How many here have experienced being followed by pesky drivers on the road?
Ok, so, I was sitting in front of a traffic signal just waiting for that green light, on my way home, listening to my music, just minding my own business...One of my favorite tracks came on so I smiled, nothing wrong with that right???
It's also just normal that your eyes move around, I mean that's just how it is, eyes move! So, I was on the left most lane to make a full left, I glanced on my right side, and there's this dude in a Range Rover just staring and smiling at me...I couldn't help but smirk because he just looked really silly trying to look cute and all...ok maybe he was a little bit...BUT STILL! So, this guy probably thought I was smiling back at him so he decided to to freakin wave at me...I mean wtf right?! (ok I'm not familiar with the rules around here so I'm sorry if I offended anyone by saying "wtf")
Yeah, this guy waved at me so I decided to ignore him, green light came on, made a full left turn, and this guy on my right decided to make the same turn...cut the story short...He followed me! Of course I had to make a detour to lose him.
This is not the first time this has happened to me. In a month I would say I'd encounter these at least twice. I mean, WHY, WHY do these idiots have to waste time doing such stupid things? Is it like a new hobby that I haven't heard about? Could anyone give some great advice on how to deal with this? I mean all I do is freaking run away. I swear if I was a big dude I would pull over and beat the sh*t out of these idiots!! Hang on a minute... Nevermind, they wouldn't follow me if I was a big dude...if they did, then there is definitely something wrong with this people! lol~
bae since when you speak malay/bahasa??? oh small correction suppose to be juga not guga
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I suggest you simply drive real slow. Usually the kind of guys that do that are impatient and would soon get bored or annoyed and speed away from you. I read in an old book about life in the GCC that that is the single most effective technique in getting rid of a guy following you in a vehicle. Just drive slowly.
And, for your information, if you call the police and report a vehicle following you and gesturing at you, they WILL track down that vehicle and question the driver, however, if you do that you risk reporting someone "important"... That could potentially backfire right at ya... Be very wary of plates having 4 digit numbers or less. Just drive slowly till they get bored and leave you alone.
not experienced it.. no galz have followed me ever.. lol.. & for the galz i think the cop thing is a gud idea..
Have you considered a paste on unibrow?
Seriously, do go to the police. Have co-workers, one caucasian and one South Asian who were followed and then had their asses grabbed while they were walking on the corniche. They got the guy's license number. Cops traced it to to the boy's father. They went to Sharia court and the whole family was deported back to Egypt. Don't think it is as much racism as it is laziness.
dw (darling wife) wears a black veil (hijab?) that covers everything all her face except for her eyes. This appears to work in keeping those annoying male drivers from harassing here....except for this one time (see below).
Another way to fight the rude/silly male drivers is get a more expensive-looking car. dw swears that less men harass her when she is driving the Beetle than when she's driving the Honda Civic.
dw was driving along when an old Arab man with a big white beard kept gesturing out the window at her. He kept doing it so intensely. dw thought the man was in trouble so she stopped to offer help. When they both stopped on the side of the road, this man approached her and said "SEX SEX SEX" many times. dw is far from timid and has a fast temper. She just started shouting at him and pointing at him. He quickly got into his car and drove away. I advised her, next time, to photograph his license plate and complain about it to the police.
when I was in dubai, i saw that many times, and i advised my wife with the soluction, which most of ladies do it there
the solution there was so easy, call the police and give him the plate no. of that car & the car model, and they will call the guy and care about him
in Dubai it was like the magic, but i don't know if will work here or no
It is ok to do mistake, but it is a Big mistake to insist to do the same mistake and you know it is mistake
I will check with my best gay canadian friend, i'm sure that won't be a problem and 3 or 4 could ride in vazquez' ride anyway...plus me of course...oh oh and i CALL front passenger seat! ha!
“People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.”
- Calvin and Hobbes
I am looking forward to it. Is there room for two more? You know one of them and you briefly met the other at the 4 Seasons?
The time has come to substitute caution for courage. Martin Luther King, Birmingham, Alabama 1963
"Never mind I will look after you when we go to the desert tomorrow" <-- Richard I'll hold you to that!
You can't back out now!
“People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.”
- Calvin and Hobbes
That's the price you pay for being a 5. Never mind I will look after you when we go to the desert tomorrow. My manly muscles will scare off the pesky drivers following you. Btw, no more smoking!
The time has come to substitute caution for courage. Martin Luther King, Birmingham, Alabama 1963
Yeah, Rescue Randy could come in handy in such occassion...only if I had one.
Practice does not make perfect - Perfect practice makes perfect!
“People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.”
- Calvin and Hobbes
Same difference, I just wouldn't bother coz I know I'd get none out of them. To me they're like an ashtray on a motorbike...
“People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.”
- Calvin and Hobbes
Get one of those blow up man dolls people use in the states for the car pool lane...Get a big one...No one will mess with you then...
You can't teach experience...
Spot on! Oryx
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jinkz a friend and I were hassled by a non-Qatari.... and the police were there - they did nothing...told us to go to local police station.
he just laughed
and we are not asian so it may not be racism just laziness.....
I would if I knew they could help. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe it has changed, but last time I checked they don't do nothing especially when you're asian and you're complaining about an arab...but that's another story...those damn racists!
“People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.”
- Calvin and Hobbes
Good job...but i hope you didn't have a child in the car with you? You must be one hot momma
“People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.”
- Calvin and Hobbes
This happens everywhere
During my college days my friends got caught following the Commissioners daughter - LOL!
And they Spent a night in the jail
I dunno but have u experienced the honking of the horn phenomena
Now thats something i dont understand also
Atleast the smile thing is saner, imagine liking a girl on the street so much that u have to honk at her.
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I can just imagine the look on their faces. Must be hilarious to see the reaction.
*** Light travels faster than sound. That's why most people appear bright until they open their mouths.
hey jinkz, prolly if you are a male they'd follow you too huh, ah wth they follow anybody they fancy, man/ woman,(they are either doing a specimen study on how humans behave when being followed or just plain and simple they got loads of time )
life's too short so make the most of it, you only live but once.......
yes jinkz ... i experience the same. One of them followed me all the way to my son's school.
Usaed this one many a time...Friend and I would be driving, top down on the car, enjoying the weather, when some idiot would come up and start flirting..usually truckdirvers...well, my friend is a dental hygeniest and quite some while before, she made us some "Bubba" teeth. You know, they ones that you cam put in like dentures but they are all every which away..and most of them are black and brown...anyway..we'd make like we were smiling and cover our mouths, then both turn around and give him one heck of a smile...you'd about pee your pants from the looks on their faces...they couldn't wait to get out of there!! Now I keep them in my glove box for just such occasions...
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. --Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
Sweet buns can I have your number?
"He said I was ugly and I couldn't read good"
I went to Al Nassim Garden to arranged my son's christening venue. I noticed there was one arab guy in white ALTIMA who was following me. Take note my car has two " BABY ON BOARD SIGN" one arabic and one English hahaha. I drove almost 120 kph and did the cutting driving like other driver's habit. When I reached the signal nearby our place I noticed he was still following me and until I reached in front of our building. I decided to go straight to Home Centre instead and he followed up to HM Centre. I was very thankful that I saw my husband' s colleague standing in front of HM CENTRE and I asked him to sat on my car and all of a sudden the ALTIMA guy disappeared.
I think at such times... you can direct your Car to a police station and complain abt these guys !!
Anyone has any idea.. if Ladies are allowed to visit and log a complaint at Police Station in Qatar ?
I'm sure you've experienced the same. It's just really annoying.
“People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.”
- Calvin and Hobbes
oh Smoke...I didnt know much abt the gays part....may be u r right...;)
Cant teach experience...!!
"Many people quit looking for work when they find a job"
It must be my heartmelting smile. I think all I need to wear is a grumpy face.
Oh I can't tell you how many times I've refrained from giving the finger...sometimes it's just no fun being a proper girl! lol~
“People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.”
- Calvin and Hobbes
hmm yes but i think the gays in qatar have a secret handshake or something they wouldnt just follow anyone off the street :)
Where there is Fire...There is Coke. Where there is Rum..There is Smoke - Sir Smoke-a-Lot
Mustache would not work too...there are equal number of gays here.......!!!!!
"Many people quit looking for work when they find a job"
oh jinkz u may not look pretty but i'm sure you have a lovely smile...and thats what made him follow you...so cover up those lips with a nice big mustache, should do the trick ;)
Where there is Fire...There is Coke. Where there is Rum..There is Smoke - Sir Smoke-a-Lot
...but i don't wear make up...i swear...and this is me not being cocky at all...
“People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.”
- Calvin and Hobbes
No, what I'm trying to say is I look pretty from a distance especially from another car...I think the mustache might work though! lol~
“People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.”
- Calvin and Hobbes
Or next time jinkz could try driving without make up....
this method has helped many attractive women who gets followed up by street boys....;)
"Many people quit looking for work when they find a job"
hmm i think thats EXACTLY what jinkz is trying to tell us that she's very pretty and cute and all the guys just want to follow her home like puppies well its not going to work on me jinkz lol
Where there is Fire...There is Coke. Where there is Rum..There is Smoke - Sir Smoke-a-Lot
may be ..Love at first sight!!!!!...LOL
"Many people quit looking for work when they find a job"
well then next time you leave the house dont forget to take your artificial mustache with you :) These sorta things happen all the time your not the only victim. Now if only some woman would start following me *sigh*
Where there is Fire...There is Coke. Where there is Rum..There is Smoke - Sir Smoke-a-Lot
lol Jinkz ... you must be really attractive woman