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Are locals exempted from the Law?


girl_glen Last night I had an encounter with 2 locals from Abu Dhabi. Going home from my nightly jog, a car was blocking the driveway of my building. Thinking that it will only take a few minutes for the owner to drive away, I went to the grocery to get some juice. Unfortunately the car is still parked there and a few of my neighbors are also parked outside waiting for the owner to arrive and move the car. There is only one solution to the problem and that is dialling 999. The police officer who answered my call immediately called the owner. After 15mins or so 2 young local men were walking and when they saw my neighbor honking his car at them, they started shouting "First time I hear police calling locals, this law not for us, only for you other countries" Am I wrong to think that it is common sense to keep driveways clear?
sage & onion
Of course you are not wrong, and the fact that the 2 young men came is proof that they were doing what the Police had told them to do.
Sometimes this kind of thing can be extremely frustrating, the best thing you can do in such instances is in fact call the Police as you did, and then relax and think nice thoughts. Chocoholic That's terrible behaviour. Luckily they're not all like that. Just ignore them. NExt time get thepolice to come and tow their car away. Bleakus these are the types of locals that i would love to kick their ass not all locals are like that i do apologize arniegang Just pure ignorance and bad manners end of sadly, this is not only confined to UAE Locals :roll: :roll: :roll: Bleakus
not really, youll be suprised that a south african dude gave me attitude when did the same when he parked behind me.....:)
Maybe he had a bad day or something......;) arniegang
I did say "sadly this is NOT only confined to UAE locals, ie: the same ignorance applies to people in EVERY country in the world
:roll: dubai girl Last night coming home from Jumeira Beach Hotel (around 1:30a.m.) there were two guys in dishdashes riding on JBRoad on quadbikes racing in a regular car lane like they owned the place. Couldn't believe my eyes, and was praying for a police. Of course, no police. The two turned into one of the palace's on the beach side of the road. MaaaD
Bleakus you really dont have to apologize for the acts of every jackass local! Just represent on this forum, and you will show people that there are two sides of the coin :) gtmash
The police don't always side with the foreign party sadly.

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Bleakus
thanks dude girl_glen
you are right, in a basket of apples there will always be good apples and bad apples. bushra21 im a bad apple :roll: but on a serious note, like bleakus said and arnie said, not all locals are like that. there are a few of us who are decent. not me though, im :twisted: gtmash
Would you agree with me that the ones going to college are the decent ones? That's what I've experienced. I went to the court in Barsha and was surprised at their friendliness. Right across the street is the hellhole that is the Tasjeel passing outfit. bushra21 i noticed that. the guys that go to the universities are sweet hearts...and they are very cute ... :oops: i have a crush on one guy who attends the university that im visiting :oops: lol but honestly i did notice that though. the educated guys here are much much much better than the rest. the girls however....well, i wish i could say something nice about them. most of them are well, *cough* i shall leave that for another time. girl_glen
having a crush is cute :), I just wish I'd have one.
The older generation of locals I've encountered are all nice, though I don't think all of them have college degrees.
About the ladies, hihihihi, you know one L. Lohan movie? d3vilish_ang3l_88 I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE of behalf of those two stupid idiots! i swear! ppl like those make us locals look bad! :evil: xibit ^^ u shouldnt apologize - idiots exist everywhere and if u start apologizing on behalf of locals u will hit 50 by the time u finish . Chocoholic Exactly, you should never apologise for the bad behaviour of others. Just be proud in the fact that you are nice people who represent the good, and ignore the silly ones who bring you down. It happens in every nationality.
arniegang
Angel never apologise, we have arseholes like that in the UK, its not a national issue, its just a "ignorant inconsiderate tosser" issue. benwj
Not a good idea in this country Bleakus.
You will be jailed and deported for swearing at a local, let alone hitting one. At best, they will do the most honourable thing that they can comprehend, and get a bunch of their relatives to beat the crap out of you. Chocoholic Bleakus IS a local! So in that case I wonder what would actually happen. Bleakus
well i am a local dude, no worries Chocoholic Well now that would be interesting to see the dish-dashes flying. Bleakus has a great attitude, I wish there were more people like him. Good on you bud :D Jeevan
bleakus u a local?? u kiddin me mate, if ur local like chocs said ur the coolest one i have seen :) there need to be more like you around .
cheers
J sage & onion
Jeev,
He has said it several times, maybe he will come to the next get together.
What do you say Bleakus, ready to meet the people??? St.Lucifer I think its gonna be a war of nations then ;) the other guy would know that bleakus is a local so he would try to go to the highest influential guys in here..so bleakus would also try the same.. and then yea it'll die down..the elder ones would say.. yella yella.. go ahead kids.. u gotta b sportive.. just shake hands n get going.. ;) just my imagination.. n oh damn yes. i wanna meet everyone.. sage & onion
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Bleakus
thank you choco, i like you too ;) Bleakus
thank you jeevan, your awesome too, youve been always backing me up and stuff, i appreciate that ;) Bleakus
i would love to meet you guys, thanks, when do you guys wanna have it? Bleakus
haha :lol: :lol: bushra21
5ashmek :oops: خشمك
(it literally means your nose, but when the men go to greet each other they touch noses....some say 5ashmek, oh and 5 stand for the kh (خ) letter in the arabic language) Bleakus
bala 5ashmee?....;) bushra21
:oops:
ma tidri? ما تدري
(you dont know?) Jeevan hmm Bleak, Bushra if its not too intimate can u put down english tarnslations in brackets :lol: :lol: J bushra21 hows that babe? Jeevan better ;) J Bleakus
not really dude, my nose is fine ;) bushra21 :cry: sage & onion Woe you guys, Arabic lessons in English script, most confusing :lol: bushra21
would you like it in arabic? :wink: sage & onion It may make more sense :wink: bushra21 better? sage & onion
Is what better? bushra21
i added arabic text as well.... 8) sage & onion
Where is it?? bushra21
in the original messages.....next to the words that were in english....i edited my posts :roll: sage & onion
OK Bushra, Thanks a lot.
But I don't understand Arabic :cry: bushra21
its easy. you dont understand arabic at all. and which arabic, the local dialect or the orignial language itself? sage & onion
What I mean is Bushra
ME NO SPEEKA ANYFING BUT DE INGLISH bushra21
would you like some help? i used to teach arabic in a couple of the mosques in the states. and helped out in the universities. ineedacoolnick I've been here my whole life but never picked up arabic. quite a shame. it amazes me how some people, especially indians & pakistani's from groceries/cafeterias etc pick up arabic so easily. Bleakus
i starting to understand hindi and urdu, it all depends on practice and youll get it ;) sage & onion
Thank you so much for the kind offer, I fear that I am to old to accept, (mind closed to new ideas), as well as my schedule what with work and family would be difficult to fit in. I am sure that others here may find your offer attractive.
Thanks once again St.Lucifer Oh i'd jump on it... .. and i love learning languages. St.Lucifer
I'd jump on the offer.... just dont tell me that u are gonna charge a bomb for that... ;) bushra21
i have both palestinian and iranian blood in me hon....dont think i need any help in the bomb area :wink: St.Lucifer
Alright.. jokes apart... can u teach me Arabic..? bushra21
of course! St.Lucifer ok when can we start.. n how...n where..



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