Nes Café (Ali Café and the like)
I have no idea why people like instant coffee! Go to the grocery store and walk into the coffee aisle and you will not see Maxwell House or Folgers…you will see Nescafe granules in all different shape and size plastic bottles. Where is the KaHwah Arabayya (Arabic coffee) that I was promised? I have no idea. All I do know is I do not want to pour hot water in a cup and stir in coffee. That just seems wrong.
Babies
Look at a majority of the notebooks on campus and you will find they are covered in pictures of babies. And frequently these babies are saying some bizarre English saying like “flowers need water like poets need pain.” Even though they also have flowers and are in colors like purple and pink, guys and girls are carrying them around….And they make fun of Americans for wearing backpacks.
Air Freshener
This is by far the most bizarre habit I have seen while here. Arabs LOVE air freshener. I first got a whiff of this when I was shopping in the grocery store. I was looking at canned vegetables and all of a sudden an employee comes behind me spraying air fresher. I mean, it couldn’t have been me, I showered that day—and besides, most of the men could use some deodorant. As I was pursuing the store, they have an entire ASILE devoted to air fresheners.
I again experienced this later at the gym, when employees would come around and spray air fresheners around the machines. I really don’t get it. I really don’t.
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