Things people do that annoy you

[DubaiSis]

My current list of annoyances is vast and may not be fully appreciated by the rest of you.
1 - and this is a biggy - I hate when people won't give you bad news. How this applies in my every day life is there are cultures represented here in Dubai who would personally rather be thrown into a pit of rattlesnakes as opposed to giving you bad news of any kind. That bad news might be no, they don't know where the milk is in the grocery store, or you have cancer. A friend of mine dealt with this. They had to move back to England to be given a valid diagnosis when based on what the doctor was actually saying, he probably knew and just couldn't spit it out. Seriously. Obviously the first example comes up more frequently, and this is how it works.
me: Can you tell me what ink cartridges this printer requires?
store clerk: Let me get someone who works in printers. (and then walks away, clearly not seeking out anyone to assist me).
me: Can I have this dish without ghee?
waiter: Yes ma'am (dish comes drowning in ghee)

2-things being almost, but not quite awesome. My husband and I call it 90%. Everything in Dubai is 90% awesome, but the 10% they miss on makes it completely frustrating. Example: Dubai is a car culture. There is a good metro and bus system but in general you have to drive to get to most places, and everyone has at least one car. The apartment buildings all have parking garages and that's awesome. But there is virtually no street parking and NO visitor parking in any buildings. There's a hotel next door to our building. It's a great hotel, nice restaurants, couple night clubs, taxis always at the ready. And no valet and about 20 parking spaces. And again, no street parking ANYWHERE in this neighborhood. I keep thinking my building should rent them parking spaces in our building for valet (they actually provided ABUNDANT parking in the underground garages that are unused) but that would bring it up to 100% and we can't have that.

OK, that's enough of my "what's annoying me about Dubai today" rant.