事实也是如此，但她让我们在要求额外的食物时感到非常不舒服。和我住在一起的女孩们从不为自己辩护，因为她们年纪小，不想让别人感到不舒服。
- 不提供水！
你不能喝凯法利尼亚岛的自来水，但她不会为你提供饮用水。你必须自己买。她从来没有告诉我你不能喝水。太恶心了
- 没有洗衣机，你只能手洗衣服。而且衣服会很脏、很汗、很臭。（萨米有一家自助洗衣店，但同样，这是另一项费用）
- 你必须自己买卫生纸，而且不能冲走。
- 租车必不可少（1000 欧元）如果您想离开院子而不是骑自行车去谷仓（她提供自行车，但对自行车要求很严格，骑自行车的路很热，汽车开得很快。她也不提供自行车头盔），您无法步行或骑自行车到达任何地方（只有谷仓 - 骑自行车 20 分钟或步行 30 分钟）您需要乘坐出租车或开车/租用轻便摩托车才能游览岛屿。
- 住宿条件很简陋，就在康妮的房子下面（没有隐私），如果您保持干净的话会很干净（取决于您和谁同住），您的房间里会有虫子，很多蚊子。我每晚都被咬（康妮不会为我们搭蚊帐），淋浴/厕所很标准。您应该保持住宿的整洁，这是基本的礼仪，我同意这一点。下午 6 点后不能发出任何声音，甚至不能关抽屉或窗户。
责任和义务：
有几次，和我一起骑马的女孩被迫带着年幼的孩子（3-4 岁）牵出一匹危险的马，她们感到非常不舒服，害怕会发生什么事。但不能说不，康妮，因为她不听。
如果你在那里有钱花（买食物、旅行和水、卫生纸）
我写这篇文章是因为我希望在我出来和康妮做志愿者之前有人告诉我这个。我突然请假了，因为条件实在是不够好。准备好加班，你不会得到报酬（即使合同上写着你会得到报酬），当你完成工作时，她会要求你给她的整个花园浇水。我不介意帮助康妮，按照她的生活方式工作很辛苦，但她在剥削年轻女孩，如果你不介意被无偿地像狗一样工作，那也没关系。你不会休息一天，如果你休息了，她可能会叫你去工作。如果你不会说英语，还会有语言障碍。他们是德国人，马和狗对德语很敏感，他们会在你面前用德语说话，尽管康妮会说英语。这很粗鲁，我也没被告知会有障碍。说德语的女孩必须翻译康妮说的每一句话。
康妮还偷走了我的骑行头盔，因为我离开了，她在所有的社交媒体上都屏蔽了我，不会发布它或与我保持联系，我甚至提出要付钱。我很快就会来拿它，到时候我们可以谈谈你做错的一切。
- 食物：她不提供足够的食物，我没有早餐或午餐。她晚上做饭，但我们没有发言权，我总是很感激，但这还不够。对于我们所做的工作量，以及在高温下工作来说。我们需要食物。她也只买最便宜的食物。例如：我们的冰箱里有保质期长的牛奶、香肠肉和一些奶酪。我们有面包，但它很不新鲜，完全是硬邦邦的——这就是我们赖以生存的东西。我们有她花园里的浆果，我们必须摘下来，而且大多数时候我们只需要避开阳光。我明白对某些人来说这很好，事实也是如此，但她让我们在要求额外的食物时感到非常不舒服。和我住在一起的女孩们从不为自己辩护，因为她们年纪小，不想让别人感到不舒服。
- 不提供水！
你不能喝凯法利尼亚岛的自来水，但她不会为你提供饮用水。你必须自己买。她从来没有告诉我你不能喝水。太恶心了
- 没有洗衣机，你只能手洗衣服。而且衣服会很脏、很汗、很臭。（萨米有一家自助洗衣店，但同样，这是另一项费用）
- 你必须自己买卫生纸，而且不能冲走。
- 租车必不可少（1000 欧元）如果您想离开院子而不是骑自行车去谷仓（她提供自行车，但对自行车要求很严格，骑自行车的路很热，汽车开得很快。她也不提供自行车头盔），您无法步行或骑自行车到达任何地方（只有谷仓 - 骑自行车 20 分钟或步行 30 分钟）您需要乘坐出租车或开车/租用轻便摩托车才能游览岛屿。
- 住宿条件很简陋，就在康妮的房子下面（没有隐私），如果您保持干净的话会很干净（取决于您和谁同住），您的房间里会有虫子，很多蚊子。我每晚都被咬（康妮不会为我们搭蚊帐），淋浴/厕所很标准。您应该保持住宿的整洁，这是基本的礼仪，我同意这一点。下午 6 点后不能发出任何声音，甚至不能关抽屉或窗户。
责任和义务：
有几次，和我一起骑马的女孩被迫带着年幼的孩子（3-4 岁）牵出一匹危险的马，她们感到非常不舒服，害怕会发生什么事。但不能说不，康妮，因为她不听。
如果你在那里有钱花（买食物、旅行和水、卫生纸）
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