I hear varying things about what you public schoolboys do Super. ;)

I agree that there should be some people in the civil service who do speak English, but to expect them to speak perfect English when the vast majority of Qatar does not speak perfect English is silly. I think they all get along better speaking bad English to each other than trying to speak proper English.

Also, what natural English speaker is going to take a low paying civil service job at the Doha DMV?