Our bubble has been burst!

FYI..hubby has been in numerous times since without being stopped...so I haven't needed to go myself - yippee!

Also, there's nothing to write home about in there, I wouldn't travel to go, it's just convenient for us as it's walking distance.

I went to the mall with my family. We are not missing out on anything. Shops are nothing to be excited about. Let them have it.

You say you are a Qatari kid under 18. They let you in because you said you had parked the car? You can't even legally drive here! lol

and especially when it's just another name for discrimination. I will boycott, with or without my wife.

One slight flaw.. What about the guys serving behind the counter..

I read the article about the opening, and it specifically said singles of any kind will not be allowed.

I believe if you put that in place, it should be men or women who are single. Thats it.

Just talking to one of our reporters that covered the opening of the this particular mall.

He had asked the manager about the family only concept and the answer was that for the next week or so, since not all the shops are fully completed yet, they cannot implement it since workers will be coming in and out, but after that, they will be very strict.

So time will tell.

I think a mall for naked single women only should be started. This will allow women of all nationalities shop as god intended without being looked on by rapist men. (Except for men in thobes who the secuirty guards will be too scared to stop)

LOL nomerci...

Snessy, I can solve your problem, quite easily. Dress your husband up in an abaya and a veil...nobody will dare question him. Make sure he wears black gloves too though.

Sorry tinkerbell10..I have to say it...everyone of us brings some luggage of sorts from where we come from. Sorry if I was harsh.

Tinkerbell10...sadly...go back to where you come from...coz the definition of anything in Qatar has no bearing from any of your perspective, wherever you come from. You don't matter and you don't seem to want to assimilate. You don't get it.

You don't get it that there is bias wherever we claim to be from.

Better go home now and fix the bias in your place first.

I said no, I can not give you an example.

If "an employer can shut you down and ship you out at his whim without reason", they can shutdown a poor guard if someone comes and complains to his employer that he lets in a white guy or stops an Arab.

The case you know personally happened to an educated and professional person, what about the guards probably with limited skills and education, how he would defend himself?

Lol painther I do go to villagio at times, it's closer than any grocery to my place..

And as for that syndrome, Wow what a syndrome I have.. What does it mean :-/

WK, actually you have no problems (i guess u never go to a mall to shop)...

your problem is

"democratized socio equalitarian humanized modernized anti-apartheid secularisto socialisto republicano syndrome "

LOL...\

DO they have solution for this???

Family Only means whatever that conforms to their family values and behaviours - which include single unaccompanied women in abayas.

Tinkerbell10, stop hijacking this thread with the singles thing. This thread is about what constitutes family only. It is evident from this thread that what is defined as family only is clearly up to the locals, which means that even the NRI hired as the family driver wearing a jubah can enter freely.

Knowing that case personally I can tell you it didn't happen because the person treated Qataris & Non Qataris equally, irrelevant to the argument.

No I am not saying quote from media but tell me about something that happened to a friend or a friend of a friend or any random talk you heard..

Can you give me one example where someone lost his job because he treated Qataris & Non Qataris equally?

No, I can not give you an example from the media or similar sources. However, I can give you an example that "an employer can shut you down and ship you out at his whim without reason"

Read more: http://www.qatarliving.com/node/1573034#ixzz1D4ckvWgZ

ok WK, let me redifine "family" definition:

meaning of "family" in a family day is : couples (male & female) of any nationality, single women (preferably pretty ones) and locals (all types- single double triple........).

Now this is "The Rule" of land and we ought to follow it, don't like it? you know what to do!!!

I've just crawled out from under a rock...sheesh! Where is this mall? when was it opened?Is the supermarket any good? does it have a name besides "Families only" though that does sound sadly funny. Anyways yeah I doubt it'll be much success. It might just end up like all the random hypermarkets scattered about, Allahu alam.

Sam95: you made me laugh :-)

single to be banned :( ...whatever pleases them :(

i would encourage to obey their rules to save urself in shame to be dragged out of mall during family day

why complicate things when it ought to be simple

cheers

yesterday, I went't with my family and probably the last.

Securities were present all over even in front of the parking's entrance looking for bachelors

painther my problem with family day is single women are allowed to enter, since when did a single woman become a family..

I am more against the gender bias than the race bias.

why too much of hue & cry ??

bytheway menaing of "family" in a family day is : couples (male & female) of any nationality and locals (all types- single double triple........) and I have no problem with this rule.

Thanks to my local shop guy who delivers at home :)

I guess expats make toooooo much noise here ...lol

ya I can't solve anything, let the people on top take care of it.

It's not my problem to solve..

Lol sam ;)

I understand there is a bigger problem. And I also know that challenging or confronting or what ever you do with the security guards would not help solving the bigger problem.

To resolve the bigger problem, it requires people with bigger balls, to address it at much higher level. Surely it can not be resolved at security guard level.

Good, your bubble is burst;

One shouldn't live in bubbles but in 'real world' :)-

Balls.

Slaves.

Whites.

Arabs.

Punching.

pervs.

All because sneesy too lazy to accompany hubby to the mall? :)

I am talking about the mentality problem which is bigger than the issue on hand..

Ah well forget it..

Let people walk all over you your entire life as stopping them won't solve any problem.

Perving at other's wife is ok apparently, they didn't think about the loan back home then..

Can you give me one example where someone lost his job because he treated Qataris & Non Qataris equally?

One, not asking for more than that.

This thread started with stopping a white guy while letting 3 Arabs in.

So, what these poor guys should do? Stop the Arabs or let the white guy in, then get sacked and deported. Would that help to solve the slavery problem?

Saying I have bigger balls, would that help to solve the slavery problem?

This thread started with stopping a white guy while letting 3 Arabs in.

