Thursday, November 21, 2013

The oddness of Riyadh: the place and the people (part 2).

Here is the next colourful instalment in the rich tapestry of Tefl weirdoes from Saudi Arabia. I was quite relieved to find out that I don't feature amongst them!


Mr.K (1)
A retiring Brit who spent nearly 15 years in Saudi camped in front of the TV. Never a day went by without him roundly cursing the place and its people. He was saving up to buy a house in Bulgaria, but sadly died before he could move in, meaning that he died full of personal misery, having been unable to appreciate the fruits of his labour. 

Mr.T
A strange Canadian who went to bed at 6pm daily so that he could wake and exercise at 4am the following day when it was not yet hot. He would frequently boast about the $5000 carbon fibre wheels on his triathlon bike, but was less sure about why he had never won a single event, even though he only ever competed in events with just a handful of entrants. 

Mr. K (2)
An Irishman with a propensity to throw chairs through windows after consuming illegal hooch during in-house karaoke sessions. Whilst in work he gained the reputation for being a compulsive liar and having a reluctance to admit that he didn’t really have the qualifications he said he had, owing to the fact that he hadn’t finished the courses he embarked on.

Mr. D
A diminutive Welshman with a large appetite for alcohol and whoring. He had been employed in various (in)capacities at virtually all colleges in the city, and legend had it that he once lasted more than one term at the same place. Dismissed (many times) for turning up for work roaring drunk, he was finally ordered to leave the country – only to be refused boarding the plane, due to his advanced state of inebriation. Last heard of in China, having married a Chinese prostitute.

‘Dr’ Y
A tall American who arrived to work as a ‘counsellor’, owing to his PhD in Psychology. He expressed a great interest in the welfare of the local whores, and spent most evenings acquainting himself with the city’s brothels. He took out an enormous loan after just a few months, and then promptly left the country on a pretext. Never returned.

Coming next: the big two!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sandy, there's no need to go all the way to Saudi to find alcohol-addicted weirdo Teflers. Just take a look around any staff room in the UK (hic!).

Perhaps Mr Frederickson could help us here too, he being quite partial of encounters with tarts and such, eh?

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AND not 1 of 'em cd USE a fountain PEN!
UNLIKE yours troooooly!...?...!

havin a good DAY, chavSTers???

Windsor Swindler said...

Are you off the meds again, Mr Lowe?

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Anonymous said...

A lady friend told me to get more in the spirit of Christmas. So I decided to have a pint of beer with Paul Lowe if I met him:I'd have the beer and Paul Lowe could have the glass round his head.