STORIES FROM THE CLASSROOM
Jim gave his class a very interesting assignment. They were to go to a store they had never been in before and observe shoppers and how they shopped. They were then to write up their observations according to his instructions. In the class following this assignment, Jim asked if anyone had seen anything they had never seen before. One student was very excited to tell about his experience.
This student had chosen Toy's R US. He had been in the store only a short time before he saw a little boy, about 5 years old, pushing a shopping cart up and down the aisles and clutching money in both hands. The student could easily see he had 1,500-2,ooo Saudi Riyals or $400 to $500. This little boy was all alone, unsupervised in this store, having the time of his life. Because the student had never seen anything like this before, he followed the little boy throughout the store as he filled up his cart with anything he wanted.
The child then took his tower of toys to the cashier where he was helped in paying the right amount. Still not seeing any adult supervising this little fellow, the student followed him as he left the store and headed to the parking lot where a family driver was waiting in the car to take him home!
The first question Jim's class had for their fellow student after he told his story was, "What kind of car was it?" "Jaguar!" was the reply.
My first thought, when Jim told me this story, was how safe the parents must have felt to allow their little boy to go shopping like this on his own with all that money, while the driver just waited outside in the car for him with all the other waiting Saudi drivers. The other thing is that this Saudi family trusted their family driver with their Jaguar!
Speaking of money, I have to keep reminding myself of how cheaply we really are living over here.
Diesel for the car...........40 to 45 CENTS a gallon
Two queen size DOWN pillows dry cleaned.....$3.25 (total)
Car wash with vacuuming and total detailed cleaning of inside as well.................................$4
This student had chosen Toy's R US. He had been in the store only a short time before he saw a little boy, about 5 years old, pushing a shopping cart up and down the aisles and clutching money in both hands. The student could easily see he had 1,500-2,ooo Saudi Riyals or $400 to $500. This little boy was all alone, unsupervised in this store, having the time of his life. Because the student had never seen anything like this before, he followed the little boy throughout the store as he filled up his cart with anything he wanted.
The child then took his tower of toys to the cashier where he was helped in paying the right amount. Still not seeing any adult supervising this little fellow, the student followed him as he left the store and headed to the parking lot where a family driver was waiting in the car to take him home!
The first question Jim's class had for their fellow student after he told his story was, "What kind of car was it?" "Jaguar!" was the reply.
My first thought, when Jim told me this story, was how safe the parents must have felt to allow their little boy to go shopping like this on his own with all that money, while the driver just waited outside in the car for him with all the other waiting Saudi drivers. The other thing is that this Saudi family trusted their family driver with their Jaguar!
Speaking of money, I have to keep reminding myself of how cheaply we really are living over here.
Diesel for the car...........40 to 45 CENTS a gallon
Two queen size DOWN pillows dry cleaned.....$3.25 (total)
Car wash with vacuuming and total detailed cleaning of inside as well.................................$4
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