Overheard at McDonalds Part II

Me: But that's seafood. Watier: No, its not seafood, its prawns. Me: Prawns are seafood though Waiter: No ma'am, they is prawns. I sent it back and got a steak instead, and got charged for the paella. Boss came out and had the same argument that prawns are not seafood and are meat. Do they swim on land then?! Some people justify bad customer service by saying its because of language differences. In such cases its not; its just plain stupidity

Meat Co at Madinat Jumeirah Ring up to book a table very recently, with visitors from UK who don't like the heat at the min! Me: Do you have any tables available for this evening please? Meat Co: Yes ma'am, but only outside is available, is that ok? Me: Let me just check, we really would prefer inside Meat Co: But only outside is available ma'am. Me: *checks round everyone to make sure* Yes that's ok, we'll cope with outside MEat Co: So that's a table for 4, confirmed for this evening, and outside is ok? Me: Well, we'd have preferred inside, but never mind, we'll be fine Meat Co: But ma'am, we have inside also available if you'd prefer Same week, at a place somewhere on JBR (can't remember where). 2 paellas on menu - one seafood, one meat Me: Please can you tell me what's in the meat paella? Waiter: Rice, vegetables, and meat Me: So definitely no seafood? I'm allergic to it and cannot eat it. Watier: No seafood in meat one, only in seafood one. Me: Please can I order the meat paella then. Food arrives, great big jumbo prawn on the top Me: Excuse me, you confirmed there was no seafood in this, and there are prawns in it Waiter: yes ma'am. Me: But that's seafood. Watier: No, its not seafood, its prawns. Me: Prawns are seafood though Waiter: No ma'am, they is prawns. I sent it back and got a steak instead, and got charged for the paella. Boss came out and had the same argument that prawns are not seafood and are meat. Do they swim on land then?! They could have been freshwater prawns....( not joking!) But it's funny how things get twisted around from what you ask....I am so worried, my son has an enzyme deficiency and cannot eat any legumes ( anything that grows in a pod: peas,beans,peanuts..) I am afraid to take him to restaurants!!!!!!!

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!!!!!!!!

Meat Co at Madinat Jumeirah Ring up to book a table very recently, with visitors from UK who don't like the heat at the min! Me: Do you have any tables available for this evening please? Meat Co: Yes ma'am, but only outside is available, is that ok? Me: Let me just check, we really would prefer inside Meat Co: But only outside is available ma'am. Me: *checks round everyone to make sure* Yes that's ok, we'll cope with outside MEat Co: So that's a table for 4, confirmed for this evening, and outside is ok? Me: Well, we'd have preferred inside, but never mind, we'll be fine Meat Co: But ma'am, we have inside also available if you'd prefer Same week, at a place somewhere on JBR (can't remember where). 2 paellas on menu - one seafood, one meat Me: Please can you tell me what's in the meat paella? Waiter: Rice, vegetables, and meat Me: So definitely no seafood? I'm allergic to it and cannot eat it. Watier: No seafood in meat one, only in seafood one. Me: Please can I order the meat paella then. Food arrives, great big jumbo prawn on the top Me: Excuse me, you confirmed there was no seafood in this, and there are prawns in it Waiter: yes ma'am. Me: But that's seafood. Watier: No, its not seafood, its prawns. Me: Prawns are seafood though Waiter: No ma'am, they is prawns. I sent it back and got a steak instead, and got charged for the paella. Boss came out and had the same argument that prawns are not seafood and are meat. Do they swim on land then?!

You got it! :D

I guessed that too; it the "Ok maaaaam" that confuses as he meant is as a "I cant do that but i will say ok" while i thought, as should be normal, that ok means "we can do it"

I think they have a set number of cups which have to be accounted for so if they sell you a large cup, regardless of how much they put in it, they have to charge you for a large cup - or so I was told. And yes, I think it's silly.

