'idle chat or flirtation' - but what is that Olive???
Very culturally subjective

If I look a Qatari guy straight in the eye, smile, say Salam Alekum - some would see that as way too forward.

If I had a miniskirt on, sat on someone's lap somewhere else, it wouldn't necessarily be seen as flirty.

And BTW I find a lot of Qataris just to be naturally charming....where is the line btw 'idle chat, good manners and a little flirty'?
Very hard to define - hence BIG blind eye