Originally Posted by Hello.Kitty

I'm the same... just this afternoon, I was trying to get an item discounted because it was a bit damaged and was the last one left... the Indian cashier looks hesitatingly to his superior, also Indian, who looks hesitant and shakes his head telling me that their supervisor isn't there and so they can't make that decision. I just ended up thinking, "no, of course he's not... and of course you can't... why did I even bother asking?!"

You know in films when a rather pressed key character comes up to a jobsworth, who thwarts him or her and then the character flips, grabs the jobsworth by a tuft of hair and proceeds to smash his/her face to a pulp on the counter in a fit of rage?

This place makes me feel like doing that sometimes...

Originally Posted by Alexa

But why do you hate it? I found it very practical. No need to worry about your outfit, make up...just throw it on, put the scarf on, no worries about bad hair days, giant pair of shades, and voila, you are ready to face the world! ( Well, the world in Saudi )Plus, you can get some really nice looking ones.

Originally Posted by Boomhauer

Arab women do use a lot of makeup, even the ones wearing Abayas.

Originally Posted by Alexa

But why do you hate it? I found it very practical. No need to worry about your outfit, make up...just throw it on, put the scarf on, no worries about bad hair days, giant pair of shades, and voila, you are ready to face the world! ( Well, the world in Saudi )Plus, you can get some really nice looking ones.

Originally Posted by Alexa

But why do you hate it? I found it very practical. No need to worry about your outfit, make up...just throw it on, put the scarf on, no worries about bad hair days, giant pair of shades, and voila, you are ready to face the world! ( Well, the world in Saudi )Plus, you can get some really nice looking ones.

Originally Posted by Victor Meldrew

can we come and watch?

Originally Posted by Dilmun

Because it's oppressive, suffocating, ugly and plain sick!
I don't need to hide myself, not even on a bad hair day because I don't bloody care, what people think about my looks when I go to the supermarket!
I find it quite frightening, that a western woman can find excuses or even likes the concept of covering women in black to make them disappear.

Originally Posted by Blue Cat

they hardly disappear here, most of them look like tarts

Originally Posted by Hello.Kitty

hehe - indeed! I've seen some of the abaya'd women teetering around on The Walk more made up and botoxed than some of the local Russian women!

I like the abaya as an item of clothing - not the black sacks, but the slimmer-fitting ones that are really quite elegant. There's even a bit of a trend for ones that cinch in under the bust, which look amazing, but are pushing the boundaries rather too far for Saudi, I imagine.

Originally Posted by Meow

Surely it's the principal and politics of the abaya? Would be fine if it wasn't compulsory in KSA and had so many other connotations.

Originally Posted by Blue Cat

the thing that gets me is the ones who cover their hair and are all modest about it, have their faces plastered in make, wear skin tight jeans and high heeled boots, and the point in covering their hair is?

Originally Posted by Dilmun

Because it's oppressive, suffocating, ugly and plain sick!
I don't need to hide myself, not even on a bad hair day because I don't bloody care, what people think about my looks when I go to the supermarket!
I find it quite frightening, that a western woman can find excuses or even likes the concept of covering women in black to make them disappear.

Originally Posted by Alexa

Sure, but again, why bother yourself? It's not your problem, if they choose to do this, let them, their rules, their problem.

Originally Posted by Blue Cat

their hippocrasy