Concord
Is it just me? But my main pet peeve in Dubai [aka TTHTBAFWC] is all the loose garbage left by goddamn lazy people at park lots. They just leave empty cups, candy wrappers, used tissue, empty cans/bottles etc. on the ground before pulling off. What a bunch of lazy bastards. And please don't tell that is just "the [fill in nationality/race] - its JUST LAZINESS [there are garbage cans around or surely they can carry it with them and dispose of it properly].
fayz
Agreed, I hate that. That and spitting from your cars at traffic lights.
the_zooter
I think this isn't a problem limited to Dubai.
Only this morning here in the UK, I was watching the news which mentioned a clamp down on people littering from their vehicles! £50 fine (about AED 330) for each person spotted!
Concord
Fayz,
If I am not mistaken I believe spitting on the sidewalk is illegal (a crime?) - I recall reading something about it somewhere recently. I imagine littering would be as well. Frankly spitting bothers me less (as you may have to spit for some legitimate reasons) whereas littering is just laziness.
arniegang
Spitting is Crasse
Disgusting...............
No justification
end of..........
fayz
- Concord wrote:
Fayz,
(as you may have to spit for some legitimate reasons) \.
During Ramadhan I don’t swallow so at times require spitting but I keep an empty pop can in the car as a spitune, I can respect the need to spit but we all share this place we can work together to keep it clean.
For littering it is a fined offence in the UAE as well, I think AED 500 although I've never seen it enforced.
alexandra
- fayz wrote:
Agreed, I hate that. That and spitting from your cars at traffic lights.
:angry3: that's so horrible! ewwwwwwwww yak yak yak:
dbxsoul
i agree with arnie. spitting in particular and littering absolutly grates me. everytime i see a car stopped at the traffic light and the door open you know whats going to happen - either half a refuse bag or the ashtray is going to be tipped into the street or something large, green and jelly-like is about to be deposited into the street by the driver.
in countries with hot, humid climates - like singapore spitting is heavily fined due to the potential health risks it creates.
then again if people didn't litter what we the municipality do with the virtual army of guys in little ornage suits that clean up after everyone??? they may have to send them home!!! :lol:
things tourists/ investors in dubai don't want to see:
1. spitting
2. litter in the streets
3. plastic bags and bottles scattered across the desert
4. idiotic drivers
5. double standards in the way that the law is sometimes applied
6. perception/ reality of uncontrolable rent increases
7. daily reports of labour problems
in all my years here, i have never been stopped once at the airport by the dubai tourist authority to conduct an exit interview. this is a common practice in many tourist orientated countries to gauge the level of service, standards, average spend as well as good and bad things about the place that they have just visited - very much like a service slip at a resuarant.
anyone care to add a point 8 to the list above. prehaps we could forward it to the tourist authority..... :lol:
fayz
oh number 8 could be traffic congestion, when it takes 30 mins to get from the convention centre to your hotel across the street I don't imagine people enjoy that.
XRW-147
9 Public hygeine of general public - not wearing deodorant should be a crime! :lol:
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arniegang
and people washing their feet in the washroom sinks in Battuta Mall
:shock: :shock:
Concord
10. Fat women wearing tight pants (they look like sausages). Now, THAT should be a crime. Punishment: baggy pants for life!
the_zooter
- arniegang wrote:
and people washing their feet in the washroom sinks in Battuta Mall
:shock: :shock:
Reminds me of when I was a student and used to work at supermarket. This guy used to come in and go and wash himself in the toilets. He was caught one day in just his briefs in the toilets having a full wash!! He was banned from entering the supermarket again!! :o
dbxsoul
i love 9 and 19, arnie you snuk your un-numbered on in between - like an interchange on shiekh zayed road :)
dbxsoul
oops i meant 9 and 10
dbxsoul
"Reminds me of when I was a student and used to work at supermarket. This guy used to come in and go and wash himself in the toilets. He was caught one day in just his briefs in the toilets having a full wash!! He was banned from entering the supermarket again!! "
worst i've had was someone using one of our wash basins as a toilet for a number 2... :profileright: i mean what the hell were they thinking! i can only take solice in thinking they he may have burnt his backside on the hot water tap
the_zooter
- dbxsoul wrote:
worst i've had was someone using one of our wash basins as a toilet for a number 2... :profileright: i mean what the hell were they thinking! i can only take solice in thinking they he may have burnt his backside on the hot water tap
Eeeewwwwwwww!!! Disgusting! I've gone off my food now!!
arniegang
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
Where was this soul??
dbxsoul
i assume from the general consensus that number 12 on the list would be "tourists don't want to see people taking a dump in a public wash basin"
any thoughts on number 13?? what about...
13. 5 year old children steering/ driving thier parents cars in parking lots?
14 ....
15 ....
dbxsoul
customer bathrooms in our showroom .... AND, the washbasins are in the common portion of the bathroom. this means that who ever did the "deed" would have had to climb onto and squat on top of the basin in public.....
eeek!!!! dubai does my head in on occasions!
