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[johnkg]

[MrScaramanga]

Now, now, you two...
Okay, so in the last 7 years, I've been to the PO in Al Ain a lot and it's improved considerably from the time you had to elbow fellow patrons. Now you simply take a number and wait for it to be called. Very "civilized", don't you think?
MrS

[veiledsentiments]

I prefer the 'women get to go to the front of the queue' system much better.

VS

[johnkg]

[MrScaramanga]

VS, I forgot to mention that while you wait for your number to be called at the PO, you can sit in chairs, much like at Etisalat, except Etisalat still has a women's only counter (when it's open!) and a full blown ladies section.

Johnkg, yes I agree: much more egalitarian system. It is always embarrassing to see the laborers at the bank on payday as they wait in long lines to deposit their checks, as a woman breezes by them all the way to the window...

MrS

[veiledsentiments]

Now there is another thing that hasn't changed. The much vaunted "women's" windows that never had anyone working.

VS

[johnkg]

[veiledsentiments]

Gee, I hate to ruin your little boy games, but actually in all my years in the Gulf, only in the last year and a half did I ever encounter a line in my banks. And it had the same rope system as in the US so that there was only one line and everyone waited in it. I don't think I ever had more than two people in front of me.

One thing I was never foolish enough to do was enter any bank on payday.

VS

[tillymd]

She works hard for the money, so hard honey, honey. She works hard for the money so you had better treat her right.

[johnkg]