Jun 30, 2006
Carry your own bags
In Emirates Today yesterday there was a photograph of Julia Roberts apparently getting help from some guy with carrying some bags to her car.
The caption read:
We worry about celebrities sometimes. What would they do without flunkeys, hangers on and bag carriers. Here Pretty Woman actress Julia Roberts is helped with her groceries by a kind man. But why? You’re not pregnant, disabled and you don’t have your arms full. Carry your own bags! At least she gave him a smile and a tip.
Now how many people in the UAE carry their own groceries to from the checkout to their car? Not many I can tell you. There’s always some guy available who - sometimes too eagerly - packs your groceries into bags and starts carrying them for you expecting a tip. So why complain about Julia when few people in the UAE carry their own bags?