<p>mommusic - I did get frustrated at times when I would need to get a repair done in our apt and the repairmen would insist on talking to “the mister!” A few experiences like that and I found myself a company whose owner had lived in the US for many years and understood how things do deal with us “hawagas” (foreigners)! Never had another problem. </p>
<p>Well, there was one time I was having curtain rods/curtains hung and I was not real happy with the folks doing it, so I had my neighbor’s cook come up and “supervise” with me. I told him, “Mac, I don’t like these guys and I don’t trust them. Would you please be up here with me and ‘put the fear of Allah’ in them?” Made me feel better and everything was done just right! :)</p>