Comments on: Are we moving to Middle Ages in Kuwait? http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait Kuwait Life, Lifestyle, Classifieds, Jobs & Reviews | ChillNite.com Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:54:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Increase in Rent « Thoughts from Kuwait http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait/comment-page-1#comment-66199 Increase in Rent « Thoughts from Kuwait Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:04:03 +0000 http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait#comment-66199 [...] about inflation, are the people who are increasing rents, charging more for goods and services etc. An interesting article by DA is here [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('66199','Increase in Rent « Thoughts from Kuwait'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('66199','Increase in Rent « Thoughts from Kuwait','[...] about inflation, are the people who are increasing rents, charging more for goods and services etc. An interesting article by DA is here [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] about inflation, are the people who are increasing rents, charging more for goods and services etc. An interesting article by DA is here [...]
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]]> By: Sajid http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait/comment-page-1#comment-64044 Sajid Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:49:37 +0000 http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait#comment-64044 I have a apartment issue.....We live in flat in salmiya & we pay 3 months rent in advance cos we get discount that way. Now we want to vacate the flat but the landlord says we have to give 3 months advance notice to vacate. Now, there is nothing in the contract which states that we need to give 3 months notice other than stating that if we leave before the year is out, we have to pay the balance rent. The contract is now over. Can the landlord ask to give 3 months notice & can he force us to sign a new contract??<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('64044','Sajid'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('64044','Sajid','I have a apartment issue.....We live in flat in salmiya & we pay 3 months rent in advance cos we get discount that way. Now we want to vacate the flat but the landlord says we have to give 3 months advance notice to vacate. Now, there is nothing in the contract which states that we need to give 3 months notice other than stating that if we leave before the year is out, we have to pay the balance rent. The contract is now over. Can the landlord ask to give 3 months notice & can he force us to sign a new contract??'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I have a apartment issue…..We live in flat in salmiya & we pay 3 months rent in advance cos we get discount that way. Now we want to vacate the flat but the landlord says we have to give 3 months advance notice to vacate. Now, there is nothing in the contract which states that we need to give 3 months notice other than stating that if we leave before the year is out, we have to pay the balance rent. The contract is now over. Can the landlord ask to give 3 months notice & can he force us to sign a new contract??
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]]> By: DA http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait/comment-page-1#comment-61276 DA Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:19:36 +0000 http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait#comment-61276 Thanks guys/gals fr your nice comments esp @DnG :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('61276','DA'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('61276','DA','Thanks guys\/gals fr your nice comments esp @DnG :)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Thanks guys/gals fr your nice comments esp @DnG :)
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]]> By: Drunk'n'Gorgeous http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait/comment-page-1#comment-61277 Drunk'n'Gorgeous Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:33:35 +0000 http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait#comment-61277 I totally agree with what you wrote. About a year ago, I actually wrote a similar article about the rent problem, but it wasn't nearly half as well-written as yours. I'd also like to point out that families are already sharing apartments, rooms even, with others, just to make ends meet. I think it'd be quite cruel to raise the rent even more. The other day I was listening to Marina FM when a caller called in saying that he'd passed by after midnight, and noticed that the lights were still on. He asked them why weren't the lights turned off since the country was going through this whole "crisis". The guy who answered him was like "because we've got the workers sweepin up the place because they can't be cleaning up when there are people around. Also, because new shipments are being unloaded." That, to me, sounds like a load of bull crap. I don't think it takes 6 hours to clean up the place (I mean it's not like people walk around and throw stuff) and it certainly doesn't take that long to unload stuff. It's not like new shipments come in every single day. It's prolly a weekly thing or summat. Point is, they're not doing their part. If everyone chipped in we might actually make it work, but that's just me. I mean as long as nobody is looking into the alternatives, what choice do we have, right? As for the female's curfew law... I try to make it a point, to view things from every angle, but in this case, there just isn't other angle. It's just plain wrong. It's going to cause problems just like the ones you mentioned and many more. <b>My question is can these lawmakers please pass this law so it also applies to Maids working in homes. I believe they are exposed to both hard labour and unnatural working hours.</b> Agreed. At least this way, the helpers get something out of it. Granted, it's not much, but it's something. I think it's just wishful thinking, though. Who is actually going to go around houses, knocking on doors, and checking up on the helpers? After hours, mind you. The helpers would undoubtedly be too scared to actually complain even if they were being worked over-worked so yeah... wishful thinking. <b>I think we might as well be living in Middle Ages</b> Sad but true.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('61277','Drunk\'n\'Gorgeous'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('61277','Drunk\'n\'Gorgeous','I totally agree with what you wrote. About a year ago, I actually wrote a similar article about the rent problem, but it wasn\'t nearly half as well-written as yours. I\'d also like to point out that families are already sharing apartments, rooms even, with others, just to make ends meet. I think it\'d be quite cruel to raise the rent even more.\n\nThe other day I was listening to Marina FM when a caller called in saying that he\'d passed by after midnight, and noticed that the lights were still on. He asked them why weren\'t the lights turned off since the country was going through this whole \"crisis\". The guy who answered him was like \"because we\'ve got the workers sweepin up the place because they can\'t be cleaning up when there are people around. Also, because new shipments are being unloaded.\" That, to me, sounds like a load of bull crap. I don\'t think it takes 6 hours to clean up the place (I mean it\'s not like people walk around and throw stuff) and it certainly doesn\'t take that long to unload stuff. It\'s not like new shipments come in every single day. It\'s prolly a weekly thing or summat. Point is, they\'re not doing their part. If everyone chipped in we might actually make it work, but that\'s just me. I mean as long as nobody is looking into the alternatives, what choice do we have, right?\n\nAs for the female\'s curfew law... I try to make it a point, to view things from every angle, but in this case, there just isn\'t other angle. It\'s just plain wrong. It\'s going to cause problems just like the ones you mentioned and many more.\n\n<b>My question is can these lawmakers please pass this law so it also applies to Maids working in homes. I believe they are exposed to both hard labour and unnatural working hours.<\/b>\n\nAgreed. At least this way, the helpers get something out of it. Granted, it\'s not much, but it\'s something. I think it\'s just wishful thinking, though. Who is actually going to go around houses, knocking on doors, and checking up on the helpers? After hours, mind you. The helpers would undoubtedly be too scared to actually complain even if they were being worked over-worked so yeah... wishful thinking.\n\n<b>I think we might as well be living in Middle Ages<\/b>\nSad but true.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I totally agree with what you wrote. About a year ago, I actually wrote a similar article about the rent problem, but it wasn’t nearly half as well-written as yours. I’d also like to point out that families are already sharing apartments, rooms even, with others, just to make ends meet. I think it’d be quite cruel to raise the rent even more.

