Behavior of young Qatari boys

dalia2008 what do you mean they spanked you and you did not talk like this you are encouraging the bad behavior these boys should be dealt with more strictly pleaaaaaaaaassssseeeeeeeeee women do you want them to do it to your daughter?////////

it is funny!

Arab girls r much better than the boys. the other day at the mall when i was getting a cinnezeo for my sister n asked for the choclate one. a small qatari girl who was standing next to me said choclate. she was so cute n adorable. i just smiled at her and asked her if she wanted one. she was so adorable n then i remembered this article. although i never had any probs with the local community, i always felt tht local boys have a problem associating with the girls in public n tend to misbehave in certain weird ways. but they tend to smarten up when they grow up. some of my best pals r qataris. n they r the sweetest fellows of all. very respectful than others towards women. i ll always remember tht sweet n smiley girl. she ll brighten nyones day. :)

I suppose be grateful thats all they did...in the UK they would probably have pulled a knife!

some qataries are like that,but some of them are good...

that is not kidz wrong...totally parents . they have to tell good things...children fallow the parents...so they have to take care... here the people are not friendly i think not all some of them... before i am in muscut... there oman peple are really good,and very very friendly... in this we cant do anyting... this is not our country we have to see thats it...but 1 thing i can tell,we can leave anywhere in the world but they cant leave anywhere expect qatar... thats it...

are with kids of Arab origin... im not being racist here, im just speaking from my experience, and you cannot refute it coz as i've said, that's from my own experience...

This kind of behaviour is eminent in all nationalities, i.e teenagers misbehaving in absence of their parents.

Its definitely bad and such kids should be corrected but blaming all Qataris is not the right thing, these are spoilt kids, same like spoil kids we have everywhere in the world and who knows they may not actually be Qatari...

'It seems every society goes through this and Qatar is no exception...' i agree eve.

long time ago (1930'ish) when my country was in a better economic standing, chinese traders abound conducting their trades in the streets of manila. locals always make fun of them because of how they look and how they were dressed. comic actors imitate them and were always a hit in the stage or in the movie theaters.

but now the tide has turned. almost every big businesses are owned by the chinese and china is now hundred (maybe even thousand)times wealthier than us.

the last time we went to hongkong we felt that we were not treated right by some of the locals there...sad but hey that's how the cookie crumbles as they say :-)

Aviduser... you said it all. I hope I can get to have only pity for all this sooner than later.

But you are right... it might be frustrating knowing your country would not fuction without expats. And I am sure all locals know just one thing keeps us here and as soon as we get what we came for... we are out of here.

ANd you are right, maybe in another circunstances some expats would even try for a long term plan. But right now... it is just an option.

I loved what you wrote and I bet the way you feel makes your every day life a lot less annoying.

I have started topity this whole place.

I simply ask one question to all who come here to complain or appreciate people specially for 'Qataris' ,,,

Did you ask that person 'Are you Qatari? if not how come you say he was Qatari ??

Every man wearing a 'Arabic' dress is not Qatari here .... some are from Saudis/Emaratis/Pakistanis/Iranians/Yemenis etc ... who look similar to Qatari but infact they are not....

So next time when you talk about any nationality please ask the person his nationality ... then you can post something with confidence ....

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You go East or you go West you will find them everywhere :-)

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I think mustard would be better "matching" with the location:)

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That sadly plays to our stereo types of spoilt little rich kids, and increases or alienation from this Country.

So little respect is shown to expats that it mearly makes us resigned to the fact that we will earn our money as quick as possible and leave as soon as possible. Some of can do this some you may not be able to do this.

It's sad, if expats felt a little more respected then we would think about building long term futures here, buying property here or if we were allowed starting businesses.

Reading these stories and others listening to friends recount horror stories about their experiences mearly adds to the picture that although we are essential to the Country we are not wanted.

Our presence is I think a reminder that they (the locals) have surrounded their Country and their livelihoods to outsiders, of whom they have have become utterly reliant, from the poor Inidan guy who cleans the cars the maid who tends the children to the Engineer who operated the Gas plants and the architect who plans the buildings.

I think the Country must feel a collective level of utter impotence. And it must be a hard burden to bear.

The behaviour of the children the drivers on the roads the men in the Malls, It's a collective feeling that all around them they have through either choice or circumstance surrendered their futures to us, and as quick as it's all come to them so quick it could go away.

I no longer feel anger towards this behaviour, I no longer scowl at the screaming children I no longer get angry as I see a maid mistreated, I no longer honk my horn, I no longer hate or curse anyone. I have made my peace here, I have a mission now, a goal a target a light at the end of a dark tunnel, now I only have one emotion as I walk through the malls or drive through the streets.

PITY

As every country has gone through their growing pains so too will Qatar. Hopefully the parents will realize before its too late to change things. It seems every society goes through this and Qatar is no exception.

