Please note that the observations below are based on my personal experience. They do not reflect the views of any organization, employer, company, or other contributors to this blog.
- Cars with a lamed (ל) on top are student drivers. Avoid them at all costs.
- Agorot coins (the equivalent of cents) are heavy and loud in your pocket. They are also useless.
- Women with Erykah Badu head-wraps are very religious and very impatient at bus stops.
- Low wage work is typically done by Arabs and Ethiopians.
- When the traffic light turns yellow, start driving forward or you’ll get honked at.
- A falafel sandwich without pickles and french fries inside is not worth eating.
- Don’t start a conversation (in Hebrew) that you can’t finish. It doesn’t take long to exhaust the phrases and words you’ve learned.
- Food spoils faster here than it does in the States. Oh, and the U.S. is known as the States here.
- Driving to the mall is a pain, no matter where you live.
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Bev and Co. Hi!! Love the blog. Important going forward. French Fries, as you know, are “Cheeps”, do not refer to them as French Fries, or people will think unkind thought towards you. Also, Pickles are “Hah-mootzim”, again, less important but good to know. Overall though, excellent blog!! Love to everyone!!
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“Women with Erykah Badu head-wraps are very religious and very impatient at bus stops.” I’m dying 😂😂😂😂
There are also populations of East Asian and Filipino workers usually in low-wage, under the table work. Do you find that to be the case?
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A few weeks ago there was a group of people in Gan Sacher having a picnic and playing a boombox, which struck me as unusual. I was told that they were short-term workers from the Philippines. Not sure what kind of work they do here (it was Saturday), but I don’t think there were any children in the group (consistent with short-term status).
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