The other day I was listening to Marina FM when a caller called in saying that he’d passed by after midnight, and noticed that the lights were still on. He asked them why weren’t the lights turned off since the country was going through this whole “crisis”. The guy who answered him was like “because we’ve got the workers sweepin up the place because they can’t be cleaning up when there are people around. Also, because new shipments are being unloaded.” That, to me, sounds like a load of bull crap. I don’t think it takes 6 hours to clean up the place (I mean it’s not like people walk around and throw stuff) and it certainly doesn’t take that long to unload stuff. It’s not like new shipments come in every single day. It’s prolly a weekly thing or summat. Point is, they’re not doing their part. If everyone chipped in we might actually make it work, but that’s just me. I mean as long as nobody is looking into the alternatives, what choice do we have, right?

As for the female’s curfew law… I try to make it a point, to view things from every angle, but in this case, there just isn’t other angle. It’s just plain wrong. It’s going to cause problems just like the ones you mentioned and many more.

My question is can these lawmakers please pass this law so it also applies to Maids working in homes. I believe they are exposed to both hard labour and unnatural working hours.

Agreed. At least this way, the helpers get something out of it. Granted, it’s not much, but it’s something. I think it’s just wishful thinking, though. Who is actually going to go around houses, knocking on doors, and checking up on the helpers? After hours, mind you. The helpers would undoubtedly be too scared to actually complain even if they were being worked over-worked so yeah… wishful thinking.

I think we might as well be living in Middle Ages
Sad but true.

