Nb. A more detailed analysis of the Saudi work ethic will follow.
PS. Couldn't get the slideshow feature to work so you will have to put up with the format below. Humble apologies.
This guy was a whirlwind of energy and cleaned anything put in front of him with a whirling of limbs and liberal use of a can of scented air plus obligatory rag. He was paid $90 a month plus bed and gruel and the bloated to bursting point (Saudi) secretaries frequently sent him out to clean their cars, paying nothing. Not even a thanks.
EVERYTHING shuts down for 30 minutes, unless you are in a fancy hotel or restaurant. No idea why they are excluded but didn't complain. All shoppers, bank customers, diners, etc have to leave the premises while the Saudis pretend to be religious and shop staff get a smoke break.
A cretin in the Saudi government has plans to close all shops by 9pm. Doh! That's when most Saudis wake up.
Then along came yet another government cretin who had worked out how much money we 10 million expat grafters send home each year - it was billions of Riyals - and this cretin went ballistic, arguing that this was Saudi money and should stay in Saudi. Lol! He also argued that foreigners should be taxed in a country where non-Saudis can't open a business alone, have almost zero legal protection, can't buy property (mind you, who would want to?) and on the whole are treated like animals.
This attempt to tax us does rear its ugly head every now and then and on one occasion the government actually sanctioned it. On hearing the news, the Filipino ground crew at Jeddah airport simply downed tools and walked off the job. The government's Tax Plan for Foreigners ONLY was swiftly scrapped until the next cretin comes up with another one.
Prix d'Ami here I come!
No idea why this photo won't resize, but who cares, huh?
Three hours later ...