Overheard at McDonalds Part II

No - I just follow it. I think she's very funny. Can relate somehow!

Here's one of many experiences that happened to me here in Dubai. I was sending an email to one of the companies at work and wrote at the end of it 'warm regards...' and then our company logo. Recieved an email back from that company starting with ' Dear Warm Regards' :$ they kept sending an email back thinking my name is Warm Regards Haha classic! I also love it when you speak to them on the phone and then they send you an email saying "Dear Sir" Didn't know my voice sounded like a man... :\:

Here's one of many experiences that happened to me here in Dubai. I was sending an email to one of the companies at work and wrote at the end of it 'warm regards...' and then our company logo. Recieved an email back from that company starting with ' Dear Warm Regards' :$ they kept sending an email back thinking my name is Warm Regards

There was another thread that started as previous posters have said - about something that happened in McD's. The thread reached the maximum number of posts so every time a new post was added the oldest one was getting deleted meaning that some absolute corkers were being lost so it was locked and a new thread started.

Ahaaaa I see, Thanks ;)

I have a question, why you call the thread overheard in MacDonald's? what the MacDonald's thing stand for? The first post related to something someone overheard at McDonalds and the others followed

I think that's where it all began, the OP had a Dubai moment at MacDonalds then the rest followed. I could be making this up so I stand corrected...:-P I have a question, why you call the thread overheard in MacDonald's? what the MacDonald's thing stand for?

My daughter has a Dutch name. I think it is simple to spell but realize some people do make mistakes despite reminders. Nevertheless, her [b'>name[/b'> has always been spelled correctly on her birthday cakes. However "[b'>[i'>Birthday[/i'>[/b'>" has been misspelled TWICE over a course of five years. All cakes are done by western well reputed bakeries, who must spell "birthday" on a regular basis...

I have a question, why you call the thread overheard in MacDonald's? what the MacDonald's thing stand for?

Nurse from City Hopsital N: Hello ma'am. I am phoning up about your son's tonsilectomy appointment Me: You mean my daughter's? N Yes thats right Ma'am your son's operation Me: No I think you mean my daughter's operation N: Oh yes sorry ma'am (giggles). I want to make appointment for the tonsilectomy Me: Well the tonsilectomy is already booked for the 29 N: Oh you already made the booking? Me: Yes, the operation is going ahead on the 29 N: Oh ok Ma'am but I am calling to make appointment for aneasthetist check up Me: Oh ok no problem..when do you want to see her? N: When you want to come ma'am? Me: Umm...how long before the operation do you need to see her? N: Day before ma'am Me: Right..sooooo you need to see her on the 28? N: Yes ma'am. What time you want to come? Me: Umm what time do you have available? N: One minute ma'am (sound of scrambling)..Ma'am I am not sitting at computer so I will call you back with the time ok ma'am? Me: UNREPEATABLE Oh this reminded me of one of many "McDonalds" experiences at City Hospital. DS admitted to ward and waiting for surgery and the nurse is constantly referring to him as "her" Me: Sorry, but he is a he Nurse: No ma'am she is a girl Me: Nooo he is definitely a boy Nurse looks at folder: No ma'am, says here she is a girl Me: Ok I don't care what it says, he is definitely a boy Nurse: No ma'am not possible Me: would you like me to undress him and show you? Nurse: Ok ma'am ... oh I see, maybe my form incorrect Me: you think?!

My little story from today.... In Virgin Megastore- Me to assistant: " Hi, do you sell photo albums?" Assitant: "No, but we sell pregnancy journals" Me: "Do I look pregnant?" Her: "No, but I have to try and sell you something" Me: "OK well that'd be a no then!" Errrrmmmm does not compute- luckily was in a good mood and just laughed my head off!

we live in one of the newer communities and so far no problem with clogged toilets but have heard of others being told that the toilet isnt a place for toilet paper.

