Inappropriate use of this blog site & disrepecting Compound residents

gowiththeflowUK · 2011-01-02T06:39:48+01:00

To all member of this blog site, having been registered on this site since September 2009 and a guest of Riyadh since March 2010 (and my husband since November 2009), I am noting this post as a 'heads-up' to others. I have received too many requests from some new members for things like: - "you live on a Compound, can you invite me to your parties that happen there and maybe I can meet a woman to marry" - "I am working her in Riyadh actually i want to meet my girfreind in a safe place then she suggested if we can meet in a compund they told me that you should got a sponsor from the coumpound can you please sponsor us we will not bother you and your huasband only will come to facility area" - "we hear you can do what you want on Compounds, can you please invite me so I can as well" So, let me tell you, I am finding this extremely dis-respectful and am reporting any such pm's as abuse of the site to the Expat.com team. Just for the record, for any non-Compound members: 1. We are respectful, honest and decent people. 2. Most of us are here with our families (which include young children), we do not have parties everynight, nor do we run around naked, nor are we up all night doing strange and wonderful things. 3. We are here due to an engagement of work, of which we work very hard to conduct. Of a weekend most of us are tired and like to spend some quality time with our families, get rest and spend some time with friends or exploring this interesting Country. 4. We pay a high cost to reside on Compounds and the main purpose is the security it affords. It is not a holiday camp, nor an entertainment centre, nor a brothel! So, please refrain from these insults of asking us to conduct illegal activities or to act against the rules of this Country by supporting your relationships. I find it sad to be making this post as this was not the intention of this blog, but it has been noted and said in recent months, there are now too many new members who are not understanding thew purpose of this site and who continue to abuse the goodwill of this site. I have just had enough and will expose the culprits in future; so be warned! Julien and team, over to you now.....

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gowiththeflowUK ViP

Member since 28 September 2009

gowiththeflowUKViP04 January 2011 11:44:40

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MaserMan wrote:
GWTFuk,

trying to be pc which is rather unlike me ,

Hey MM2, I put it down to your family being out and you are getting in touch with your 'feminine' side, being surrounded by females We don't call you 'Pinky' for nothing

gowiththeflowUK ViP

Member since 28 September 2009

gowiththeflowUKViP04 January 2011 11:52:19

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ali-7 wrote:
hi Again ...
i Certainly agree with u and if i was in u r Place I would have felt the same way i think but to clear something out One of my goals of Joining this site is to give information or to be Useful As best I could like u said ((this site has a very specific agenda of being an information source and resource for Expats.))
in the end if our being here as non_expat is Causing so much trouble i must apologize on behalf of everyone .

Hey Ali-7, as I said, unfortunately not all non-Expats are like you . Thank you for your input and comments, they are indeed useful You shouldn't have to apologise for others, when others cross the mark and they are aware of it or are made aware of it, they should have the decency to make their own apology . However, thanks for your guesture, it is appreciated.

MaserMan Serial expat

Member since 12 July 2010

MaserManSerial expat04 January 2011 11:54:32

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gowiththeflowUK wrote:
MaserMan wrote:
GWTFuk,

trying to be pc which is rather unlike me ,

Hey MM2, I put it down to your family being out and you are getting in touch with your 'feminine' side, being surrounded by females We don't call you 'Pinky' for nothing

Will revert to normal after Friday!

gowiththeflowUK ViP

Member since 28 September 2009

gowiththeflowUKViP04 January 2011 12:03:39

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MaserMan wrote:
gowiththeflowUK wrote:
MaserMan wrote:
GWTFuk,

trying to be pc which is rather unlike me ,

Hey MM2, I put it down to your family being out and you are getting in touch with your 'feminine' side, being surrounded by females We don't call you 'Pinky' for nothing

Will revert to normal after Friday!

Gloves will be back on then and all hostilities will resume! Hey, we will all miss them when they go back , they are a great bunch:D

RedGoblin ViP

Member since 07 October 2010

RedGoblinViP04 January 2011 13:25:02

#45

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Well Looks like the Founder has introduced some changes..
Its on the Saudi Arabia Forum page..

CAF Serial expat

Member since 16 June 2009

CAF

CAFSerial expat08 January 2011 02:59:25

#46

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Lets hope the changes that Julien has proposed will help. Certainly, time will tell.

Hey MM2

We just loved the family - what a great bunch... Can't wait for their return in the Spring! We hope they arrived home safe. Please pass along our best regards!

gowiththeflowUK ViP

Member since 28 September 2009

gowiththeflowUKViP09 January 2011 18:55:45

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I have been checking out some of Julien's changes and am 100% supporting these new developments Thank you Julien for taking this on board and doing something to improve things.

To all members, it is now up to us to keep this site moving in the right direction.

oraclefusions Guest

oraclefusionsGuest09 January 2011 18:59:13

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can some one summaries those changes?

Yud ViP

Member since 08 November 2010

YudViP10 January 2011 04:08:31

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oraclefusions wrote:
can some one summaries those changes?

Temporary Decision:BACK TO THE BASICS - A WEBSITE BY EXPATS, FOR EXPATS

Let's convene on a few rules

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