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lcanupp1964
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Nobody ever, ever, ever  wants to wait in line/wait their turn. |
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posh
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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| lcanupp1964 wrote: |
| Nobody ever, ever, ever wants to wait in line/wait their turn. |
That goes alongside driving etiquette: never indicating when turning left or right, pushing in at the front of queues at red lights, parking right outside a shop even though they block other vehicles from leaving. Pure selfishness and arrogance. I always tell the people expecting immediate service in a shop to wait their freaking turn. It seriously winds up the al-Beardos in particuliar. |
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babur
Joined: 10 Aug 2010
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Location: Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:09 pm Post subject: driving |
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You'd think cars in Saudi Arabia came without a
speedometer, indicator lights, rearview mirror or door mirrors. Nobody uses them. |
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johnslat
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Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Dear babur,
You forgot one item: brakes. Who need brakes when you have a horn?
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John |
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Grendal
Joined: 13 Aug 2009
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Location: Lurking in the depths of the Faisaliah Tower underground parking.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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I think soon they will have a drive through classrooms here. Students just give out the order over the microphone and teachers hand out a bag full of the appropriate homework for their order.
"Teacher can I have one prepositions homework with notes, handouts and pens included. Thank You. Can you mark me present please. Bye."
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johnslat
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Ah, just thought of one MORE thing I never got used to:
Teachers who spent years there but never got used to Saudi (and never stopped talking about how they never could get used to it). 
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posh
Joined: 22 Oct 2010
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 8:17 am Post subject: Re: driving |
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| babur wrote: |
You'd think cars in Saudi Arabia came without a
speedometer, indicator lights, rearview mirror or door mirrors. Nobody uses them. |
More like, cars come without drivers with brains. |
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westy
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gelynch52ph
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 7:43 am Post subject: Saudis |
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