Oh, Hell yeah. When one grows up in the lap of wealth, wealth, and more wealth tey often forget humility. Or perhaps it's not the wealth. They just have an engrained conviction that we non-Qataris are inferior compared to them. Wwish I could just scream on their face and tell them because they are born to a rich nation they are capable of affording bad behaviour and added luxury. On their own without the perks of their nation, they are plain imbeciles and nothing better. Qatar is providing them with every luxury imaginable...why not inculcate a little humility as well???

hey.. don't fight with small matter.. if you take such matters serious I think your life will be in miserable... there will be lots of other big headache here... just learn to ignore like them. Remember if you want to stay here... follow the SLAVERY rule of QATAR government otherwise as they say _If you don't like you can leave.. and if you try to speak for your right.. they will simply DEPORT you....

well, its quite normal here, teenagers and even sometimes matured guys, who take us for granted.. it happened to me and my friends, teenagers giving us the finger.. we are only walking..and alot more... sonam is right just stay away from trouble.. stay away from them.. because here, even we've done nothing wrong, if they say we did it, we're in deep sh_t. the law is always (if not most of the time) in favor for them, as like in most middle eastern countries... but, everywhere there are kids who behave like that..but a word of advice learn some basic arabic.. so you can understand some words they are saying...ok friend

I never called you racist Osman. I was trying to make the point that not all Qataris wear their thobes all the time, so seeing them in a clothes shop isn't anything to be surprised at.

As for anger management, you're right I don't know you. All I have to go on is the fact that you were "getting ready to smack him one round the cheek".

I just have ONE question. If it happened in a non muslim country and it was a bunch of white kids making fun of muslims... would everyone have this same reaction of "it doenst matter as it is their country"????

One thing makes me realise I am not being as well paid as I thought is the fact that there is this bubble where locals live and nobody can say anything. Why they make a big song and dance in europe every time they think their rights and religion is not being respected? They are not in their country there....

Kids are kids and nowadays there is a lack of respect everywhere. But specially amongst those kids who are born knowing they wont need to do anything in their lives as thei future is granted. Thats why when these kids grown and face the real world out there they go crazy when they realise you have to respect to be respected.

they laughed at someone at an age everyone regard them as kids? or should they leave their meals and make way for someone? or how do you know if they were waiting for their orders? what's their mistake if they speak their own language and you dont understand?

i dont understand a thing u ppls all about!

seems to be strange when ppls care lot about others life!

and i don't care when a foreigner comes up to me in "my country" and says we are equal cause my parents raised me to treat everyone equally.

i don't expect them to follow same rules and manners as any country but to act like civilized human beings and treat people the way they wish to be treated.

I am sure they would complain if they were treated unfailry because of race or nationality if they were in a visiting country.

why do ou peoples demand hosting country to follow exact rules and manners like in ur country? it's their life!

...dont slap, dont ignore, take it easy...call the cops!

2 wrongs wont make it right :-)

It all depends how one is brought up ....most of the time its the parents to be blamed for leaving their kids with the maids

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u slap a qatari, the full family will be sent to jail without trial. followed by deportation. it's their country. or else, most teenagers are same all around the world.. take it easy/ignore! do u ppls like it when a foreigner comes and say we are equal when u r in ur hometown?

that everyone says it's their country they can do want they want to foreigners, yet in any country that would be considered racism.

i feel this kind of bhaviour should be controlled. not encouraged by keeping quiet.

sunshine - I promise you that you'll see much, much worse behaviour than this from kids in the UK.

i dont think keeping quiet is the best way to do things around nymore. CUmon guys , this is a civilised society, we read the achievements of the country everyday. n sorry to tell sum of ur ppl i have not seen these kind of disorderly behaviour in other countries,not evne my own.i doubt tht this happens in the Uk or in any of the Asian countries, coz they know how much trouble they can get into for it. Unless n until sumone whose older points at these children n tells them tht this is wrong, they r never going to c tht its wrong. we do not need to be their parent, but once these children get into their head tht we ll say sumthing bck, tht fear ll be their in their minds n they ll think twice before repeating it again. i doubt they ll behave the same way again, n if they do then they must be a bunch of really crazy kids. n we were kids nto many few yrs ago, n we never did sumthing like this.

Jeez Red Pope, you don't give up do you. Please try to grasp an understanding of what is being said before commenting. Your constant attempts to undermine what I say are getting tiresome.