As far as I know the local people only use the hand shower thingy and not paper, they therefore do not design the system to take paper. I have seen it in other ME countries too - it is not unique to the UAE. If you don't want to put the paper in the bin use the shower thingy And [i'>THEN[/i'> spray water all over the place.....? Not trying to be difficult but I find the water all over the floor still irritating......when I'm in flip-flops Pity I cannot avoid public loos completely. Anyway, it all boils down to planning...like another poster said. Sooo many other countries DONT operate their sewage system this way...

One hotel we went to in Greece had a BIG sign saying "if you put paper down the loo, the drains will block, we will have to dig up the whole garden to unblock drain - you pay". I was just glad i didnt have the job of empting the bins - especially after a case of holiday tummy. <em>edited by Pootle Flump on 28/06/2011</em>

Not just Dubai; half the places we went to in Istanbul had signs inside asking us to not throw toilet paper in the toilet as it will definitely block the drains. Many had arrows pointing us to a bin where we would have to throw toilet paper when we stayed in Greece you couldn't put paper down the toilet and the downstairs loo in our house in Spain doesn't take kindly to erm.. large deposits lol

Many countries have toilets that cannot take the paper and it must be disposed of in bins. Some of Europe, the ME, india, Pakistan, Nepal...

Ok, here's my contribution. Well known hotel chain, with whom we have a loyalty card. Because we are known, they also know that I have a nut allergy, in fact, in the past, when I've made a restaurant booking, they've even checked that I still am allergic to nuts! Anyway . . . Its my birthday. DH books a table a long time in advance, mentions the birthday and the nut allergy. So the restaurant say that they will bake me a cake, and will take account of the nut allergy. So we arrive, they check "secretly" with my husband that it is still my birthday (!) then bring out the cake. They place it on my placemat, say happy birthday, then snatch it away, saying they can't give it to me as it has nuts in it!!! It is given to my husband, and I'm presented with a fruit salad! We laughed so much we didn't have the energy to complain! That is the best one I have ever heard. Tears rolling down my face from laughter!

Glad to see I'm not the only one :) I am moving to a new building soon, so let's see. Until then I will happily throw the toilet paper in the toilet where it belongs in my opinion

As far as I know the local people only use the hand shower thingy and not paper, they therefore do not design the system to take paper. I have seen it in other ME countries too - it is not unique to the UAE. If you don't want to put the paper in the bin use the shower thingy Plenty of people, particularly modern ones, use both, so paper still needs to be disposed of

Not just Dubai; half the places we went to in Istanbul had signs inside asking us to not throw toilet paper in the toilet as it will definitely block the drains. Many had arrows pointing us to a bin where we would have to throw toilet paper

As far as I know the local people only use the hand shower thingy and not paper, they therefore do not design the system to take paper. I have seen it in other ME countries too - it is not unique to the UAE. If you don't want to put the paper in the bin use the shower thingy

Places in Greece tell you to put toilet paper in the bin. I think at my inlaws it's supposed to go in the bin and not the toilet due to their waste system (weird). Needless to day I ignore that and flush.

this must be the only city (& country?) in the world where toilet paper doesnt belong in the toilet. have you noticed that there are ALWAYS signs up in ibn battuta? i find it disgusting and unhygienic. it is called forward thinking / planning ahead ...

