Recently, I entered a gas station, where there was a clerk who wore a headscarf. I had to ask if there was a bathroom. She didn't speak. She only slowly shook her head in answer to my question. It made me wonder if there was a proper way for a man to act towards such women.
2007-02-20 09:20:02 · 11 answers · asked by okonomiyaki 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
you should act the same way you act to a woman not wearing a scarf.
2007-02-20 09:23:28 · answer #1 · answered by Shelly t 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She sounds rude to me, treat her the same way you would any other woman, or man for that matter. A head scarf doesn't make her special.
2007-02-20 11:47:39 · answer #2 · answered by barefoot_always 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
by using non secular custom. it is not any distinctive from Western women human beings having to conceal up breast-feeding of toddlers, or having to costume up for events or positioned on uniforms whilst required (they are not loose to positioned on casually in many artwork positions until eventually they desire to get fired.) Freedom is subjective. while you're used to the custom, then the different cultures seem extra stifling.
2016-09-29 09:36:35 · answer #3 · answered by gloyd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm all for diversity, but there still have to be common rules for dealing with people in situations like this. And in the West, the rule is that you're expected to speak to store personnel, male or female, when you need help, and they are expected to answer. She was the one who needs to learn the rules.
2007-02-20 10:26:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, there is a proper way to relate. In her country woman are second class citizens and are thus treated in a manner that we would see and demeaning and disrespectful. However, to her, it is a treatment that is expected and respected. Your "no offence" ignorant mannerisms may have offended her. In her country she would of been quickly spat upon as a means of examplifying her unwantedness in a "gas station". This is where only men should be. Such a question would not be asked of her in a typical situation. And in doing so, you have not treated her as per her religous and social beliefs, incidentally...insulting her.
2007-02-20 09:36:27 · answer #5 · answered by newfoundlander 1 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Just like anyone else is the way i've always done it, though the occasions have been few.
2007-02-20 09:23:58 · answer #6 · answered by jleslie4585 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that ***** should not be working there-you are a customer and this is america- a free world-islam is not a major religion and why should you act different towards a towel head as suppose to a typical american woman-you asked a simple question , you were not harassing her about her ****** up reglion, she should have answered your question straight and if this was me -i would have complained to management!
2007-02-20 13:33:24 · answer #7 · answered by amanda 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Sounds like you did fine.
2007-02-20 09:24:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think the scarf had anything to do with it. More her own rudeness.
You did fine as long as you said please and thank you.
2007-02-20 13:35:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is flu season...perhaps her throat was sore.
People are people.
2007-02-20 12:20:39 · answer #10 · answered by Reinvention 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