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]]> By: Muh'd M. Mansour http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait/comment-page-1#comment-61275 Muh'd M. Mansour Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:16:35 +0000 http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait#comment-61275 this unbelievable, everything is going crazy in Kuwait. Kuwait is now is the most expensive country in ME. the what is going on, women just got the right to live normally. The the power issue I heard about it week ago on TV, seriously what....Kuwait have more reliable sources of power, solar power, wind, and sea, its not just oil. Kuwait is going down it lost every thing since the Iraqi invasion in 1990 and is going to lose more by this stupid new lows.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('61275','Muh\'d M. Mansour'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('61275','Muh\'d M. Mansour','this unbelievable, everything is going crazy in Kuwait. Kuwait is now is the most expensive country in ME.\nthe what is going on, women just got the right to live normally.\nThe the power issue I heard about it week ago on TV, seriously what....Kuwait have more reliable sources of power, solar power, wind, and sea, its not just oil.\nKuwait is going down it lost every thing since the Iraqi invasion in 1990 and is going to lose more by this stupid new lows.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> this unbelievable, everything is going crazy in Kuwait. Kuwait is now is the most expensive country in ME.
the what is going on, women just got the right to live normally.
The the power issue I heard about it week ago on TV, seriously what….Kuwait have more reliable sources of power, solar power, wind, and sea, its not just oil.
Kuwait is going down it lost every thing since the Iraqi invasion in 1990 and is going to lose more by this stupid new lows.
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]]> By: Stinni http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait/comment-page-1#comment-61274 Stinni Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:49:18 +0000 http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait#comment-61274 So, what happens to people who are ill during the summer? People who have to plug in asthma machines or dialysis or whatever and there's no electricity - what happens to them? What happens to the infant with a high fever during a power cut? Place them in a tub with cold water and fan them off until the AC comes back on? Oh wait, aren't there going to be water shortages too? What will happen, I'm sure, is that people are going to crank their AC's to even lower temperatures than what they are usually set at, in order to keep their homes/apartments cool enough to get them through the scheduled outages. Makes no sense. Aq8y - Many Kuwaitis don't agree with these things either. What do you suggest for them? Leave? How about fixing problems rather than running away from them?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('61274','Stinni'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('61274','Stinni','So, what happens to people who are ill during the summer? People who have to plug in asthma machines or dialysis or whatever and there\'s no electricity - what happens to them? What happens to the infant with a high fever during a power cut? Place them in a tub with cold water and fan them off until the AC comes back on? Oh wait, aren\'t there going to be water shortages too? What will happen, I\'m sure, is that people are going to crank their AC\'s to even lower temperatures than what they are usually set at, in order to keep their homes\/apartments cool enough to get them through the scheduled outages. Makes no sense.\n\nAq8y - Many Kuwaitis don\'t agree with these things either. What do you suggest for them? Leave? How about fixing problems rather than running away from them?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> So, what happens to people who are ill during the summer? People who have to plug in asthma machines or dialysis or whatever and there’s no electricity – what happens to them? What happens to the infant with a high fever during a power cut? Place them in a tub with cold water and fan them off until the AC comes back on? Oh wait, aren’t there going to be water shortages too? What will happen, I’m sure, is that people are going to crank their AC’s to even lower temperatures than what they are usually set at, in order to keep their homes/apartments cool enough to get them through the scheduled outages. Makes no sense.

Aq8y – Many Kuwaitis don’t agree with these things either. What do you suggest for them? Leave? How about fixing problems rather than running away from them?

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]]> By: JingleBells http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait/comment-page-1#comment-61281 JingleBells Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:18:45 +0000 http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait#comment-61281 hehehe...I guess we can will have home-delivery service for beauticians too now. These laws suck<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('61281','JingleBells'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('61281','JingleBells','hehehe...I guess we can will have home-delivery service for beauticians too now. These laws suck'); return false;">Quote</a></div> hehehe…I guess we can will have home-delivery service for beauticians too now. These laws suck
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]]> By: NotAQ8Y http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait/comment-page-1#comment-61280 NotAQ8Y Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:16:19 +0000 http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait#comment-61280 @Aq8y : Who will do your work if expats leave this country?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('61280','NotAQ8Y'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('61280','NotAQ8Y','@Aq8y : Who will do your work if expats leave this country?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Aq8y : Who will do your work if expats leave this country?
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]]> By: Aq8y http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait/comment-page-1#comment-61279 Aq8y Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:56:30 +0000 http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait#comment-61279 Well these rules look reasonable to me... if the expatriates are unhappy about these then...they should just - PACK up and LEAVE.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('61279','Aq8y'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('61279','Aq8y','Well these rules look reasonable to me... if the expatriates are unhappy about these then...they should just - PACK up and LEAVE.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Well these rules look reasonable to me… if the expatriates are unhappy about these then…they should just – PACK up and LEAVE.
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]]> By: The Aggressor http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait/comment-page-1#comment-61278 The Aggressor Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:31:55 +0000 http://www.chillnite.com/are-we-moving-to-middle-ages-in-kuwait#comment-61278 I totally agree with you on the rent thing! I'm paying what amounts to a starting salary for some new job market entrants just to stay close to the family home, thanks to our excellent transportation system! It's ridiculous to release women's protection laws when even basics like consumer protection isn't even in the radar screen of any MP! Apparently, they don't consider their family to be deserving of this right, nor anyone else for that matter!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('61278','The Aggressor'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('61278','The Aggressor','I totally agree with you on the rent thing! I\'m paying what amounts to a starting salary for some new job market entrants just to stay close to the family home, thanks to our excellent transportation system!\n\nIt\'s ridiculous to release women\'s protection laws when even basics like consumer protection isn\'t even in the radar screen of any MP! Apparently, they don\'t consider their family to be deserving of this right, nor anyone else for that matter!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I totally agree with you on the rent thing! I’m paying what amounts to a starting salary for some new job market entrants just to stay close to the family home, thanks to our excellent transportation system!

It’s ridiculous to release women’s protection laws when even basics like consumer protection isn’t even in the radar screen of any MP! Apparently, they don’t consider their family to be deserving of this right, nor anyone else for that matter!

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