Somewhat Naive
Two episodes struck me this last week of complete naivity. The first was mine and the second was a kiwi evangellical's.
Ok so here goes. I've taken my paper down to the cafe on camp and am waiting for the waiter to come up and take my order. So he comes up.
Robert the waiter: Ma'am you are here so early in the day, where's Tony?
George the Ditz: At work, I was a bit bored at home so I thought I'd read my paper here.
Get slightly strange vibe off waiter at 'bored' but don't pay much attention.
Waiter: Tony's away at work? Do you want anything?
George: Tea with milk.
Waiter: No no ma'am do you WANT anything. (sidles up along my chair)
George: Oh uhm and some cake too please
Waiter: No no ma'am...(sidles up even closer) Do you NEED anything.
George: (looks up) oh uhm...just the tea thanks...
Waiter: (Looks awkward and walks off)
George: (Just realising that she's been propositioned is somewhat worried about what he's doing with the tea)
Apparently a few of the more...lonely...ladies around here supplement the income of the cafe guys for services rendered on a fairly regular basis so they are always looking for more business...
The other example is a bit more serious. The other night I found out one of the ladies here has been busing to downtown Khobar with her little one year old and hailing taxis off the street, getting into them by herself and going around. Now theres a golden rule here than all this is fine as long as you have two or more ladies along. The incidences here of lone women being abducted and raped/lost never to be seen are pretty high so some common sense is mandatory. She seriously didn't believe me when I told her that what she was doing was ridiculously unsafe. Most of the taxi drivers here aren't the guys liscenced for the taxis so if anything happened she'd be untracable. She still doesn't believe me though and last I heard she was planning on going into town...Its probably going to take a nasty reality check to change her mind. One of the last high profile (gang) rape cases here in Saudi resulted in the guys being jailed for a minimum of 2 years and the victim (get this!) having 200 lashes because she was in a car with men who weren't her relatives. (How fucked is that!) Anyways even this bit of info hasn't dissuaded this lass from trumping herself off to the shops so hopefully nothing will happen. I suggested she hire a driver so maybe that'll work...we shall see...
Ok so here goes. I've taken my paper down to the cafe on camp and am waiting for the waiter to come up and take my order. So he comes up.
Robert the waiter: Ma'am you are here so early in the day, where's Tony?
George the Ditz: At work, I was a bit bored at home so I thought I'd read my paper here.
Get slightly strange vibe off waiter at 'bored' but don't pay much attention.
Waiter: Tony's away at work? Do you want anything?
George: Tea with milk.
Waiter: No no ma'am do you WANT anything. (sidles up along my chair)
George: Oh uhm and some cake too please
Waiter: No no ma'am...(sidles up even closer) Do you NEED anything.
George: (looks up) oh uhm...just the tea thanks...
Waiter: (Looks awkward and walks off)
George: (Just realising that she's been propositioned is somewhat worried about what he's doing with the tea)
Apparently a few of the more...lonely...ladies around here supplement the income of the cafe guys for services rendered on a fairly regular basis so they are always looking for more business...
The other example is a bit more serious. The other night I found out one of the ladies here has been busing to downtown Khobar with her little one year old and hailing taxis off the street, getting into them by herself and going around. Now theres a golden rule here than all this is fine as long as you have two or more ladies along. The incidences here of lone women being abducted and raped/lost never to be seen are pretty high so some common sense is mandatory. She seriously didn't believe me when I told her that what she was doing was ridiculously unsafe. Most of the taxi drivers here aren't the guys liscenced for the taxis so if anything happened she'd be untracable. She still doesn't believe me though and last I heard she was planning on going into town...Its probably going to take a nasty reality check to change her mind. One of the last high profile (gang) rape cases here in Saudi resulted in the guys being jailed for a minimum of 2 years and the victim (get this!) having 200 lashes because she was in a car with men who weren't her relatives. (How fucked is that!) Anyways even this bit of info hasn't dissuaded this lass from trumping herself off to the shops so hopefully nothing will happen. I suggested she hire a driver so maybe that'll work...we shall see...
posted by George at
9:45 pm
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Wow, what's with the blog spam? Bizarre!
Anyway, I was going to say "I am here to cleeen zee pooool..." :-p
DOn'r worry, I would have had exactly the same reaction. I'm so clueless when it comes to stuff like that :-)
-Nay
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
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that made my day :)
..but do you need anything Georgie? heheh ok ok solly lah
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