Cockroaches in the bakery
I went to do some shopping yesterday. The usual grocery stuff, but my main point was to buy some bread. I went to one of the nearby shopping centres.
After filling my cart up, I’ve finally went to the bread section, which was taken care of one of the local bakeries, that is also quite famous for its sweets. I was about to reach for some bread when I saw a cockroach walking all over one of the bread shelves.
So gross! I have called one of the guys from inside that section…my luck, he didn’t speak English and I don’t know how to say cockroach in Arabic! :P
I’m telling him “You have cockroaches on your bread”. He looked at me, opened his mouth and said “This one?”, pointing at the bread.
So I’ve said it again “You have cockroaches!”
-“No, Madame, we don’t have”
-“I’ve just seen it right here”
He smiled, not knowing what I mean.
-“Do you know what’s a cockroach?”, I asked.
-“I don’t know”
-“It’s a bug! A cockroach!”
-“If not here, we don’t have”
I don’t have to say that I didn’t buy that bread, do I? ;o)
I had millions of them when I first moved into my half of the villa, it took me three visits from the pest control to get rid of them.
My neighbours leave a lot of garbage outside and don't clean very well so recently I had a rat. It must be a male rat as he ate his way through the handcreme tubes.
One day him and I had a confrontation and neither of us knew what to do - I because I was scared he would bite me and he, because he might have got caught. He came up through the hole where the washing machine pipe was in and he was big rat.
So now I have closed that hole and let the washing machine drain in the toilet - what a life.
But once, when I went for a pee in our office loo in Jeddah, I stood up to flush and saw a cockroach in the toilet bowl.
I don't know which of us got the bigger fright! Him for thinking the moon had descended on him, or me for realising he had been right under me whilst I was seated!
Didn't anyone tell you not to believe everything you read? Yes there are cockroaches and rats even ( only saw one in all my life here!) but no, Doha is not infested with them.
with the lizards as they eat the roaches.
They do tend to cr*p a lot though.
Roaches are not specific to any particular area, they are all over and fact of life.
Actually I live in an older apartment vile style place..
But Ithinkthey spray often...
I love it here...Best bargain in town
You can't teach experience...
near death vally so the pests are scared of ghosts thats why his area is clean
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Which area do you live vegas?? Does it depend on the area?
Are they doing anything to get rid of the problem in doha???
What about other cities in Qatar>??
ewwww yuck.. Do the houses get infested with cockroaches.. apartment blocks??
safest place to eat is at home!
Where there is Fire...There is Coke. Where there is Rum..There is Smoke - Sir Smoke-a-Lot
You can't teach experience...
Oh my God.. that is soooooooo gross..
So you guys are saying that Doha is infested with rats and cockroaches.. Yuck.
And what about Marks and Spencers. Do they have a food shop over there??
And where is the safest place to eat???????????
Buy Groceries???
was seen by my hubby last week at Bukhara Restaurant (Indian place at tennis stadium complex). Luckily? he told me the day after we ate there. He said he saw a big lizard run across the floor behind me in the restaurant.
I saw cockroaches at Lulu's more than once (HATE HATE that place) I'm sure they are everywhere here in Doha. Only buy food that is covered and wash all your fruits and vegetables the moment you get home. WITH SOAP I might add
I thought they had got rid of them years since.
Big things they were and every time you switched your headlights on they scattered.
They were climbing house walls...up the corner and onto the roof.
That was when they stipulated that houses had to have smooth outside walls.
Charan if its that big then , later on they are the one eating not eaten..
"There's nothing we can do to change the past, if it teaches you a lesson profit from it then, forget it."
That cockroach must be female..thats why it is lil shy and hiding away from people. ;-)
It is called CockFiat. Baby one is called BugFiat :)
thats just a baby most I've seen as pets grow to about 9cm and can wiegh about 30g.
That's not big.
Kuwait souk had them up to 3 inches and the beggars used to come out and sunbathe.
grow upwards of 3cm and people even keep them as pets. Imagine if it got out into your steak sandwhich. ;)
Irrysa ur lucky that u din't found it in ur bread while eating...lol
*teary eyed here* coz im imagining*...dweller???? and offered another sandwich steak..after that???? wth?! ....why there's no emoticon for puking here?
