Things certainly are different in Dubai to what we are used to in Australia. There's no doubt about it. Not that these differences are bad.....just different. This was highlighted last night when we were at Carrefour doing our grocery shopping. As I have mentioned in previous posts, Carrefour is more than just a supermarket.....you can buy anything from toys, electrical and household equipment, linen, clothing, shoes, fruit, veg, spices, fresh fish and then all the other items that we would find at home in good ol' Coles or Woolies.
One of the fundamental differences, however, is that once you bag your fruit and veg....you then need to go to the "weighing counter" where it gets weighed and stickered (with a description of the item and a price). As you are all aware (well you should be) in Australia, this all happens at the check-out, however here it doesn't. So, it was quite a long wait for Cameron last night (I had ducked to the toilet) as the girl in front of him had forgotton to weigh her trolley full of fruit and veg (she had two trolleys worth of stuff - poor thing) so, we all had to wait while one of the staff went to get it all weighed and bought back to the check-out for her to pay for her shopping!!!
So, just a warning to anyone who comes over here....
WEIGH YOUR GROCERIES BEFORE GOING TO THE CHECK-OUT!!!
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You tell em!!
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