So, what these poor guys should do? Stop the Arabs or let the white guy in, then get sacked and deported. Would that help to solve the slavery problem?

Saying I have bigger balls, would that help to solve the slavery problem?

It happened yesterday at City Center. The Security Guard did not stop 2 white men who were in burmuda (chaddi) and vest (baniyan), but he had problem allowing me in to the mall. It clearly shows this country have different rules based on color and race. I went there to buy an ipod touch and ended up in a helpless situation. When I asked the guard how the white men allowed to enter then his answer was that only families r allowed on fridays. I did not understand this..hooo may be those 2 white men r infact husband and wife (????)...

My question to you is not about entrance to a stupid hypermarket..

You posted this

"Now, if you come from a poor village in Nepal, paid 2000 USD or so to get a job in Doha, which you can earn 300 USD a month. You hope to pay back your bank loan and save some money after 2 years of hard work. Would you still risk stopping an Arab guy and lose your job next day? What will you do to pay back bank loan?"

Read more: http://www.qatarliving.com/node/1605784#ixzz1D4Wb00p3

So every single person who has an outstanding loan back home and needs the job should never stand up to any kind of exploitation thinking how will he pay back loan?

Thinking like that allows some people to abuse their employees and I hope nobody thinks like that.

You work, you get paid.. Nobody is giving out money for free.

I don't want to see them continue as slaves. Do you want to see them sacked, deported, then faced the bank loan?

Would that help if they stop the Arabs, or letting a white guy in? Then lose their jobs for doing so?

where is it? i feel like punching someone today.

I'd like to add that I was stopped by these guys too. When I told them that I dropped my family, went and parked my car then they did let me in.

I saw others vent their anger on these defenseless poor guys then walked away, thinking that they gave these poor guys a lesson.

sad :(

So you want to see them continuing as slaves?

http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20050618_1.htm

Vic, it is etched in the memory of the Chinese people for the past 80 odd years. I think the film about Bruce Lee made a passing mention of this.

I'm not in favour of slavery, but I don't want to see those "slaves" lose their jobs, their money and their life just because they want to have big balls.

If people think they have big balls, they should go after the ones who make the rules to change the rules, to eradicate slavery, not after the slaves.

omg haha... just kidding guys o.0

fhyzzal don't try your pleasing personality at this "mall". Your record will be broken ;)

"Chinese and dogs not allowed" :(

simply ridiculous! is hope this is not true :(

cheers

i always go to mall every family day alone and guards don't even stop me... i guess its pleasing personality :)) hehe

TB, not very long ago there were signs stating "Chinese and dogs not allowed".

It is unfashionable and politically incorrect nowadays to state who or whom is not allowed anymore.

So, to stop a human wave of foreign bachelors, what better way to state it than "Family Only". Succinct & precise.

:)

This is not about the security guards Nobita, although the prats did find it funny my hubby isn't allowed in.

They were quite happy to take quite a few riyals from hubby and perv at his wife yesterday...

I'm still peeved at having to do the shopping, I love sending hubby and son out on a Saturday morning while I have my lie in :-)

Nobita did i read it correctly, are you arguing in favour of slavery?

sneesy, some rules here are simply ridiculous...i never go to malls on friday anymore since i heard about this family day to malls on friday...i would not let myself be in shame to be dragged out of mall since i dont have a family of my own :(

but nevertheless i would encourage that we should to follow their rules

cheers

That's not down to the poor security guys. If you really want to challenge the rules, the name of the rules and so on, please challenge the people who make up these rules, who named these rules, if your balls are big enough, of course.

Who cares? They could make it a gay only mall for super liberal and homosexual locals for all I care

So why call it families only? Why not call it Arab or Locals only. Now that would make sense and cause no dilemmas or awkwardness.

Now, if you come from a poor village in Nepal, paid 2000 USD or so to get a job in Doha, which you can earn 300 USD a month. You hope to pay back your bank loan and save some money after 2 years of hard work. Would you still risk stopping an Arab guy and lose your job next day? What will you do to pay back bank loan?

Snessy... tell hubby darling to go to Lulu...lol

... This place has some stupid rules... why on earth would a shop stop a genuine customer? Beats me...

If they wanted to stop miscreants from entering the malls then they should put a small charge of QR 10 or Qr20 which can be redeemed on any purchase.

and those who want to make purchase below QR10 wouldnt go there...

WK: the main attraction is the supermarket and the department store, nothing else was worth a second look. I'll take you in there next time you come to my place :-)

No Nobita, my balls are bigger than theirs! I don't care who you are or where you're from - rules are the same for everyone!

FYI...the security guards were the biggest perverts in there.

Don't blame the poor security guards. They are easy and soft targets. If they stopped the Arabs guys, they could lose their jobs. If you are in there shoes, would you do the same?

It's basically a hypermarket for the locals and yes there isn't any big name stores but what I can't figure out is how can a single woman be considered family and allowed to enter..

Ah well I will hold on to my thoughts regarding that...

As i've written in a previous thread , this shopping center caters specifically for conservative locals ( and others who share the ideology) who wants to shop in a more "Saudi style" shopping center. Cafes & restaurants all has partition to give privacy for the shoppers. Thus, don't expect any international brands or shops worth visiting.

it is something wierd here, everywhere else it is the customer who chooses not the seller.

sellers choosing to sell only to ladies or atleast males accompanied by ladies......amazing.

a lady? yes for sure that's how it works here in Qatar.

i can just imagine the scenario in 2022...

Just curious, can you enter alone?

Hubby has an excuse to send me out to the shops now :-(

Well I hope the mall fails. I wonder how long they will last before this ridiculous rule is relaxed. It must be very special to be able to turn away business. I am just glad I live nowhere near it, and thus will never need to visit it.

Opss ...i m agree with you ...

You can't afford to be lazy anymore :-P