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"And if Owen is buying a plastic wrapped brownies (which is the one making her balloon, sorry Owen, i haven't meet you but i just hope i guessed it wrong) then that is safe."
------> you are right on that...that's why i compensate it with drinking oolong tea..hehehehe..but now with this roaches issues..even if its in plastic i may give up those yummy, chewy brownies... (for a while...heehheehe)
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you play football? lol
what do u xpect thn? i ply net ball with women at doha rugby club???
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Dweller - It was not an accident. he ordered a crunchy cockroach sandwich. Yammy :)
Saddavi, you're really that guy???? You play football? Really? Now am your fan. My Ex hubby loves football...
"There's nothing we can do to change the past, if it teaches you a lesson profit from it then, forget it."
What would it make a difference of another sandwich, where the steak is from the same Pan.
Irrysa, OMG! EeeeeeeeW!
"There's nothing we can do to change the past, if it teaches you a lesson profit from it then, forget it."
It may be gross irrysa, but it's true
Dweller...oh, grossssss!!!!!
If you're looking for a problem, you're probably gonna find one.
Mariam, they have the bateel bakey inside the Dasman. So it is their bakery after all...
If you're looking for a problem, you're probably gonna find one.
of in the early 80's when the cafe in The Centre was run on a franchise by a well known company. A teacher from Doha College (and he's now at the college on his second stint) ordered a steak sandwich.
When he bit into it, it crunched.
Laying on top of the steak under the bread was a roach.
They did apologise and gave him another steak sandwich.
If you see something like this please report it to the municipality as well when you but minced meat and the under meat is already a little brown. Please also check cheese and cold cuts that you buy packed I have seen in the large supermarkets that some packed cold cuts look discoloured. These things should be reported because 1) it is your health 2) it is your money.
Maybe for that Bateel bread, it is not from that bakery, it is from the store you bought. And if Owen is buying a plastic wrapped brownies (which is the one making her balloon, sorry Owen, i haven't meet you but i just hope i guessed it wrong) then that is safe. The croaches are stationed in the area of breads so it is the manager or supervisor is to blame for that. Whilst the Hot bread Bakery, it's in their own bakery. And go around the back of the bakery near the FFC in Fareej Al Nasser, the breads are exposed outside in the sun uncovered while they put it on the delivery van to tranport.
"There's nothing we can do to change the past, if it teaches you a lesson profit from it then, forget it."
follow this link:
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/amazing_feats/unusual_skills/most_cockroaches_eaten.aspx
mila the image of them on my head eating those roaches..make me want to cry and puke...sorry, im so afraid with roaches...you know that i can't kill a single roach and ask someone to do it...too afraid to get near them...
(i remember my brothers used to tease me....holdig the roaches by their antennas and throw them to me...and there was i running away, peeing on my short, crying,screamin, swearing and cursing coz of fright) arggghhh..those silly brothers of mine
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But I don't really love them :( Thais don't eat crockroaches but they eat Fried Crickets. Very crispy :)
Roaches, unfortunately they are around a lot. I remember the first time I saw a roach. It was not in Doha but in my hotel room on the 30th floor of a 5 star hotel in Dallas Texas.... there was no bread in my room.... And the hotel was brand new.
Unfortunately the roaches are here all over the place, even in your owm home. You have to have the pest control people come & spray every month. Or get cats, like me. They love to catch roaches and always seem to know when there is roaches around.
As to buying bread. Buy only bread that is wrapped in plastic. That is the only semi guaranteed measure you can take. Even if you do spray a lot in places where there is a lot of food around, the roaches will be back in a mum.
Aisha-Taweela
yes Owen, the Thai and Chinese loves these cuisines... its delicacy for them.
Everybody is right and Everybody is wrong, its depend where you stand
whattttttttt?????? eat cockroach and bugs??????
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some people in east asia pay money to eat cockroach and alots of another ugly bugs.
eeeekkk irrysa... i can imagine the legs of those roaches going thru my brownies.. but oh they are covered in plastic while on display.....i hope they (small ones) can't go inside those plastics.. oh my....
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we all live with croch at somehow, but when we saw them walking around on the bread is very disguisting... i tried not to buy any bread from al bateel from now on. yuukksss
Everybody is right and Everybody is wrong, its depend where you stand
I've been buying bread from that bakery, ever since i can remember oh god.
