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2004-07-09 Arabia
Dr. Al-Gosaibi Targets Small Businesses Again for Saudization
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Posted by Zenster 2004-07-09 12:50:51 AM|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 I've heard tell that a big problem in addition to the lack of skilled workers is the general attitude and work ethic. Saudi men are supposedly scorful of hard/menial labor and have a hard time accpeting the loss of status associated with being an employee - working for a stranger.

Maybe businesses will pick up and move to Iraq.
Posted by John in Tokyo 2004-07-09 4:38:15 AM||   2004-07-09 4:38:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 "Saudization" -- sounds like something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemies.
Posted by virginian 2004-07-09 8:47:47 AM||   2004-07-09 8:47:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 virginian: I think they are our worst enemies.
Posted by BH 2004-07-09 9:52:35 AM||   2004-07-09 9:52:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 so basically each small biz will have to hire two lazy bookend Saoodis to meet a quota. Affirmative Action window dressing
Posted by Frank G  2004-07-09 10:08:20 AM||   2004-07-09 10:08:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 They have been trying that for years and it has never worked. Last year, they tried it with taxi drivers. The goal was to get the taxis to be driven by saudis. The results: saudis bought the taxis, registered themselves as drivers, then went ahead and hired some indian or pakistani to drive the taxis for just about nothing. Labor hand here is paid just enough to not be considered slavery. As long as they can hired nationals from other countries at slavery wages, the saudizitation will never take place.
Posted by Anonymous4724 2004-07-09 10:24:38 AM||   2004-07-09 10:24:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Once you've herded goats it's very difficult to sit in front of a monitor or pound a nail.
Posted by Shipman 2004-07-09 10:34:24 AM||   2004-07-09 10:34:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 For one thing, you can't f*ck a monitor.
Posted by BH 2004-07-09 10:37:42 AM||   2004-07-09 10:37:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 You might note that the only way that a programme like this could work, even or paper, would be to expel large numbers of foreigners. (Hint, hint.)


Posted by Anonymoose 2004-07-09 11:17:35 AM||   2004-07-09 11:17:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 You want fries with that...INFIDEL!
Posted by tu3031 2004-07-09 12:24:03 PM||   2004-07-09 12:24:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 tu - Lol! If you only knew, lol, what it's like in a place like KFC or Burger King in SaoodiLand!

No lines (they're for infidels, I guess), just a crush against the counter and, on the other side, a frightened-looking Filipino or Indian, not sure who to serve first! This is the norm. I almost got in trouble my first week in '92 cuz I grabbed some asshole and pushed him to the end of the "line" (actually, a mob I was blocking from getting past me) in a Wendy's in Dammam. When my friends and I got our orders and left the building, they all broke out laughing at me and explained that I had prolly deeply offended some big-wig's kid. I do recall the incredible look of shock and surprise on his face as I put him back behind me, lol! If he HAD been a Saudi somebody, no doubt I would've been tossed out of SA. I had a similar 'duh' moment in a bank with some Indian who was so close behind me in line (banks rope everything off so there are actually lines, heh) that I thought I was about to discover the joys of anal. I turned around, stiff-armed his ass 2 feet back, and told him he'd get to the front in the same length of time, so just stay off my ass. His look was one of pure mystification. All of the Saudis working in the bank snickered - and I got wonderful service when I got to the Teller, lol! After about a month I figured out how to get along there by just giving them a "look", lol! Sigh, what a fucking freak show.
Posted by .com 2004-07-09 12:45:11 PM||   2004-07-09 12:45:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Sirrauh! I am only here to make tiny depsoit!
Posted by Shipman 2004-07-09 1:55:37 PM||   2004-07-09 1:55:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 No matter what the size - that window is closed! Lol!
Posted by .com 2004-07-09 1:59:07 PM||   2004-07-09 1:59:07 PM|| Front Page Top

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