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Though slightly related, I have to mention this one incident on an RJ flight to Paris this past summer. I was one of those people feeling “important” sitting in business and decided to act sociable (as you refer to it) and stepped back to check up on a friend sitting in coach where I heard the following:

A woman was under the illusion that she ordered a vegetarian meal, so when the trolley of goodies rolled in, the hostess gave the passengers the choice of, yup you guessed it “chicken or beef”. The poor woman told her unfriendly hostess “but I requested a vegetarian meal” and the the reply was in a loud voice ” و هيه عم تهز خصرها ” بتحبي أفوت أعملك شوية ملوخية ”

I couldn’t believe my ears; there she was a normal passenger “now speechless” with a normal request treated like dirt by a nit wit who was under the assumption that this woman has already chosen this despicable treatment by choosing to fly coach RJ. My immediate response “feeling important” to this unfriendly character was ” in a loud voice too” ” لو بتفوتي إطمشتي شعرك بكون أحسن ” . The passengers almost cheered; the nit wit baffled with my response, and realizing the fact she screwed up royally automatically tried to mend the situation by going back to the lady and telling her I will see what I can manage for you!!!

Sabri

cheers
Ziad

Many of my friends and even some family members left Jordan and lived for so long in Europe or the states and some in the gulf and always upon their arrival back they have a culture shock , and I hear so many stories and criticism , but we all tend to forget that people in this coutry are getting better and the system is trying its best to upgrade as much as possible ,but I disagree when we picture our people and service systems that bad , especially if you think that Jordan in comparison with other countries and it resources did and reached a stage on an international level that many consder very impressive , no we dont need a Ghandi , we have many Ghandi’s already in this country who are trying their best , our people here and generaly the arabs has amoung them the ignorant and the experienced but also its there in every country and every nation , the french couple that I flew with were lacking any kind of consideration to my comfort or feelings .
Displine we see it practiced aggresivly in the west came from decades of imposing strict systems on people and if we really want to address a serious problem in our countries it could be the who am I ? and who you are? and who are your connections and who are your relatives and to what extent you can get away and above the system , the law and regulation , and this is exactly what delayes the development of any country and accordingly its people .
Many of those people who acts wrongly in flights , while driving , while using and abusing the technolgy beleive me they dont know better , they did not have the chance of exposure like many lucky ones , they are on the way I strongly believe , but the most important thing I see that while changing for the best attitude and high level manners , I hope we dont lose our warm feelings , our good kind hearts and generousity for each other as the westerns did !

It is like taking a sample of population for behavioral study,

I am sure we all have very common experiences. I will share mine with you.

One of my trips last year was with RJ from AMM to JFK. It was a fairly empty flight. I had the whole row of 4 seats for my self. Being the selfish traveler and seeing the sample passengers around me… I was one of the people you mentioned in your article. I claimed the whole row for my self… Cause if I had not, someone else would have.

I was dead tired. So as the wheels left the ground I was already passed out cold. Every now and then I was awaken to the the voice of this guy standing in the right eisle, leaning over “my 4 seats” and chatting as loud as he can to the guy all the way on the other side of the plane.

Very inconsiderate. At one point, I guess he got tired of talking loudly, he decided to go pay a visit to his friend. So he chose to cut thru right in front of my seat. So I am lying fast asleep, I feel this fat ass, squeezing himself along the 4 seats and my entire body, When I opened my eyes, there was his ass right in front of my face less than a 1/4 of an inch. I was so pissed off, I got up…. he noticed my anger. So he says” ADAM IL Mouakazeh, Samehnea” I was like what am I going to do. Pick a fight.. fuck this shit……. So I lay back doen and close my eyes, to sit there and listen to him now sitting right across the isle from my head chatting again at his loudest volume to his friend. Very inconsiderate.

Another thing I also noticed… when Arabs talk on the cell phone. The whole world has to know what the conversation is about…. I understand that cultures differ… the Italians are also loud and passionate, so are some south Americans but to a certain extent when in public, they are considerate and respectful of others.,… Jordanians, its like the world owes us our presence…..

It is the attitudes you describe in your article, the reason I can never live and work in Amman. The Show off. The living your life so others can judge you and rate your acceptance. The inconsiderate attitude…….