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" <em>edited by Arch on 22/06/2011</em>

I am continuing to have great moments with Nepali workers who were recruited for being the cheapest and dont understand even simple English; i arrive at Fortune Tower for a restaurant I thought is there Me: Excuse me, which way are the restaurants? Guard: No restaurant, He then points at the adjacent tower I am a bit confused, so I call up the place, and sure they are in Fortune Tower Me: Why didnt you tell me there were restaurants in Fortune Tower, see there is a restaurant there Guard: No restaurant, this not restaurant, this "Hot N Rolls" The name of the restaurant was "Hot N Rolls Restaurant" <em>edited by Arch on 22/06/2011</em>

During our visit to Dubai, stayed at one of Al Barsha's hotels. Their Hummus Belthaine was delicious but I didn't like the olives and I wanted more vegetables. Called Room Service: Me: Hello, could you please send me an order of Hummus Beltahine, with no olives and double the vegetable amount? You can charge me for the difference. RS: Yes ma'am, one order of Hummus Beltahine with no olives? Me: With no olives and double the vegetables. RS: Yes Ma'am, that will be 25 minutes, ma'am. Guess what was in my order? Hommus Beltahine with no olives and the same amount of vegetables. GRRRRR....

Hello all :). Long time no post! Thought i would share my humorous encounter from the other day though... still makes me chuckle thinking about it... Went for the first time to a still-being-built shopping mall site the other day, going in to check on the progress of one of the stores being built. Turned in to the construction car parking lot, which was a bit all over the place and in places very tight to negotiate, but manged to find my way to where other cars were parked. As I was driving along, I saw a free space and a signs along the front of the car parking markings saying "REVERSE PARKING", so I dutifully manhandled my trusty tank landcruiser through a few backward/forward movements and finally was in nice and even. Switched off, got my bag from the back seat and was just locking up when the security guard came running over, waving his arms. "Mam, no can park here! You must move!" "But why, I have parked properly, exactly as the sign says!" Security guard points to the sign and says "See, read here. Reserve Parking. You dont have a permit!" Needless to say, I refused to move but I did spend a fair amount of time laughing that afternoon!

I love the way places call YOU then act as if YOU'RE wasting THEIR time :)

Random phone call today: Caller 'hello is that Ms Sandfly' Me 'yes' C - 'I'm calling from the InterContinental; our management have suggested you join our VIP program [Ie, we hvae found your number somewhere'> can we discuss this now or are you busy' Me - 'umm, yes, quite busy,....' C - right I shall call you at 3pm tomorrow Me - hang on, if this is something I have to pay for, there is no point as I don't buy things over the phone C - why, do you have trust issues? Me [thinking ????'> No, but I don't buy things over the phone, particularly from cold calls. If you would like to email me, send me your information, I will have a look' C [in irritated tone'> Right well we don't do this by email so if you won't do it this way I can't help it, goodbye'. Riiiight, done wonders for my impression of the professionalism of the Intercon, that has.......

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

Classic Dubai moment... Yesterday at The Meat Co. Me: Do you have a phone charger? Waiter: Is it a Nokia phone? Me: Yes! Waiter: Sorry no, we don't have. Me: Would have had a charger for some other phone? Waiter: No. :D

This happened to me a while ago but thought I would add it here.. Starving hungry at work one morning I went to the snack bar; perusing the menu I thought I would like an egg sandwich but wanted to know if it was hardboiled, egg salad or fried etc.. Me: What is in the egg sandwich? SB: Egg ma'am Me: yes but what else is in it? SB: Bread ma'am Me: Yes but is there anything else - salad or tomatoes or is it just fried SB: It's egg ma'am with bread Me: Fried or hardboiled? SB: It's cooked egg ma'am Me: Never mind - I'll just have toast please SB: White tost bread or brown tost bread? ME: White please 5 minutes later I get handed a plate with two slices of hot white bread - just starting to go a bit crisp around the edges but completely untoasted Me: What's this? I asked for toast this is just hot bread SB: It's your tost bread Me: But it's not toasted - it's just hot bread SB: Ma'am you asked for WHITE tost bread - that is WHITE tost bread ETA - forgot to say - presumably if it had actually been toasted it would count as brown toast! At that point I just gave up and had a coffee instead :D <em>edited by Genie on 20/06/2011</em>

