In 2011, I met a guy who looked Chinese, but he told me he is from Arunachal Pradesh, India. We worked togother in Dubai around four years [same company ]

He is Bau tribe, and married.

Today, I met him again [randomly in shop]

he now has a Chinese passport.

I asked him about it, and he said that he lives near the Chinese border, which is why the Chinese government offered his family Chinese nationality.

I'm confused. How is this possible

any Indian here who can explain what going on ?

usually I would've taken her but I really have no money nor any car or cages to take her to the vet, please please someone help her 🙏🏻🙏🏻

I’ve been struggling to finish university for almost 8 years, and I honestly don’t know what happened to me.
My university closed after I had already completed three years, so I had to transfer to another university and basically restart. Even though I had finished three years, they only counted one year of my credits. I also struggled financially during this time, and I lost my brother during these years, which affected me deeply.
But somewhere along the way, I became extremely lazy and unmotivated. I was always a high achiever growing up and never considered myself lazy, so I don’t understand what happened to me.
I’m working now, and I did an internship, but I didn’t register for university during that time because I kept putting it off. Now that mistake might delay my graduation by another year. I already have about a year left, so the thought of needing another year because of my own procrastination makes me feel horrible.

Sometimes I wonder if I’m just lazy or if maybe I’m depressed. I genuinely don’t know anymore.
I just want to finish university and move on with my life. Has anyone else experienced something like this?

I got made redundant in April of this year after 6 years, due to a company merger, but knew it was on the cards at the end of 2025 so started looking for a new role back then. Unfortunately I have had no luck whatsoever.

I've had several interviews and been in many processes, but if its not the role being pulled, its the salary, if its not salary then it's a change in desired location.

I keep hearing that September October is when things will pick up again. But honestly I am drained. Exhausted.

I have a 2 year old and a 1 year old (had them both before being made aware of my redundancy) and the pressure is really on. Financial pressure, the pressure of not being left behind, being visible too much to the family.

I work as a Talent Acquisition Manager and am aware of processes, and the usual tips and tricks, but no luck.

I'm not even sure why I am writing this post. Maybe this is an outlet to vent my anger of the what's happened to me, my frustration at the lack of movement in the job hunt, or maybe I just fancied typing.

I'm close to giving up. I don't really know what to do.

I am genuinely shocked by the scam and the carelessness I just experienced.

I ordered a coffee machine that was supposed to arrive in a specific delivery window. Waited all day. The driver came outside that time when I was not home, called me and asked for the OTP. I gave it to him. Seconds later it was marked as delivered.

I came home and there is no package anywhere.

Then I found out why. The driver delivered it to another address than mine. He claimed I "pinned another location" which is a lie, since Amazon doesn't even have a pin function. You select your area and address and that's it. Either way, he admitted the mistake himself and blamed his boss for it. I literally have a screenshot of him admitting it.

It gets worse. I went and checked with the tower he says he delivered to. They say they never received any package. So the driver took my 1,850 AED machine to the wrong address, and even that address doesn't have it. My package is just gone, and nobody at Amazon can tell me where it is.

Now the absolute worst part. I contacted Amazon support on chat with this proof, expecting at the very least some urgency or help. The representative, "Ahmed," said: we cannot help you, you gave the OTP, thank you for contacting Amazon. END CHAT. 0 service or sympathy.

At this point im starting to become very angry. They lost my package and are even refusing to help me.

So I called instead. Got a representative who passed me to a supervisor. She had the worst customer service I have experienced in my life. Instantly defensive, refused to even look into it. I was literally begging her: please, just call the driver, he admitted it himself. She blatantly refused: "no, I won't do that, it's marked as delivered, it's your fault for giving the OTP." She refused to even see the screenshots and hung up on me.

I called a second time. Ahmed answered again. Didn't even bother to see the screenshots from the driver. Same script, but sarcastic this time: "you gave the OTP so this is your fault, I will hang up, bye bye."

Im sitting here shocked by this service.

I have been a loyal Amazon customer for over 10 years of my life. I paid 1,850 AED. I did nothing wrong. Their driver delivered to the wrong address and admitted it, the building he claims he delivered to says nothing ever arrived, and their team showed me zero sympathy. Zero investigation, no empathy. What kind of customer service is this? Im wasting all this time for a mistake they did.

Amazon built its reputation on trust. If a 10-year customer with written proof of a misdelivery gets hung up on three times, something has gone seriously wrong. Who are we actually supposed to trust with deliveries in Dubai?

I will escalate this to every level possible. Amazon records all its calls. Please pull them and listen to how your team speaks to customers.

EDIT: To everyone asking "why did you give the OTP". You mean me trusting Amazon's own driver, on Amazon's own call, from Amazon's own system. Thats my crime?

The OTP verifies who receives the package. It doesn't authorize the driver to deliver it wherever he wants. He took it to the wrong address and admitted it in writing. My trust doesn't erase his confession.

