The transaction confirmation time can sometimes be really annoying. Sometimes it doesn't confirm for hours...
Actually its still better than transferring money with our banks if we want to do international transaction 
My biggest problem is that there is too little places to spend it. I would like to have more options where to pay and purchase. Hope it will improve.
Are you for real? There are tons ways to spend your bitcoin if you got many bitcoin, see goods tabs https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=51.0 or you can also check gambling tab https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=56.0. Try to spend your bitcoin there
Maybe he means there is no place in his city that accepting btc so far. About gambling, I hope it wont be another problem for him if he lose
Gambling is fun, but we should know our limit 