So i have been using the service of this company - and had a bit of a complaint to the manager about the chick on the phones being a tad incompetent and not getting back to me. So after speaking to the boss she called me up and gave me a quote for AED 700, at which i said that this was a bit high, so she said she would check and call me back. After a few days she hadn't called me back so i called again, this time she gave me a quote of AED 900 - at which point i asked to speak to her manager as this was higher than the first quote - she came back on the line with an "oh ok, AED 700" Seriously, who does that?

hi ladies. just wanted to revive the thread as there have been no new posts :( ... come on, share the stories!! I need to kill some time at the office ;)

Hi all My first post (waves helllo!)..moving to Dubai end of August, my husband is already there and I visited end of May to see schools etc Whilst there saw the Birkenstock shop (Think it was Dubai Mall but I'm still a bit lost) Tried on a pair, UK size 6, fitted lovely and so I said I'd buy them they came out with a box, I paid and we went home..I tried them on, they're too small! I went home next day, but OH took them back to the shop.. Welcome to the Dubai we know-and still love! 'oh, we gave you those because we had no size 6 left..' lol edited by LoopyLoo on 14/06/2011

Hi all My first post (waves helllo!)..moving to Dubai end of August, my husband is already there and I visited end of May to see schools etc Whilst there saw the Birkenstock shop (Think it was Dubai Mall but I'm still a bit lost) Tried on a pair, UK size 6, fitted lovely and so I said I'd buy them they came out with a box, I paid and we went home..I tried them on, they're too small! I went home next day, but OH took them back to the shop.. 'oh, we gave you those because we had no size 6 left..' lol <em>edited by LoopyLoo on 14/06/2011</em>

So went to Abu Hail to pick up my new abaya today, it looked really good so thought i would try it on to make sure it was OK. (it's an open one that closes down the middle) So when i tried it on it was a baggy round the shoulders and skin tight over my boobs - when i showed the guy he was like "oh that's the style" er no, it doesn't fit (it's an abaya it's not meant to be tight!!!) So i took it off and he hung it up and as i looked at it, the left side seemed smaller than the right, so i told him and he was like "no they are the same" - so i got the tape measure and measured them both..... low and behold the left side was 2 inches smaller than the right.... OK - so this is the style then??? They are now making me another one..... lets see what v2 is like... Just love Dubai - try and pass something off as being "the style" when it's just been butchered.....

BUMP Someone was asking for this posting, so here it is :).

Oh my, I have too many of these stories. DH tries to close a bank account. They try everything to get him not to close. The best convo (after many) was this. BankEmployee. Can we see your ID. (Dh hands it over) You are C--- D----? DH: Yes. BankEmpolyee: You don't look like a C-----D-----. Are you sure you're C---- D----? DH: Uhhhh, yes. I'm sure. That's me (not like there's no picture!) BankEmployee: You should change this name. Not good for you. I told Dh when he asked if he was really CD, he should've said, no, I'm not. I just stole all his ID.

lol B72!!!! By the way, all your fish are fine, still alive and kicking or rather swimming!!!! :) Great to hear. Was thinking about you (and the fish) a few days ago. Thanks for letting me know.

lol B72!!!! By the way, all your fish are fine, still alive and kicking or rather swimming!!!! :)

I thought Dubai was a lot to take... Until we moved to India a couple of weeks ago. We ordered a stainless steel dishwasher but a few weeks ago they delivered a white one. All other appliances are stainless steel so I really want the dishwasher to be the same. So I called the supplier to ask them to exchange it for the one we actually ordered. 'Sorry but we have a no return policy'. End of story.

why oh why have I never read this thread before. One to add: I went with DS to starbucks to get him a 'coffee' Me: Two tall chocolate cream fraps no whip Him: No cups Ma'am Me: so no tall cups? Him: No ma'am but you buy one grande. It will be cheaper. Then share. Me: ??? okay but it would be less drink as well. Okay give me one vente and an extra cup. Him: An extra cup? Me: yes so we can share. Give me an extra cup and I'll pour some into the extra cup. Him: No can't do that ma'am

Last August, at Spinneys with my brother in law. There are about 5 types of dates on the shelf, dont know which one to buy to bring back to England. One shop assistant comes to our help (or so we thought): Hi, you like dates? Want to buy some? BIL: Oh yes, but can you explain the different types, where there are from etc... Shop assistant: Well, why don't you try some, so you can decide by yourself the one you like. BIL: oh can we do that? That would be really helpful indeed. Shop assitant: which one do you want to taste first? BIL: Hmm, this one there. Shop assistant: Well, you cant eat during the day because it is ramadan!!! Cheers mate, nice waste of time!!

