The whole world seems to be going forwards in technology and backwards in culture. Qatar is no exception.
The other day I and my friend shared the lift in Citicenter with two guys. We were going up and the lift stopped at a level. One of the guys made a lewd gesture to a girl waiting out and invited her to enter the lift. Poor girl, she practically ran away from the lift. I felt sorry for how insecure and hopeless she would have felt within.
I am sure every one of us can narrate one such incident we have witnessed. Most of us don't want to get into trouble fighting with a local. These things happen in India too, but if I had witnessed it there I would have beat the sh.t out of that guy. I have done it a couple of times. Most of these guys actually have a very low self esteem and once they realize someone is ready to fight they run the hell out of the area. They do it only because they realize the police support them when they do it to expats. And most expats don't complain. And when in a group the behaviour is accentuated as it is a type of peer-pressure to do something different and get recognition among the peers.
The only hope is if the locals turn civilized themselves.
"Life is like a bicycle, if it's too easy - you're probably going down :)"
The whole world seems to be going forwards in technology and backwards in culture. Qatar is no exception.
The other day I and my friend shared the lift in Citicenter with two guys. We were going up and the lift stopped at a level. One of the guys made a lewd gesture to a girl waiting out and invited her to enter the lift. Poor girl, she practically ran away from the lift. I felt sorry for how insecure and hopeless she would have felt within.
I am sure every one of us can narrate one such incident we have witnessed. Most of us don't want to get into trouble fighting with a local. These things happen in India too, but if I had witnessed it there I would have beat the sh.t out of that guy. I have done it a couple of times. Most of these guys actually have a very low self esteem and once they realize someone is ready to fight they run the hell out of the area. They do it only because they realize the police support them when they do it to expats. And most expats don't complain. And when in a group the behaviour is accentuated as it is a type of peer-pressure to do something different and get recognition among the peers.
The only hope is if the locals turn civilized themselves.
"Life is like a bicycle, if it's too easy - you're probably going down :)"