Wednesday, December 21, 2005

The mall story

Last week I went to Mall of the Emirates with my family, they went to the food court while I went with A and F to Starbucks to get drinks. When we went to the food court we found M talking to a lady and the lady was raising her voice and pointing at M rudely, when we asked what's going on, we were told that the lady is wearing nasty clothes and was sitting in a way to reveal as much as possible (she was not wearing underwear this time!) and when M asked her to sit and try to cover herself the lady started yelling at M and telling her it's none of her business and that she is not Muslim, M told the lady that 'I don't care what your religion is, I just don't like to see such things in my country' and the lady said something which meant in short 'you cover yourself here, but when you leave your country you take everything off.' She also said something's about this country and how people here are just stupid or something. That just pissed M off and she just tried to ignore the lady so not to make a scene but the lady won't stop saying rude things. That was when we came; I asked where is the lady and her group from and was told from Colombia. A tried to calm everyone down and told the lady to just let go but she wouldn't and so she went to call the security guy. I was sitting there waiting for A to come back and the lady started shaking and laughing at us, I got so mad and felt like slapping her, honestly I did feel like slapping her, but since A is going to call the security, I thought we should give them a chance to do something about it. When A came back with two guys, they ladies started laughing and saying side comments to each other, M told the guys what happened and she told him that he better do something about it or she will take this whole thing to higher authority, because her wearing that is something and her insulting the country and its people is something else. I guess the mall's security saw in the cameras the chaos around us and so few other guys came who were not wearing the uniform. When they guy started talking to the lady she said something about how she respect this country and such, she also told him that what she is not wearing anything bad and stood to show him and the guy was like 'I don't want to see!!' just when the other guys came and pointed at A and said 'you see her! How she is covered and all? When she leaves this country she takes off all her clothes' and because her English is bad she tried to get the message over by motioning how she would take off her bra! That was what they other guys heard and they told her and the ladies with her to take their food and escorted them out of the mall. I forgot to mention that we found the ladies are originally Lebanese and that they understand Arabic.

That was the story; do I need to comment on it? I will leave that for the comments.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

That is a truly bad sign,,,
when ppl act self-rightous even though they are wrong thats bad,,, but to also insult another persons integrity (calling A two-faced) was far too much,,, I would have lost it and gone beserk right there.

Arabized said...

i should have been there! Last time i was there, but too far away to go have a little 'chat' with the young lady who was wayy to rude and disrespectful to your mother.

But this time, i dont think i would have controlled myself. I prolly would have bitched slapped her. Good thing you guys calmed down M and A.

and visitors in your own country insulting you...i can't believe they had the nerve to do that!

Each country has a certain culture and traditions. You have to respect that! For example, I know that in China, before you enter someone's home, you remove your shoes. Imagine i walk into their home with my shoes still on!

Why can't people just respect our culture?!

black feline said...

it's sad...i think the problem is their brought up..

MJ said...

>> I would have lost it and gone beserk right there.<<

That's not a really good idea, but I was like really pissed off and tried my best to stay clam. and then we did kick her out of the mall! that just made my day! :D

>>it's sad...i think the problem is their brought up..<<

I just wish more people would actually do something about it.

MJ said...

>>Why can't people just respect our culture?!<<

Why?

Arabized said...

what do you mean why?

MJ said...

Why can't some people respect other cultures?

Arabized said...

what is your point? im asking why can't they just respect our culture? (cover up)

Anonymous said...

why? because some ppl think we can be pushed around in this country...

I was once accused of stealing candy in Ramadan by an expat,,, boy, did he get a telling off

Anonymous said...

Hahaha! You know what the funny part is? They're Lebanese! What can I say more than...alas.
This is how you become "modern" and "trendy", take ur clothes off, bitch around, and yeah you're done! But it's really cool the security stood up for you. GO A,M,F AND YOU!

flamin said...

boyyyy oh boy, oh boy! lebanese...what can i say? i was going to say exactly what dido said. dayyyem.

but yeah they think by whoring themselves, they are modern and oh-so-cool-dahling and of course, lets not talk abt the plastic surgery stuff here.

bitches. im glad u got it sorted. though if i was in ur place, i would have given her some kick-ass sarcastic comments on her dress (or lack of it), and then called my police friends on the side to be on stand-by LOL. slap her n walk off...n get them to cover me hahahhahahaha :PPPPP

was6a is bliss sometimes :P

MJ said...

thanks.