Heh. The househelp. I witnessed the role of the househelp first-hand in the Carrefour (Qatari Walmart?) yesterday. There was a locally-dressed woman with her househelp in the shop. The locally-dressed rich woman was dictating (no, there is no other word) to the househelp which pan she wanted, but the poor househelp lady was having difficulty hearing her employer (shrieking children nearby, belonged to a different party), and wasn't being successful in her selection. The locally-dressed woman freaked out at the househelp. I was extremely embarrassed to even be standing nearby.

Meanwhile the lazy bint (the locally-dressed rich woman) was standing *right* in front of the pan. If she had half a brain as well as the initiative, she could have taken it right off the shelf. I tell you, I felt really sorry for the poor househelp woman. To have to put up with people like that...