What is the reason that you come/came to Jordan?

Primadonna wrote:

Why do you think that I missed the sea so much?
The salty air?
To sit at the beach and to swim, to bbq and to hang out at the boulevard?

By the way, have you ever been to the Netherlands Antilles?
I saw a documentary and it looks like the caribic there

This topic was about "What is the reason that you come/came to Jordan?", now it's just a private conversation between 2 friends... I think it's nice, but this is not the right place...

@ danik2010: you are absolutly right.
I ask forgiveness to all of you.
It just happenend and it was not my intention to do so.

Primadonna wrote:

I have also several things that I don't like but I always try to look at the bright side of live.
I know it is not easy, it depends how I feel.
I thought that I saw everyting and that nothing can surprise me anymore. But, I'm wrong, especially when the traffic is involved.
Even after 6 years I can be mad about the stupidity and disrespect from the other drivers.
But even then, it is not far to compare Jordan with your country because the differents are to big.

Well said Primadonna.  I also came to Jordan because of my husbands job...25 years ago!  In those days, Jordan was the perfect place to raise my 4 children and have them experience the best of both worlds.  Unfortunately, over the years, Jordan has changed.  Crazy drivers, dubious merchants, etc.  But, as you said, you have to look at the bright side of everything and make the best out of whatever situation you find yourself in.  I hope danik2010 feels better soon...I really do.

JO/EU wrote:

livekrish wrote:

@ JO/EU... what savannah says is correct. since we have language problem and lack of understanding of thier conversation, they immediately increase the price. In that way, jordan is costly for expats. we cannot take locals for everytime of our purchase. In her case, she has gone to super market. if you go any other market, then life is different, and costly.. I do not know how to deal with it!.. any ideas?!?! or new topic for the forum??

Regarding the Supermarket chain Savannah is talking about she is  not correct since they have coded prices meaning same rights for all. Regarding stores without coded prices, when i was in the UK i bought some things from a store. Afterwards i started to wonder why it did cost that much! I noticed that everything turned out to be way too expensive. I went back and confronted the sales person who did not hesitate to charge right ;-) Keep in mind that there could be a difference in prices, but too high prices are suspicious which makes me either confront the salesperson or just leave everything behind and buy from another store. Since shops depend on purchasing power, they will re-think whether to lose or win a new customer. Not to dominate the local language makes it more difficult to express your concern, but i guess that's how it is all around the world... So off you go to the next language center :-)

JO/EU

If that is the case then tell me why is it that on a few occasions (not just once)  that I have visited carrefour that I have got home and found items on my shopping receipt that I have not even bought. Only last week I had 3 packs of liver added to my bill and neither myself or my husband eat liver and certainly had none in our shopping cart. So what we will be doing from now on is watching everything that goes through the checkout closely and make sure that we are not ripped off again. You say England is expensive, then I don't know where you shopped but there is lots of fantastic cheap shops for groceries such as poundland and heron freezer shops, and another thing, the fruit and veg in carrefour is not fit for human consumption unless you manage to get it first thing in the morning. You will never see a swarm of fly's all over the fruit inside a shop in England, we have health and safety laws. Try getting some onions in Carrefour and you will be fighting the fliy's to get them lol And another thing I do not like is the way everyone picks up the food, squeezes it and then puts it back...yuk!!!

That's is one of the reason that we always check our bill before we left the shop! If something wrong we can complain!
The only reason why I go to the Carrefour (3 or 4 times a year) is for the Italian cheese, sometimes pesto (italian basilpaste)and some things you can never buy elsewhere.
I buy my fruits and veggies on a local market: very cheap and the quality is great! Then for the oil, rice and other things I go to the moesseseh: also very cheap and when I can't find other stuff overthere I go to the local supermarket.
For me it is Al Farid and Whole sale.

suemom wrote:

I hope danik2010 feels better soon...I really do.

Thank you very very much for good thoughts!! I hope so too...

savannah80 wrote:

JO/EU wrote:

livekrish wrote:

@ JO/EU... what savannah says is correct. since we have language problem and lack of understanding of thier conversation, they immediately increase the price. In that way, jordan is costly for expats. we cannot take locals for everytime of our purchase. In her case, she has gone to super market. if you go any other market, then life is different, and costly.. I do not know how to deal with it!.. any ideas?!?! or new topic for the forum??

Regarding the Supermarket chain Savannah is talking about she is  not correct since they have coded prices meaning same rights for all. Regarding stores without coded prices, when i was in the UK i bought some things from a store. Afterwards i started to wonder why it did cost that much! I noticed that everything turned out to be way too expensive. I went back and confronted the sales person who did not hesitate to charge right ;-) Keep in mind that there could be a difference in prices, but too high prices are suspicious which makes me either confront the salesperson or just leave everything behind and buy from another store. Since shops depend on purchasing power, they will re-think whether to lose or win a new customer. Not to dominate the local language makes it more difficult to express your concern, but i guess that's how it is all around the world... So off you go to the next language center :-)

JO/EU

If that is the case then tell me why is it that on a few occasions (not just once)  that I have visited carrefour that I have got home and found items on my shopping receipt that I have not even bought. Only last week I had 3 packs of liver added to my bill and neither myself or my husband eat liver and certainly had none in our shopping cart. So what we will be doing from now on is watching everything that goes through the checkout closely and make sure that we are not ripped off again. You say England is expensive, then I don't know where you shopped but there is lots of fantastic cheap shops for groceries such as poundland and heron freezer shops, and another thing, the fruit and veg in carrefour is not fit for human consumption unless you manage to get it first thing in the morning. You will never see a swarm of fly's all over the fruit inside a shop in England, we have health and safety laws. Try getting some onions in Carrefour and you will be fighting the fliy's to get them lol And another thing I do not like is the way everyone picks up the food, squeezes it and then puts it back...yuk!!!

@savannah80

This sounds quite confusing since i don't know how it would be  possible to add things in a market with coded prices! I have not said that England is expensive ( despite the fact that it is, ofcourse there are some reasonable priced shops ) i just mentioned a example of charging more than usual in shops without coded prices can obviously be the case  everywhere. I have read Primadonnas comment and she s very right just to check the bill after purchasing in this case. I guess i have been lucky so far not coming into the situation to fighting with flys over a onion despite the fact that i would not mind sharing the onion so everyone would get a half