25 years of my life
It's always the small things that make big differences.
HBB sounds gross then omg...
It's always the small things that make big differences.
Yes Owen, near airport.
I actually shop there quite often, coz it is so close to my house...but I guess I will drive a bit further to LuLu now...
If you're looking for a problem, you're probably gonna find one.
OMG...and i always buy brownies from there.. airport road right?
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i had a feeling that it would be bateel
not the first time
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u mean Dasman near immigration offfice??
It was in Dasman Centre...so the bakery inside is Al Bateel.
Sorry to whoever is working or managing that place. Don't hate me, I'm only telling my experience.
If you're looking for a problem, you're probably gonna find one.
So please tell us what particular bakery was that... The Hot bread bakery one time and the last time i bought a bread there, I was so early, after i dropped my daughter in school i decided to buy bread before going home. So doon the bakery opened the door i get in. The salesmen are taking out those cover on top of the breads and biscuits and pies where it is not really covered on the whole food. And when i was looking what bread and cookies to buy i saw not only one but some small croaches, creeping under the pile of the cookies. Eeeeeew! And i told about them to the salesmen, and when i looked around, all of the food displayed are not fully covered. Since then, i don't but bread from that bakey again.
"There's nothing we can do to change the past, if it teaches you a lesson profit from it then, forget it."
Well my dear, as I said, in every bakery you will find bugs.
My dad used to live in a flat, right above the bakery...you cannot imagine the stories about cockroaches I've heard from him!
If you're looking for a problem, you're probably gonna find one.
Well, I'd just say that I miss some certain body parts for this... LOL!
If you're looking for a problem, you're probably gonna find one.
I live near HBB too... actually havent moved from here since i was born lol.
Anyways, I dont think HBB has any Hygene issues or does it??
It's always the small things that make big differences.
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and what do u think what is meant by ''Arab'' Miss Sage???
Saddavi- just wanted to make a sandwich. Wallah!
LOL!
If you're looking for a problem, you're probably gonna find one.
Thexonic, I live near HBB...let's just say that one of my friends bought once some bread with similar, but smaller, "give aways"...free of chrage!
If you're looking for a problem, you're probably gonna find one.
ok now i know that cockroach is sarsoor in arabic.... ..irrysa, you should have pulled someone who does speak arabic so they understood what you were saying...
should report them to baladiya (spelling?) (they are the health/group inspector right?)....
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it happened coz u were looking for a problem, and concequently u found one
No I will remember how to say it in Arabic.
Saddavi, I promise you that I don't live in any Arab :P
I honestly live in Doha ;o)
If you're looking for a problem, you're probably gonna find one.
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naa, he is sexy
Ewww hate those little creatures!
actually, I have not heard of one bakery where they have no bugs...
but seeing it running there all over was just so disgusting!
If you're looking for a problem, you're probably gonna find one.
oh sadavvi very sexy man...
Everybody is right and Everybody is wrong, its depend where you stand
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me??no way
have a look at me now..........
thts me,
the real saddavi
I guess then qatar should start working at night lol.
It's always the small things that make big differences.
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the problem is tht municipal employes inspects during day time whn all of them are hidden and r hibernating safely, free of worries
oh really thought it was you ugly saddavi, eeewwwwwwww
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Well they will close down either way when the municipalty comes to do a
routine hygene check up.
It's always the small things that make big differences.
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''you can get that place closed by contacting the Muncipalty''
yalla now don't close all the shops here coz there r cockroaches all around doha, mostly they became active when there is no light, am sure no place is out of their reach lol
thats weird should have called the municipality not their man.
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َQuote "...I’ve finally went to the bead section, which was taken care of one of the local bakeries..."
Didnt know they had a whole section for "beads" lol, j/k.
Sorry to hear about the roaches... try goin to Hot Bread bakery, or if you want
you can get that place closed by contacting the Muncipalty.
It's always the small things that make big differences.
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silly u were looking at mirror lol
have a look again
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saddavi who is that guy on the video, by looking at it make me laugh so hard. and thanks for teaching us the lingo for croch
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lol cockroach is called "sarsoor" in arabic.
U r living in Arab, have to learn the local language as well.
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ooohhhh irrysa, thats must be bad experience for you. dont go there again to buy bread.
Everybody is right and Everybody is wrong, its depend where you stand