14 December 2006

Family Night In Saudi Arabia

Last night (Wednesday night in Jeddah and therefore the same as Friday night in the rest of the world) we went to Chili's for dinner. Neither of us had eaten there before, either here in Saudi or elsewhere, so we thought we'd give it a try. We got to the singles entrance (can't go into the Family entrance as where the women eat is separate from the single men ... this is to protect the women and prevent lasciviousness I guess).

Of course, single women and married couples can go into the family section so you work that out.

Anyway, we went to the singles entrance and it was closed. The family entrance was open. We then walked up to the road to Ruby Tuesday's. There was at least a sign there on the singles entrance saying "Wednesday Night is Family Night" - so only single women, and married couples (with or without children) can go. It sucks.

We then walked on to TGI Friday's which was open for families AND singles and ate there.

We then decided that we would not eat at Chili's, or at Ruby Tuesday, because of their ill treatment of singles (er, men not accompanied by their wives) at any time and will positively encourage all those we know not to eat there either.

Friday's, on the other hand, gets our full support ... and our dinner Riyals (unless of course they are closed tonight for "Family Night").

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