ok, here's my story. Maybe you ladies can tell me whether I am wrong here ;) One fine day I return from work to find our toilet leaking, call the building's maintenance and they send me 2 technicians. After some ooooh's and aaaaaah's they decide to remove the toilet to see what's going on. Turns out the drain was blocked with toilet paper. After making a big fuss that they won't remove the toilet paper I gave in and told them I'd remove it myself. Once the toilet paper was removed I could see that the drain was veeeeery small and on top of it covered with a grill. No wonder it gets blocked?! :\: Then the fuss starts as the receptionist arrives. He comes in, looks at the toilet and starts SHOUTING at me: Him: NO TOILET PAPER IN TOILET Me: Excuse me?! Him (pointing at the toilet paper): NOOOOOOOOO TOILET PAPER IN TOILET Me: OK, so what am I supposed to do with the toilet paper? Him pointing at little bin Me: But it's TOILET paper?! Him (shaking his had furiously): Madam, next time you pay for service!! Me: Oh, so you want me to throw the used toilet paper in the bin after using it?! That is GROSS!! Him: Madam, no throwing toilet paper in toilet! You don't do this! (looking at me as if I were stupid) Me: I'm sorry, but where I come from TOILET paper is made to be thrown in the TOILET! That's why it's called TOILET paper and not BIN paper?! Him (giving me more dirty looks): Madam, next time you PAY for service!! Me: $&$@#^&*& OK, I get it, whoever constructed that building obviously has no clue that a drain the size of a pen (yeah, exaggerating) covered with a grid is not the best option for a bathroom drain. I understand this is why I am not supposed to throw toilet paper in the toilet in this case. But really?! What is this?! I find it pretty gross. And I'm sorry, but I can't get myself to use the bum gun ;) So Dubai! No common sense whatsoever, not even when constructing buildings :) I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds this strange. I gagged once upon seeing a used toilet paper in an uncovered bin and wondered what got in to that persons head but soon found out it was the 'right' way to dispose of it after I moved to a new place and needed some plumbing done. Needless to say I also got the lecture about how TOILET paper does not belong in the TOILET......wtf:\:

ok, here's my story. Maybe you ladies can tell me whether I am wrong here ;) One fine day I return from work to find our toilet leaking, call the building's maintenance and they send me 2 technicians. After some ooooh's and aaaaaah's they decide to remove the toilet to see what's going on. Turns out the drain was blocked with toilet paper. After making a big fuss that they won't remove the toilet paper I gave in and told them I'd remove it myself. Once the toilet paper was removed I could see that the drain was veeeeery small and on top of it covered with a grill. No wonder it gets blocked?! :\: Then the fuss starts as the receptionist arrives. He comes in, looks at the toilet and starts SHOUTING at me: Him: NO TOILET PAPER IN TOILET Me: Excuse me?! Him (pointing at the toilet paper): NOOOOOOOOO TOILET PAPER IN TOILET Me: OK, so what am I supposed to do with the toilet paper? Him pointing at little bin Me: But it's TOILET paper?! Him (shaking his had furiously): Madam, next time you pay for service!! Me: Oh, so you want me to throw the used toilet paper in the bin after using it?! That is GROSS!! Him: Madam, no throwing toilet paper in toilet! You don't do this! (looking at me as if I were stupid) Me: I'm sorry, but where I come from TOILET paper is made to be thrown in the TOILET! That's why it's called TOILET paper and not BIN paper?! Him (giving me more dirty looks): Madam, next time you PAY for service!! Me: $&$@#^&*& OK, I get it, whoever constructed that building obviously has no clue that a drain the size of a pen (yeah, exaggerating) covered with a grid is not the best option for a bathroom drain. I understand this is why I am not supposed to throw toilet paper in the toilet in this case. But really?! What is this?! I find it pretty gross. And I'm sorry, but I can't get myself to use the bum gun ;) So Dubai! No common sense whatsoever, not even when constructing buildings :)

Ok, here's my contribution. Well known hotel chain, with whom we have a loyalty card. Because we are known, they also know that I have a nut allergy, in fact, in the past, when I've made a restaurant booking, they've even checked that I still am allergic to nuts! Anyway . . . Its my birthday. DH books a table a long time in advance, mentions the birthday and the nut allergy. So the restaurant say that they will bake me a cake, and will take account of the nut allergy. So we arrive, they check "secretly" with my husband that it is still my birthday (!) then bring out the cake. They place it on my placemat, say happy birthday, then snatch it away, saying they can't give it to me as it has nuts in it!!! It is given to my husband, and I'm presented with a fruit salad! We laughed so much we didn't have the energy to complain! OK this was hilarious ! OMG I understand why you couldn't complain LOL

