One thing I keep on noticing is how people here are super friendly. Not friendly in the North American sense of greeting and conversing in the elevator but in more helpful way. Maybe it is because I am new to the city but I feel it is more of an innate desire to help. Numerous people have offered to help me get settled in—they have given me advice on how to haggle, insider info on the best restaurants, basic stuff such as getting phone credits, took me grocery and IKEA shopping, and basically keep me updated on what’s going on at the university. I jokingly told a friend of mine that instead of the cursory goodbye at the end of a conversation, in Jeddah, people end with the comment “If there is anything you need, anything at all, let me know”. They should just make it official.
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