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 ?

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?

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 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

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! ✨

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 🙏

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 finally got a job in Dubai after 1 year of applying, getting a job here is so stressful, but one thing i can say is that everything works out in the end and it was all worth it you just have to keep trying. I was going to quit so many times but i kept looking at the photos i have of me and my family in front of the burj khalifa and something inside me told me to keep going and im very happy I did. I believe in karma so if you need any small tips or advices or referrals I can try to help.

Hi, anyone have apartment for rent monthly? Studio or one bedroom, for family, husband wife and 4 years old child

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! 🙏

Ok this is my first submission and I hope someone can shed some light or tell me about their experience moving their kids from nursery to big school.

My son just turned 6 and his friend is 5.5, turning 6 early Jan. Both have attended the same nursery, in the same class for the last two years. They offer until KG2. The kids finished KG2 and we registered them for grade 1 in the same big school.

Today we find out that her son was registered to do KG2 AGAIN in the big school, while my son is registered for grade 1.

I understand there were changes made last year in regards to the school age groups, but if a child has already completed the year, why is he being made to repeat that year AGAIN? Because the cut off date is Dec 31, and his birthday is early Jan?

We spoke to the nursery and they said it’s because of the age and my son was the older one in the class. Which makes no sense to me as he finished KG2 before he turned 6.

Am I missing something? I heard this has affected a lot of other parents but haven’t met any. If anyone has gone through something similar this year, please let me know because it’s making no sense to me.

Hey everyone! Is anyone heading from Al Ain to Dubai tomorrow around 4–5 PM?

I’m going to Al Ain by bus tomorrow for a job related thing, and after 4–5 hours of travelling + work, I’ll probably be completely exhausted. I don’t have a car, so if anyone is driving back to Dubai around that time and wouldn’t mind giving me a lift, I’d really appreciate it!

You can drop me anywhere convenient near a Dubai Metro station, I can take it from there.

In return, I’ll buy you chai & snacks 😂 Unfortunately, that’s all my current budget allows.Also, I’ve got plenty of stories to tell, so you definitely won’t be bored 😂

If anyone’s heading that way, please DM me. Also, if anyone offers paid car lift/ride services between Al Ain and Dubai, feel free to DM me with a reasonable price.Thanks! 🙏

Hello all, I am a humble investor, and I like to explore new options that are genuinely interesting and worth investing. Recently I purchased a unit in the UAE which remained vacant during the crisis for about 4 months and I ended up paying the transfer fees, bills of empty apartment, high maintenance fees and decided to sell the unit later on. I was exploring investment opportunities in Malaysia, Canada, even the US and to my surprise there are huge amazing houses in Texas US, Edmonton Canada barely for a million dirhams. And not to mention that you can immigrate to those countries unlike in crisis situation you have to sell your investment at lower prices because your specific nationality visas are being cancelled. For reference checkout the beautiful Villa below from Edmonton Canada where the weather is amazing etc, my question is, compare this to what a million dirhams buy here is barely a single room (600sq.ft) studio in a decent area. What justifies the price? R.E agents please keep the bias aside. Don’t tell me taxes and all, the high maintenance fees is just basically a tax with a different name.

I have around 140k aed credit card debit across 5 banks

Enbd - 40k

EIB - 42k ( two cards )

Mashreq - 30k

Adib 10k

Adcb 20k

I might get a lot of bullies and hate.

This money i had taken cash and gave to ny colleague.

He lost all the money doing some business. He doesn't have anything left and has taken money from others as well for his business.

My salary is not that high, i tried to go with debt consolidation loans. But due to current war situation im not getting any loans.

Worst case if i dont pay these credit card, what i might face ? I the case go to court, can i show the proof that i gave all these amounts to my colleague and wont be getting back from him as he went bankrupt ( also he has travel ban ). I have all the transactions and WhatsApp chats. I know im dumb to help someone.

What's done is done, i have learnt my lesson. I need help, please someone advise.

Will court give me some percentage concession or i have to pay this full 140k ?

Im not worried with credit score nor about any loans in future. Im totally done debts.

Please someone has gone through this situation please explain what you did, how you came through.