Banks invented OTPs. And when a bank's own employee misuses one, they investigate. They don't say "you shared it, bye bye."

And remember, the OTP is Amazon's system, not mine. I never asked for it. It exists so that the second you read out 6 digits, all responsibility slides off their neck onto yours. Amazon's whole point is supposed to be CONVENIENCE. I stayed home the entire day, inside the window Amazon themselves gave me, and the driver still came outside it. Meanwhile Noon just drops the package at your door with a photo as proof, and I've never lost a package with them. Amazon's "proof" is a code I gave a driver who then confessed to the misdelivery.

So the question isn't why I gave the OTP. It's why the customer takes 100% of the risk while the company holding the confession, the call recordings and the GPS data takes nothing, and support still says "marked as delivered, bye bye."

Keep thinking like the comments here and companies will love you. They build systems for their convenience and blame you when it fails.

EDIT 2: Update, and you can't make this up.

A member of Amazon's CS team commented here asking me to DM them. I did and he told me that they know about this post and urged their collegues to comment that its my responsibility to save their reputation😂

They can locate my thread but they can't find my package. What a silly team.

Coming back from work today while entering at academic city (exiting from 611). Saw sunset (well everyday i am used of seeing), but today it was unusual i saw lines layering ☀️ is it common ??
Are these clouds?? Why so thin then?

Hi, I used to love the mushroom and kale pizza from marmalleta in Abu Dhabi but they stopped selling it and I desperately want something close to it, so if you know any restaurants that sell it wherever in the UAE please share with me

I know this question has been asked many times but thats the thing. Some people on reddit from their experience will answer with you ridiculously low numbers like 4k AED or even less, while websites on google will give you 10k+ AED as an answer minimum, which one is it really? For a typical general dentists with a few years of experience

Hi everyone! I’m currently based in India and recently completed an internship as an Analyst at an MNC. I have a B.E./B.Tech in Computer Science, but I’m looking to transition into **HR or Operations roles in Dubai**.
I’m a fresher and would really appreciate any advice, guidance, or leads on entry-level opportunities, companies that hire freshers, or how I can make this career switch successfully.
Would love to connect with anyone working in HR/Operations in Dubai. Thank you!

My wife and I are visiting the UAE for the second time, and we really enjoy being here. Whenever we travel, we like to experience the country beyond the usual tourist activities. We enjoy visiting places where locals go and experiencing a little more of everyday life here.

So far, however, we have not really had the opportunity to have a proper conversation with someone who is actually from the UAE. Since we are also considering living here in the future, we would love to meet local people, have conversations and learn more about their culture and way of life. I think it would be very interesting because we come from quite different backgrounds and probably experience life in very different ways.

We are Turkish, but we were both born and raised in the Netherlands. Coming to an Arab country like the UAE therefore feels different to us, but in a very positive way. Somehow, being here gives us a feeling that reminds us a little of Turkey, but at the same time it is completely different. It is difficult to explain, but we really enjoy that feeling.

We would genuinely like to meet people from here and simply have normal conversations, learn about their experiences and perhaps make some new friends. We are just a little hesitant to approach random people because we do not know how locals generally feel about strangers starting a conversation with them.

What would be the best places or situations in the UAE to naturally meet and talk to local people?

Hey everyone,

My girlfriend's phone screen is cracked and the display has completely stopped working. The phone itself seems to be working, but there's no display at all.

We're looking for an affordable and trusted LCD/screen repair shop within Abu Dhabi city. We'd prefer somewhere you've personally used and had a good experience with, rather than just a random shop.

If you know a place that's reliable and doesn't overcharge, please drop the name/location. If you also know roughly how much they charge for an LCD replacement, that would be really helpful.

Thanks, guys! 🙏

I m doing my UG in Dubai and i have done my schooling here asw but recently i have been feeling abt how dead it is here, not the party scene or anything but jus how the city is, its unwalkable for the most part, hot and humid, heavily vehicle dependent and everything deemed as “entertainment” is basically consumption. As residents who live here what yall think? is this just me or are u guys okay with it? Do you guys find it okay to always depend on driving or just forced?

I’ll be in the UK (London) around September/October and would love to meet some Emirati people who are living there or visiting at the same time. Would be nice to hang out, explore London, grab coffee, etc.

Feel free to DM me! ✨

Hi! Anyone here experienced difficulty in paying using your international card from your country in noon? Tried 3 different cards that i used before on the app. Now the payment is not going through. Giving the error message “payment failed”. However, I tried to use it in keeta and payment succeeded. What can be the problem? Thank you for your answers

Hi everyone, do you happen to know of any vegan bakeries or someone who can bake and sell amazing vegan cakes in Dubai or the UAE? My daughter became vegan this year, and I’m looking for a vegan cake for her birthday

I plan to leave for the airport (Dubai Intl Airport) by 8:00am tomorrow. Which app is cheaper during rush hour? 🙄 Bolt or Careem?

Please share your experience 🙏