Concord
Maybe the person did it on the floor and "scooped" it up onto the sink!
dbxsoul
there were foot prints :shock:
GAB
You see mothers washing their kids bums (old nappy off, wash bum in hand basin, new nappy on :shock: ) in the sinks all the time in the women's toilets here......never mind we all wash our hands in those sinks presumably to make us germ free :roll:
arniegang
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
dbxsoul
what doesn't kill you makes you stronger :lol:
arniegang
But it can make you "wretch" at the thought of it.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
dbxsoul
wait, wait ... number
14. tourists don't want to meet michael jackson in the ladies bathrooms
i obviously have to much time on my hands this afternoon ... :lol:
arniegang
Get on with your work Soul
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Concord
15. Strollers (or "pushchairs"). You think drivers are reckless: these mothers are worse. They think just because they have a kid in one of those annoying things everyone should move out of the way (specially annoying are the doublewide ones). Well, I don't get out of the way (I have just as much right to be there - unless you politely ask).
arniegang
16. Bagpackers that put something heavy on top of Cream Cakes
:lol: :lol: :lol:
GAB
- dbxsoul wrote:
wait, wait ... number
14. tourists don't want to meet michael jackson in the ladies bathrooms
i obviously have to much time on my hands this afternoon ... :lol:
Honey, none of us want to meet Michael Jackson period!! :shock: :shock: :shock:
GAB
- Concord wrote:
15. Strollers (or "pushchairs"). You think drivers are reckless: these mothers are worse. They think just because they have a kid in one of those annoying things everyone should move out of the way (specially annoying are the doublewide ones). Well, I don't get out of the way (I have just as much right to be there - unless you politely ask).
We are trained in just hitting peoples ankles in that little tender spot!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
dbxsoul
17. people who stand next to you in a queue, and the who surreptitiously proceed to push in front of you - refer as well to point number 9
:twisted:
arniegang
Whilst applying Lippy and Mascara
:lol: :lol: :lol:
GAB
S.e.x.ist!! :shock:
dbxsoul
"Honey, none of us want to meet Michael Jackson period!! "
i love you all, i love you all - damn it's hot here, my face seems to be melting ...
dbxsoul
better watch your ankles arnie :o
arniegang
- GAB wrote:
S.e.x.ist!! :shock:
Yup
:D :D :D :D
GAB
And proud of it!! :lol:
Dbxsoul you are on a roll today-haven't laughed so much in ages!! :lol:
Concord
18. People that wait a long time at the cash register and wait for all their merchandize to be scanned before they "realize" that they need to pull either money or their credit card out of their wallet/purse or the crack of their ass to pay for it. Although I started this bit with the "garbage out of the car" stuff this #18 is absolute my biggest pet peeve (many, many times I have commented to people who do exactly that: "wow, isn't it amazing how one has to pay after all the stuff is scanned, eh?" most of them are too imbecilic to get it anyway!
dbxsoul
hi concord, sorry i seem to have hijacked your thread..
number 18 is a definite peeve!
what about .... supermarket cashiers with little or no tact who call out at the tops of thier voices... "price check for a box of 24 super delux, ribbed and flavoured condoms" .... "no not the big ones.... the small ones!"
:oops: :lol:
Concord
Sorry dbxsoul but I think Woody Allen already thought of that one!
dbxsoul
damn, here i thought i was being original only to find out i'm a plagiarist!
Anyone believe in collective unconsciousness?
the_zooter
- dbxsoul wrote:
damn, here i thought i was being original only to find out i'm a plagiarist!
Anyone believe in collective unconsciousness?
Why?? Is that another of your pet peeves?
dbxsoul
the plagiarsit or the unconciousness?
the first definitly, the second ... well i think unconcious probably applies to to about 90% of the drivers in dubai... so i would have to go with that as well :lol:
the_zooter
- dbxsoul wrote:
well i think unconcious probably applies to about 90% of the drivers in dubai
No - you've got it wrong - they aren't unconcious - they've just got busy lifes and have far more important things to think about than other road users!
Dubai Knight
You are in the queue at BurgerDonald McChunders and there is a menu up above the serving area that is easy to read and the guy in front has had 10 minutes to decide on what he wants...and then he gets to cashier and says "Er...I think I'll have...er, no wait! maybe I'll have...er... :evil:
I had some policeman in Sharjah the other day boop me with his siren and tell me off for throwing a cigarette butt out of the car window! Told me it could be Dhs. 500 fine! Ten seconds later, the guy in the car in front throws a blue polythene bag full of empty drinks cartons and sandwich wrappers out of his window! Does the policeman have a go at him? No! He's in a Mercedes with a 3 number plate from Sharjah!!! Not only that, the spot where we were was in the industrial zone and the sides of the road are littered with crap!
Grrrrr!
