I've seen a young Middle Eastern guy arrogantly cut in line at a grocery store to stand in front of an old American lady. (He didn't get away with it). I have noticed that when I dash into the corner store for my one vice, a pack of smokes that lasts me for at least three days, I notice that if I'm wearing a sleeveless shirt and/or it is too short to cover my rump in my jeans, they are cold and distant, sullen. On days I'm wearing long sleeves and a loose tunic-length top, they are civil and amiable.
Creeps. I buy my smokes somewhere else now, by the way. This thread is great -- now, when I do business with Middle Eastern folks in my own work as a kind of contractor, whether or not they greet me first will tell me quite a lot.
No...but the rules are different for guys, in general. If you tried it with them, one of those snakes might pull out a weapon just because you’re a woman.
I don’t mean that in a sexist way, but it speaks to them, not you or your sex. They are just a bunch of mysogynistic jerkoffs, the Islamofascists, full of pent up anger at the opposite sex, for who knows what reason.
Absolutely. And the thing is, they probably don't know HOW much that tells you.
I work with a few muslims, and they seem like fine people to me, respectful towards women, etc. I have never had the displeasure of meeting a fundamentalist muslim, and they aren't the kind of people I would have any truck with.
Luckily I don’t live where Muslims make up such a prominent portion of the population, but I am female. I only encounter men who resemble Arabs at work, mostly coming in on the same elevator. Admittedly I don’t work with these fellows and so know nothing about them, yet I do consider what to do if someone gets rude. They’re more likely Indians and are very shy yet polite. Hopefully I’ll never have to deal with that sort of crass behavior at the workplace.
I’m not what anyone would call a beauty, and the kindest description for women of my proportions is ‘queen sized.’ I honestly think that your pair of fellows would reconsider running me over before an impending collision prompts me to drop a shoulder and power up from the knees. But that’s just me. :o)
As a defensive move, you may be wise to walk furthest away from the roadway so that an unavoidable clash does not push you out into traffic.