Comments on: Continued Observations of a 1st time Saudi to the USA http://americanbedu.com/2009/04/04/continued-observations-of-a-1st-time-saudi-to-the-usa/ Experiences and observations of a former American diplomat now married to a Saudi and living in KSA... Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:45:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: American Bedu http://americanbedu.com/2009/04/04/continued-observations-of-a-1st-time-saudi-to-the-usa/#comment-19895 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:06:14 +0000 http://americanbedu.com/?p=3493#comment-19895 I’m not sure Saudi man if it really brings that much foot traffic to the mall since shopping is a national pasttime in Saudi. I’d say that the mall brings more traffic to the grocery store!

Just a thought….can the grocery store be a mechanism for guys not accompanied by families to be able to get inside the malls?

]]> By: A Saudi man http://americanbedu.com/2009/04/04/continued-observations-of-a-1st-time-saudi-to-the-usa/#comment-19877 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:08:35 +0000 http://americanbedu.com/?p=3493#comment-19877 Having a grocery store in Malls makes good business sense since it bring foot traffic in the Mall.

]]> By: American Bedu http://americanbedu.com/2009/04/04/continued-observations-of-a-1st-time-saudi-to-the-usa/#comment-19856 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:51:03 +0000 http://americanbedu.com/?p=3493#comment-19856 True, stores such as Walmart and Target will have grocery sections but again, unlike Saudi Arabia, they will usually not be within a big mall. In Saudi it is not unusual to see one walking in the mall pushing a grocery cart full of groceries as they head back to the exit closest to their vehicle.

]]> By: Chiara http://americanbedu.com/2009/04/04/continued-observations-of-a-1st-time-saudi-to-the-usa/#comment-19853 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:22:25 +0000 http://americanbedu.com/?p=3493#comment-19853 Rawi–agreed, these are all statistical findings, and we all know people who defy them.

]]> By: rawi http://americanbedu.com/2009/04/04/continued-observations-of-a-1st-time-saudi-to-the-usa/#comment-19841 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:10:47 +0000 http://americanbedu.com/?p=3493#comment-19841 @Chiara: re. “Lesbians talk like men in that they are more terse, and use fewer words than straight women”

Uhmm, my lesbian best friend is easily one of the most talkative people I know! :)

]]> By: rawi http://americanbedu.com/2009/04/04/continued-observations-of-a-1st-time-saudi-to-the-usa/#comment-19840 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:07:31 +0000 http://americanbedu.com/?p=3493#comment-19840 “the majority of Americans spontaneously say “hello” and engage in chit-chat whether in an elevator or in line at a store.”

LOL, that’s barely true in the North East! :-)

BTW, the discussion on railways brought back memories of the ride between Dammam and Riyadh, which I think I probably only took once.

]]> By: coolred38 http://americanbedu.com/2009/04/04/continued-observations-of-a-1st-time-saudi-to-the-usa/#comment-19811 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:23:18 +0000 http://americanbedu.com/?p=3493#comment-19811 Its not so much a debate over whose better…but of whose worse :mrgreen:

]]> By: Chiara http://americanbedu.com/2009/04/04/continued-observations-of-a-1st-time-saudi-to-the-usa/#comment-19810 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:18:20 +0000 http://americanbedu.com/?p=3493#comment-19810 Khalid–agreed. The research I mentioned showed that men and women navigate, and perceive space differently, not better or worse. Lesbians talk like men in that they are more terse, and use fewer words than straight women. All grosso modo, of course, some of my best friends are linguistically superior straight men. :)

5 women have started in Formula 1–the rest are repressed by one of the last bastions of machismo where men are men (and drive fast) and women are women (and revere them) :P ;)

]]> By: Roshan http://americanbedu.com/2009/04/04/continued-observations-of-a-1st-time-saudi-to-the-usa/#comment-19808 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:33:27 +0000 http://americanbedu.com/?p=3493#comment-19808 “I told him I was not aware of any major shopping malls in the US which also had a grocery store within the mall like Saudi Arabia. ”

Walmart superstores sell grocery too. Although, you could say that they act as stand alone unit rather than part of a mall.

]]> By: Khalid http://americanbedu.com/2009/04/04/continued-observations-of-a-1st-time-saudi-to-the-usa/#comment-19807 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:23:59 +0000 http://americanbedu.com/?p=3493#comment-19807 :P :P :P That prof wasn’t a Saudi, and he doesn’t teach in the KSA :) I’m sorry to disappoint any female who is reading this :) (Why people were fast to judge the identity of the prof? :) )
I’ve never found it strange to see a woman sitting behind the wheel — I love it to be driven around :)
Why cannot women excel in formula 1? Why don’t we have a female opponent to Schumacher :) I’ve read in the news that they are training an English woman to participate in F1. I was happy to know this because we need more woman blood in F1.
Let’s move to acquiring languages :) women are better than men in this — I can prove this easily :)
P.S. The following is just my own observation: I don’t believe in the nonsense that a certain gender is better than the other one in any field. I believe the way parents raise their children has an influence in unconsciously deciding the interest of both male & female children. LOL, now this is going off topic — sorry for teasing you, Aafke :) . Back to track, it’s really interesting to observe the reaction of people when traveling to a place they never been to. e.g. i enjoyed very much what I heard from two friends of mine (a Canadian & a Saudi with is wife) about their first trip to Japan. Japan is going to be one of my destinations in the future it seems :)

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