During my first months in Riyadh, I noticed a lot of things that were unusual to me. As time passes by, everything is becoming more usual and nothing seems to be awkward or surprising. However, there are some behaviors here that I still cannot understand.
One thing is why/how most of the young women here never leave home without their maids. They take their maids everywhere. When I saw this for the first time at Al-Azizia Market, I thought "maybe those spoiled girls of Riyadh are just too lazy to pick up goods and push the trolley themselves."
Then I started to see that everywhere. The maid will open the car door for her lady, and walk behind her in the shopping malls like a dog just to carry the bags. Meanwhile, her lady will be shopping recklessly at all the high street retailers, buying the ugliest pieces for the most expensive prices without taking a moment to think what the hell is she doing.
OK, I said everywhere, but here's a place I never thought a girl will take her made to. Some girls cannot come to the university campus without their maids! A student told Asharq Al-Awsat that bringing the maid is "necessary to carry the abaya." Moreover, some students will come with more than one maid "to open and close doors, carry the bags, the cellular phone and the sunglasses." Yeah, sure, all these impossible missions will take more than one super maid to be done!
Ironically, the maids have one advantage at the campus, where they can wear whatever they want. Meanwhile, the ladies/students are obliged to wear some kind of uniform, "to prevent discrimination between the different classes of the society." Really? # »
One thing is why/how most of the young women here never leave home without their maids. They take their maids everywhere. When I saw this for the first time at Al-Azizia Market, I thought "maybe those spoiled girls of Riyadh are just too lazy to pick up goods and push the trolley themselves."
Then I started to see that everywhere. The maid will open the car door for her lady, and walk behind her in the shopping malls like a dog just to carry the bags. Meanwhile, her lady will be shopping recklessly at all the high street retailers, buying the ugliest pieces for the most expensive prices without taking a moment to think what the hell is she doing.
OK, I said everywhere, but here's a place I never thought a girl will take her made to. Some girls cannot come to the university campus without their maids! A student told Asharq Al-Awsat that bringing the maid is "necessary to carry the abaya." Moreover, some students will come with more than one maid "to open and close doors, carry the bags, the cellular phone and the sunglasses." Yeah, sure, all these impossible missions will take more than one super maid to be done!
Ironically, the maids have one advantage at the campus, where they can wear whatever they want. Meanwhile, the ladies/students are obliged to wear some kind of uniform, "to prevent discrimination between the different classes of the society." Really? # »
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