Provision of consultancy services in non-EU countries

[northernladuk]

Ta again. Why you would want to go somewhere and be disrespectful and learn nothing beats me.

Exactly but in the MEA it is very easy to be disrespectful without realising it. They tend to be a very proud and respectful lot. Giving tips should be done discreetly for example as they can be embarrassed that they need the tips to live on etc.

Also the poor know they are poor and live with it. They generally don't try and steal everything like they do here. We had a guy that made coffees in the office, kept it clean etc and was paid a couple of pounds from the petty cash despite laptops etc laying around everywhere. He was a bloody star, had my coffee order off by heart by day 2 and taught me the words for thank you, a cup of coffee etc in Arabic. He even invited me to his house for food over xmas which I was advised to turn down so I gave him a pretty generous tip which amounted to a couple of months wages and was told later he was a little unhappy about it. Instead of being generous it was seen as making a point he was poor. You live and learn.

[Moscow Mule]

Exactly but in the MEA it is very easy to be disrespectful without realising it. They tend to be a very proud and respectful lot. Giving tips should be done discreetly for example as they can be embarrassed that they need the tips to live on etc.

Also the poor know they are poor and live with it. They generally don't try and steal everything like they do here.

Did you ever work in Cairo or Tunis? The poor there were money grabbing little shysters and the guys in the bank were almost exclusively workshy layabouts.

[Old Greg]

Did you ever work in Cairo or Tunis? The poor there were money grabbing little shysters and the guys in the bank were almost exclusively workshy layabouts.

He was a poor bank worker.