Nic - when i talked about lack of class and respect, it had nothing to do, and was not directed towards individuals that work as tea/coffee servers, and hence lead to me feeling offended.... it was directed to how you answered me! You were the person that I felt lacked class and respect (and that is without knowing your professional background).
If you want to talk about answering, and stating things appropriately, you could have chosen your words in a more decent manner. Follow what you preach basically. The fact that not only I was offened but another member as well, who if I may add is NOT qatari, shows a lot about your approach.
Please do not assume that just because I am Qatari, I do not value people that work as tea/coffee servers, or anyone else for that matter! Just as you assumed the worst in me, and thought I sterotyped them as being low class citizens, you were a hypocrite to assume that as a Qatari that is how I would think of them! The only person that acted wrongly is you. You made your own assumptions, and stuck to it, without giving me the benefit of the doubt.
Also, on the topic about racism...and upbringing, there are a lot of people from Canada that are racist. You can't say that no one in Canada isn't! I have nothing bad to say though about canadians, as I have known many, and have friends that are canadians, and all of them I love. Whether you want to direct this topic to racism, is another story however, and racism was not on my mind when I responded to you anyway.
I will agree with you in one thing though, which I have to thank you for, and that was to show me that I should have been more specific. You are right. For that I apologize to everyone for letting that slip my mind, and I do agree it is an important factor to point out. At the time when I wrote the message I had a certain thought in mind, and didn't clarify myself.
Anyway ill throw this out to a misunderstanding between the both of us. Thank you for showing me my errors, and I wish you the best.
P.S. There are qataries working as cleaner/tea/coffee ladies =). Many of which I have become friends with.
Nic - when i talked about lack of class and respect, it had nothing to do, and was not directed towards individuals that work as tea/coffee servers, and hence lead to me feeling offended.... it was directed to how you answered me! You were the person that I felt lacked class and respect (and that is without knowing your professional background).
If you want to talk about answering, and stating things appropriately, you could have chosen your words in a more decent manner. Follow what you preach basically. The fact that not only I was offened but another member as well, who if I may add is NOT qatari, shows a lot about your approach.
Please do not assume that just because I am Qatari, I do not value people that work as tea/coffee servers, or anyone else for that matter! Just as you assumed the worst in me, and thought I sterotyped them as being low class citizens, you were a hypocrite to assume that as a Qatari that is how I would think of them! The only person that acted wrongly is you. You made your own assumptions, and stuck to it, without giving me the benefit of the doubt.
Also, on the topic about racism...and upbringing, there are a lot of people from Canada that are racist. You can't say that no one in Canada isn't! I have nothing bad to say though about canadians, as I have known many, and have friends that are canadians, and all of them I love. Whether you want to direct this topic to racism, is another story however, and racism was not on my mind when I responded to you anyway.
I will agree with you in one thing though, which I have to thank you for, and that was to show me that I should have been more specific. You are right. For that I apologize to everyone for letting that slip my mind, and I do agree it is an important factor to point out. At the time when I wrote the message I had a certain thought in mind, and didn't clarify myself.
Anyway ill throw this out to a misunderstanding between the both of us. Thank you for showing me my errors, and I wish you the best.
P.S. There are qataries working as cleaner/tea/coffee ladies =). Many of which I have become friends with.