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Re: You Know You are in the UAE When...
Originally Posted by K8-notlate
(Post 9276733)
The Imam gets up earlier than a cockrel
Only the motorbike rider wears a helmet Bicycles are ridden on the pavement Expatriates pay for locals to waste water on their gardens People choose to use tube lighting in their homes The first and last experience of a local for most tourists is the immigration dude The hole in the wall doesn't mean a 'glory hole' |
Re: You Know You are in the UAE When...
Probably a repost but I can't be arsed reading 11 pages
You get a call and : you're met with silence even after saying hello a few times, this is usually followed by them saying hello eventually and you're asking them why they called. Usually at this point they hang up, occasionally they might remember why they called you and proceed with a conversation that should have begun 5 minutes earlier Or you just get to listen to a half shouted conversation in a random office whilst wondering if their brain is aware they are holding a phone in one hand whilst talking, generally you will come to the conclusion that this is too strenuous for their brain and hang up Or you receive a call for someone you aren't, you tell them it's a wrong number, they proceed to shout at you for having the temerity to not be who they didn't call Or Mohammed calls and continues with a conversation you've never had when you ask who they are the answer is invariably Mohammed (usually said in a tone that suggests they are they only Mohammed in the middle east.....) |
Re: You Know You are in the UAE When...
Originally Posted by shiva
(Post 9498665)
Probably a repost but I can't be arsed reading 11 pages
You get a call and : you're met with silence even after saying hello a few times, this is usually followed by them saying hello eventually and you're asking them why they called. Usually at this point they hang up, occasionally they might remember why they called you and proceed with a conversation that should have begun 5 minutes earlier Or you just get to listen to a half shouted conversation in a random office whilst wondering if their brain is aware they are holding a phone in one hand whilst talking, generally you will come to the conclusion that this is too strenuous for their brain and hang up Or you receive a call for someone you aren't, you tell them it's a wrong number, they proceed to shout at you for having the temerity to not be who they didn't call Or Mohammed calls and continues with a conversation you've never had when you ask who they are the answer is invariably Mohammed (usually said in a tone that suggests they are they only Mohammed in the middle east.....) |
Re: You Know You are in the UAE When...
Originally Posted by alfrombarking
(Post 9499062)
You cant date an Emirati girl...the hardest thing in the world
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Re: You Know You are in the UAE When...
...when most if not all your outside of work socialisation with the locals is rare or nonexsistant.
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