Ok, here's my contribution. Well known hotel chain, with whom we have a loyalty card. Because we are known, they also know that I have a nut allergy, in fact, in the past, when I've made a restaurant booking, they've even checked that I still am allergic to nuts! Anyway . . . Its my birthday. DH books a table a long time in advance, mentions the birthday and the nut allergy. So the restaurant say that they will bake me a cake, and will take account of the nut allergy. So we arrive, they check "secretly" with my husband that it is still my birthday (!) then bring out the cake. They place it on my placemat, say happy birthday, then snatch it away, saying they can't give it to me as it has nuts in it!!! It is given to my husband, and I'm presented with a fruit salad! We laughed so much we didn't have the energy to complain!

Yesterday, I was at a Sun & Sand Sports in a mall, looking at Northface hiking boots. Saw one on display that I liked which happened to be the "right" size US 7/UK 5.5 as labeled on the shoe tongue. Tried it on, just snug without sock. Me: Hi. Does this style come in half sizes? This size is a little tight, if you can, find me size 7.5 Sales: US or UK size? (fine! she wanted to be sure) Me: US 7.5 please. Sales: OK. I check. 5 minutes later.... Sales: Sorry Madam, no size 7.5. Me: Oh that's too bad. Do you have size 8 then? Sales: Ok, let me check. 5 minutes later.....still no sight of Sales assistant, then saw her standing by the door looking at boxes in the store room. Me: Did you find any 8s? (in the meanwhile, I noticed there were only 4 boxes to choose from of that style) Sales: We have 8.5, 7.0, 6.5, 8.5, no 8 Madam. Do you want to try 8.5, Madam? Me: I wanted 7.5, but willing to try 8.0, 8.5 will be too big I think. Sales: How about 6.5? Me: (WTH??) 6.5? I just tried 7 whch is already a little tight....(couldn't even bring myself to finish explain the logic of it) Sales: You sure? You don't wanna try 6.5? (now my eyes rolled to the back of my head) Somebody should just shoot me! (because this is not the end of it) lol Few minutes later after I recovered... Me: Can you check for me if your other stores carry the 7.5? So I don't have to drive all over looking for them. Took another 10 minutes trying to have someone to check the inventory on the computer...unsuccessful...asked the 3rd Sales person for help. (lots happened during this time too) 3rd Sales looking at the 1st Sales person: What size? [7.5'>. UK or US? (1st Sales person turned her head and looked at me as if confused) 3rd Sales person after a while: US 7.5, we have this size here! (WTH???) 5 min past...the 7.5 appeared! Yay! Me: Do you have a sock? Sales: Yes Madam, I bring. Sales person came back with a small sock with holes on it and looked like it's been worn more times than I want to put my foot in it :D Good news: bought the boots! Bad news: eyes got stuck in back of head

At a Juice bar: Me: Could I have a medium juice please Man: Sorry , we are out of medium cups, we only have large cups Me: So why dont you give me juice amount of medium cup in a large cup, i dont want too much juice Man: Ok Maaaam He then proceeds to give me half a cup of juice and them goes ahead to charge me for a large juice When i point out i asked he gave me half cup of juice as I asked, he says "But Maaam, i give you large cup, so price is more" edited by Arch on 22/06/2011 Then fill the *%#$(%# thing up!!!!!!!! This one had me rockin off my chair in laughter!!! So typical. Nice one.

We moved house recently, which results in the usual fun and games of new painting, fixing shelves etc... Hired one handyman company to do everything, and of course after painting a feature wall and fixing some floating shelves to it, I discovered that they had badly scratched the same wall... THEM: We finished maaaaaam! ME, inspecting the work: The shelves you've put up are crooked (badly so) and the walls are marked and scratched. Can you please fix this?? THEM: No madam, they are old scratches. ME: Erm, no, your team painted them yesterday. You were here at the time. Despite a long conversation, they remained convinced that the walls were not scratched and missing their freshly applied coat of paint...