Unfortunately at some of the Malls they need more security to deal with these young men. My friend was at the Hyatt Plaza with her children at a birthday party at the entertainment place they does the shooting with paint. They were paying for their turn at paint ball and a groupd of Qatari boys came and said they were going first, luckily the staff continued on with the birthday group. But the boys got so angry they trashed the waiting room. So they had to wait two hours for their turn. The staff admitted it happens every weekend. Really the police should be called and the parents informed aobut their behavior, how do you teach them right from wrong if their is no accountability. Big mistake here, I see what happened in Kuwait happening here and its NOT GOOD. Somehow the money changes everything and parents are not taking disciplining their children to be respectful. Qatar is growing quickly so parents need to step up their parenting, its invisibile parenting right now.

Dont go to Manchester... wow!

you will just be scared of the teenagers there...

this seems very minor

thanks for your balanced comment Tallg

many teenagers here are rude towards people of other nationalities(ie asians)but not towards their kinds...

They're just typical kids...be glad they didnt put ketchup on your seat...;P

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So it's just Arab countries then chinitasai. There are no unpleasant kids in your country?

hi,

it happened to me many times...

since it's not my country i tried to keep myself calm

and tried to avoid not to happen again...

i just give them my sweetest smile...

but i think not only Qatari kids behave like this...

there are also kids from other arab countries who behave unpleasantly...

sunshine is right their parents are the one to blame...

if this will happen again better to ask help from older Qatari who can understand and speak english...

that's wat i did and the older qatari reprimand them...

Ooinah - beat it into them odinah? Wow, what a lovely way to bring up children.

Nehah - Is this incident really worth posting about on QL? Some kids laughed at you, so what? Kids are like that all over the world. Don't try and make it an issue about Qataris. Perhaps they were laughing because you tried talking to them but couldn't even speak their language, the language of the country you're in.

And osman - you clearly need some anger management lessons! And why shouldn't Qataris be in the Hip Hop Shop?

I believe the best way to call the security or cops if the situation goes much worse.If avoiding them solves the problem one should do so.But I think Qatari youths are much better than any other Gulf countries.

sonam, you have very gutless responses. someday if you are with your wife & something like that happens to her, what are you gonna tell her? Its their country? I believe kids should respect the elders, if they dont, beat it into them. I dont care if they are kids or whatever nationality they hold, being a kid and holding certain nationality doesnt exempt you from respecting others

try to avoid them ..if it gets too much, call the cops....999..not even the security..sometimes the security sucks ........

Never happened to me. Maybe something is wrong with you, nehar.

nomad_08

thats not what i was saying.

we all know that it was very wrong behavier from the kids, but only to say, they are not behaving like this, only because they are qatari. any other teenager could do the same. and then what do you want to do? slap a kid you dont know? common?? my point was only to say, all teenagers misbehave and not only qatari. common, lets be real!

...so basically what fefee and tnaljam is saying is if some teenager slap your behind, just smile and say thank you because after all they are just teenagers...right?

teenagers are teenagers!!!!!

you can find most teenagers behaving this way,in every part of the would. so please do not be upset. its not because they are qatari, its because they are teenagers, thats why they behaved like that. i have seen non-qatari teenagers or even young kids misbehaving.

from my point of view... i think that qataris have gone too much proud!!!!!!

Oh come on, dont try to make it a big story.. teenager are the same ehere ever you go.. so plz dont be so sensitive... in your country; they are doing more...im not qatari, but i really respect their life style as well the respect for other.

That this happened to you. If my husband had seen this he would have put them in their place. Tho it is easy for him as he speaks Arabic (he's a non-Qatari Arab). It may be their country, but that does not mean they can behave any way they wish.

you can get into big trouble if you do that sunshine, i think the best thing to do in this situation is to call the cops...

you mess with them you get real troulbe.

better keep silence and with peace.

NEPAL

i would slap them irrespective of wht nationality they are. n call their parents myself n tell them tht i hav slapped them. n to teach sum manners to these kids.

may be worst,i was walking in the city center,4 young qatari boys were walking and laughing loud and one of them spanked me,guess what i did....??NOTHING,i wanted to kill him,but i didn t because i m not in my country and i wanted to keep my husband out of trouble ....

Salax ,

It happned to me also.

so what do you do? fight with these kid ?

do you think its solution and it will make thing good ?

NEPAL

just cos its their country, doesnt mean they do whtever they wat. to live in a society there r guidelines, n this is taught even in islam. n islam doesnt teach u to go n behaviour in an irratic manner outside ur house.

this kind of behaviour is expected from these type of kids who roam around without a guardian. u really think they ll behave in tht way,if they had their parent with them. i doubt it. i blame the parents , who havent taught their children to behave / irrespective of the nationality. but yes its a true fact tht its commonly seen among the local boys.

that's right, keep yourself out of trouble...stay away from these kids...

yes, i agree to that! it's theirs no matter what. So, next time stay away from these kids.

Sorry to hear what happened to you and they happened to be Qataris, but to me i see most teenagers would do pranks like this regardless of nationality.They think it is funny, showing off in front of their friends.

Its their Country

What to do ?

NEPAL