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Originally Posted by yorkiemini  Last summer I took my granddaughter to the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. While there, with my Service Dog, I noted a middle eastern man and 4 women only because they were speaking Farsi - I grew up in the Middle East. A few minutes later he walked over to me and asked me to remove myself and my dog because he found it to be offensive  Keep in mind I grew up in the Middle East, but I was taken aback to have this happen in NYC. While the docent was trying to get over to us, I think to explain the Service Dog thing to the man, I told the man in very clear Farsi, respectfully, that he was not in control there.
For a Middle Eastern man that was quite a statement from a woman in his own language yet. The docent showed up about that time and I walked on. When I am in another country I do all i can to comply with their mores and habits and I think it is not unreasonable of us to be polite but expect the same of visitors to the USA. I believe we are going to need to get stronger about what our standards and values are if we want to keep them ! Just my opinion🇺🇸 |
Your response was priceless and I can only imagine the shocked look you received from that man! Great for YOU!!!
When years later, traveling back to Saudi Arabia as medical procedures/personnel/treatments/training of staff in the hospital in Riyadh with DeBakey and Methodist Hospital, with the blessings and close working relationship we had with the King of Saudi Arabia, there were definate rules and regulations and behaviors the Americans had to follow closely.....one of the nurses "misbehaved" and she was sent back home immediately. No acceptable excuses, no explanations, no exceptions to the rules even though she was there to teach staff how to operate monitoring equipment and surgical procedures...... just get out!