So I bought my daughter a pair of sandals from Monsoon a couple of weeks ago and the flower fell off the front so today I took them back to exchange them. I just had to share the expreience Me: Hi I bought these for my daughter and the flower has fallen off so I'd like to exchange them. Shop Assistant (SA): Do you have a receipt Me: I'm afraid not but I just want to exchange not a refund is that ok? SA: I'll ask my supervisor Supervisor (SP): How can I help Me: Hi I bought these for my daughter and the flower has fallen off so I'd like to exchange them. SP: Do you have a receipt? Me: No I don't but I just want to exchange them as they are faulty Sp look at them SP: But ma'am these are broken, you can't exchange something that is broken Me: Yes but that is why I want to change them, they are faulty SP: But ma'am they have broken Me: yes I know them, your product is faulty thats why I want to change them SP: But look ma'am the bottom is dirty they have been worn. I can't change a product that has been warn Me: I know they have been worn but only for about 5 times and now they have broken so I would like to exchange them SP: but ma'am they have been worn (turns hem over) see, dirty Me: Yes I am not denying they have been worn. (I explain again why I want to exchange) SP: Sorry ma'am I cant exchange without a receipt Me: Ok no probs, but can I have your head office number please so I can check this as I was under the impression it is my right to be able ot change something without a receipt if it is faulty (Im not 100% sure of this but thought i'd try my luck) SP: You want the number ma'am? Me: yes please SP: Ok ma'am you can exchange this time THE BEST IS NOW TO COME Me: ok thank you, shall I get another pair off the shelf SP: No ma'am you can exchange but not for the same product Me: Laughs out loud - sorry can you repeat that? SP: Yes ma'am, I will allow you to exchange but not for the same product, it must be a different product Me: Why not the same product SP: Well ma'am if you get the same product it may break again and then you will bring it back and want to exchange again and I wont let you Me: Yes you are right if it broke again I would bring it back again SP: No ma'am you cant do that i wont let you exchange again Me: Ok ok so what can I have SP: Different pair of shoes, here these gold ones. Me: Erm no they are horrid, they arent the right size and they are half the price, will you refund me the difference? SP: No ma'am I cant do that, here these blue ones? Me: Well they are cheaper and the wrong size and have a flower on the front, if these broke would you exchange these? SP: No ma'am I wont let you exchange again Me: Well if you wouldnt exchange these then just give me the same ones as I bought, here you have them in the right size! SP: But Ma'am if these break again I wont exchange them Me: OK OK OK I get it if they break again I wont bring them back PROBLEM SOLVED! Then she just hands me the shoes and looks at me strangely when I ask for a bag so I dont look like I've stolen them!! Agghh never again

this was at sharjah, i called the grocery to send me few stuff along with potato chips: me: yes... and may i ask, do you have potato chips? S: yes mam, we have potatoes me: no, not potatoes, potato chips S:!!! me: potato chips that comes in small bags or cans S: you mean potatoes mam, yes they come in small bags me: :\: , no potato chips, you know layz, pringles .. S:yes yes, potato chips me: !!!!!! ok, yes potato chips but please anything but not the salt and vinegar taste, anything is ok but not that one. S: ok mam bell rang i opened the door, he got me 1 kilo of potatoes, a bottle of oil and another one vinegar !!!! This is really hilarious and happens so often haha. I think you should never say any word except the things you actually want otherwise you indeed get every item you pronounced. Last week at mac donald, I was with 2 friends and asked for 3 meals, with orange juice and 1 extra coke, she repeated, I confirmed, and I got 3 meals with 3 coke and 3 orange juices ...