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    Observer Strange Desired Unexpected
    Observer Strange Desired Unexpected
    Observer Strange Desired Unexpected
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    Observer Strange Desired Unexpected

    By Abdulilah Hamadi

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    Life is full of strange, amazing, funny and unexpected situations and people, all we need is a little bit of observation, but indeed a lot of thinking and analyzing to get the whole picture. If you are missing some parts, it is just like seeing a triangle while it is a pyramid.

    I still remember very well an old story about a newly married couple who moved into a new neighborhood where the wife kept seeing the neighbor hanging washing outside. It was not very clean, until the day that her husband cleaned their windows and suddenly she said, Oh, now they learned how to wash correctly.

    It was their windows and not the neighbor’s way of washing to blame.

    This book is meant to open your mind and make you think on the big picture in life. It is about how we sometimes just see a part of the picture, thinking it is a whole one.
    You may think that the content sometimes is hard to believe but it is real, only names have been changed.

    And after all you will smile, laugh or cry.

    Note: 50% of the profits will be donated to Unicef.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbdulilah Hamadi
    Release dateDec 19, 2014
    ISBN9781310560545
    Observer Strange Desired Unexpected
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    Abdulilah Hamadi

    An academic living in Sweden. He is also the author of Your Guide To Understanding OTHERS. Dr.Hamadi is a seasoned traveler who has studied cultural differences and compiled the content of this book from both his own experience as an observer and from his international contacts.He is believing in international networking and one of his favourite hobbies is meeting new people, writing and talking about Cultural differences.

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      Observer Strange Desired Unexpected - Abdulilah Hamadi

      OBSERVER

      Strange Desired Unexpected

      By Abdulilah Hamadi

      Copyright © 2015 Abdulilah Hamadi

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without a prior written permission.

      Illustrations by: Ali Hamadi

      Cover design: Abdulilah Hamadi

      Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1: Work

      Chapter 2: Outside

      Chapter 3: Health

      Chapter 4: Food and drinks

      Chapter 5: Education

      Chapter 6: Inside

      Chapter 7: Crime and damages

      About the author

      Introduction

      Life is full of strange, amazing, funny and unexpected situations and people, all we need is a little bit of observation, but indeed a lot of thinking and analyzing to get the whole picture. If you are missing some parts, it is just like seeing a triangle while it is a pyramid.

      I still remember very well an old story about a newly married couple who moved into a new neighborhood where the wife kept seeing the neighbor hanging washing outside. It was not very clean, until the day that her husband cleaned their windows and suddenly she said, Oh, now they learned how to wash correctly.

      It was their windows and not the neighbor’s way of washing to blame.

      This book is meant to open your mind and make you think on the big picture in life. It is about how we sometimes just see a part of the picture, thinking it is a whole one.

      You may think that the content sometimes is hard to believe but it is real, only names have been changed.

      And after all you will smile, laugh or cry.

      This book is based on my own observations, including seven chapters.

      Chapter Work covers observations from the work environment, or related to business and money.

      Chapter Education covers observations related to education in schools, colleges, and education centers.

      Chapter Outside covers observations outside buildings, such as streets, gardens, forest, beaches.

      Chapter Inside covers observations at home, at the airport, in buses, taxis, hotels, bookshops, etc.

      Chapter Health covers observations on hospitals, health care centers, and general health related matters.

      Chapter Food and Drinks covers observations related to food and drinks.

      Chapter Crime and Damages covers observations related to damages or crime.

      While a picture is worth thousands of words, I have used an image for each story in this book.

      Finally I want to thank everyone who has helped me to gather information for this book.

      A special thanks to Ali & Hamzah Hamadi for their innovative illustrations ideas.

      Chapter 1: Work

      This chapter covers observations in the work environment, or related to business and money.

      Key person’s son

      I never imagined that this could happen in Sweden, and in a well-known international company—and especially when the company was facing economic problems.

      The company was facing serious economic problems and was laying off employees who were experienced engineers, and other highly educated staff. At this time, the employees of a department were surprised to receive an order from their direct boss to take care of a new employee. They were told that it was important that this person feel comfortable. Nevertheless, this did not necessarily seem very strange, as he may have had a really high competency that was desperately needed.

      The surprise was that Jonathan was a young boy who had just finished his high school. Everyone was waiting; he must be a genius.

      On his first day on the job he just sat and surfed the internet; the next day he was playing online games; the day after he was chatting all day. Put simply, he did nothing more than enjoy himself. What a perfect, well paid job he got; in addition, he got extra benefits such as courses in Japan. One of the employees could not stand that and spoke to his direct boss about the situation.

      The boss said: Sorry, you all have to make him feel comfortable and satisfied, otherwise we are all at risk of losing our positions; his father is a key person in the company, and he recommended him to work here.

      I said to my friend: Then it is not strange that the company is facing economic problems. If there are more key persons like this one, the company will soon be in bankruptcy. Dear friend, find another job.

      Anger Phone Service

      When I met Clemens in Germany, the first question I got as a start of conversation was, What do you do if you boil with anger?

      I don’t know: maybe go somewhere and shout loudly, and that was exactly what he wanted to hear to explain his idea of creating what he called a hate hotline. His business idea was simply using a paid service where anyone can talk smack to their opponent at the other end of the line for 1.49 Euros per minute.

      I was curious to know more, and, to be honest, he was very generous to tell me some interesting statistics such as that the most callers are men between the ages of 28 and 38.

      The most interesting thing for me was where the idea had initially come from. He told me that in the beginning of his career he had a boss who used to go to the big refrigerator and swear loudly at everyone and everything.

      But after all it is all about cultural behavior. A spontaneous comment I heard from a Russian guest in the same place: Don’t pay; just swear.

      Forex Dress

      When Jessica told me about a dress that varied in price depending on forex, I didn’t quite understood what she meant. I made my mind on all possible answers, but I failed. She told me, You will see by your own eyes in next week’s party.

      To be honest, I couldn’t wait, but I had no choice.

      At the party, I saw it, and it

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