:evil: :evil: :evil:
Knight
the_zooter
Double Standards - a few of the peeves could be rolled up into this one category!
the_zooter
- Dubai Knight wrote:
I had some policeman in Sharjah the other day boop me with his siren and tell me off for throwing a cigarette butt out of the car window! Told me it could be Dhs. 500 fine! Ten seconds later, the guy in the car in front throws a blue polythene bag full of empty drinks cartons and sandwich wrappers out of his window! Does the policeman have a go at him? No! He's in a Mercedes with a 3 number plate from Sharjah!!! Not only that, the spot where we were was in the industrial zone and the sides of the road are littered with crap!
I hope you aren't looking to justify your dispicable actions DK?? I mean, littering is one thing, but smoking??? Disgusting!
:shock: :shock: :shock:
dbxsoul
haha
serves you right DK for crossing over to the "dark side" aka the sharjah border
dbxsoul
- the_zooter wrote:
- dbxsoul wrote:
well i think unconcious probably applies to about 90% of the drivers in dubai
No - you've got it wrong - they aren't unconcious - they've just got busy lifes and have far more important things to think about than other road users!
hahahaha - point taken
mmmmm like clipping the hair on thier toes while driving with thier feet on the dash
the_zooter
- dbxsoul wrote:
mmmmm like clipping the hair on thier toes while driving with thier feet on the dash
Eeewwww - I hope you just made that up!!!
Otherwise thats going top of my "pet peeve list" !!
dbxsoul
:lol: well the hair bit yes, but the driving with the feet up i've seen a number of times - amazing what you can do when you have cruise control... but oddly enough this does seem to affect reaction time when you need to use the brakes ... :shock:
the_zooter
- dbxsoul wrote:
:lol: well the hair bit yes, but the driving with the feet up i've seen a number of times - amazing what you can do when you have cruise control... but oddly enough this does seem to affect reaction time when you need to use the brakes ... :shock:
I've seen people drive like that in the US. Its quite an art actually, and requires lots of practice - especially if you drive a manual like I do!!
dbxsoul
mmmmm .... i think it qualifies a peeve. prehaps we should collate the peeve list? or should we head for a "top 25" ....
Concord
Dbx,
By my count we are "officially" up to 18
GoodBai
Taxis that smell like you've stepped into the armpit of Hell... (and yes I know these poor buggas have to work 16 hour days, so with full apologies for me being such a cruel, heartless, unfeeling git).
But I find it so difficult holding my breath for a full ten minutes. The latest barmy idea is to maybe put perfume dispensers inside cabs... so then they will smell like the armpit of Hell with a sickly sweet stink thrown in on top for good measure! Loverly!
the_zooter
Can I add to the taxi driver one?? Taxi's that don't smell and have drivers that know where they are going!
Or is that really asking too much?
GoodBai
I dunno, some people are so demanding... :D
the_zooter
- GoodBai wrote:
I dunno, some people are so demanding... :D
Ok then - well taxi's should be forced, by law, to either have sweet smelling drivers, or drivers who know their way everywhere - as a minimum!! Obviously having both would be a bonus, but may cost like an extra 5 dirhams or something!!
Concord
Here is the list so far,
1. spitting
2. litter in the streets
3. plastic bags and bottles scattered across the desert
4. idiotic drivers
5. double standards in the way that the law is sometimes applied
6. perception/ reality of uncontrolable rent increases
7. daily reports of labour problems
8 traffic congestion, when it takes 30 mins to get from the convention centre to your hotel across the street I don't imagine people enjoy that.
9 Public hygeine of general public - not wearing deodorant should be a crime!
10. Fat women wearing tight pants (they look like sausages). Now, THAT should be a crime. Now that should be a crime.
11. Mothers washing their kids bums (old nappy off, wash bum in hand basin, new nappy on) in the sinks all the time in the women's toilets here......never mind we all wash our hands in those sinks presumably to make us germ free
12. Garbage out of cars and left on the carpark (a meter away from garbage bin but to lazy to use it!)
13. 5 year old children steering/ driving thier parents cars in parking lots?
14. tourists don't want to meet michael jackson in the ladies bathrooms
15. Strollers (or "pushchairs"). You think drivers are reckless: these mothers are worse.
16. Bagpackers that put something heavy on top of Cream Cakes
17. people who stand next to you in a queue, and who surreptitiously proceed to push in front of you
18. People who wait a long time at the cash register and wait for all their merchandize to be scanned before they "realize" that they need to pull either money or their credit card out of their wallet/purse or the crack of their a#s to pay for it.
the_zooter
That list seems pretty comprehensive!! It will do for starters!!
arniegang
i dont think we have even scratched the surface yet Zoots
:lol: :lol:
dbxsoul
19. emirates "face cards" :D
Concord
Had to "revive" this thread as I have in the last couple of days faced and remembered one pet peeve. It is people that get a car "they can't afford" and then take 2 spots to park the darn thing.
I am looking for a used car (15 years or older) so I can park it within 2 inches of these aholes and leave it there for a couple of days.
terranova
hey, there's nothing wrong with taking a good lone spit once in a while.
Concord
21. Humorless DF Members
P.S. I had typed a name there but thought it would be better to leave it out since the name is already known to those who have been here a little while anyway :wink: