Queue Jumping Ninjas
Unfortunately not in the “Shogun Assassin” style, but in the “I’m an ignorant git and I think I’m more important that you style”. The women here do it all the time. Perhaps queues are only for wimps and infidels. Perhaps I’m just too English.
Last night in a clothes store a particularly large and cumbersome ninja decided that rather than queue with everyone she’d start her own queue at the exit from the tills. As she lumbered straight to the next free cashier my wife and I laughed at her behaviour and a Saudi chap in front of us (who had also been jumped by lardo-ninja) saw the funny side with us. When her majesty had been served he actually insisted that I go in front of him to the free till.
I can only assume that in some way he was trying to apologise for her behaviour. I thanked him profusely and wondered at the peerless manners of some people in this Kingdom, both good and bad. I'll forget her soon enough, but I wont forget him.
3 comments:
I am an englishwoman in saudi Arabia.
Being relatively new here,was taken by surprise,by queue jumping ppl of both genders in this country.So i do think its unfair that you just point out the ninjas that are doing it.Anyway,now i damn well make sure nobody skips the queue when im shopping.
In my experience 25% of Riyadh people are rude.
Queueing in shops and worse of all the drivers on the road.
I dont understand why the government is not making any effort to fix the driving problem that happens on the road all the time.
E.g Holding right turning traffic up, No signalling anywhere. Zig zagging thru the traffic. Outside lane to inside turn, and many more.
This is the norm on the streets, but even i have seen other saudi's (75%) get road rage by this.
It would be a better place without this problem.
Great reading thhis
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