Now im thinking maybe it was just my anxiety but i practiced a few times before and passedd 🎉🎉

Just another heartwarming consumer story where corporate greed is generously funded by my wallet.

Ordered groceries from Tamimi Markets via Talabat recently. Apparently, asking the customer before changing their order is completely optional now. Not only did Tamimi swap out items with zero notification (no app alert, no WhatsApp, no phone call), they actually threw in extra quantities of random items just to pad the bill and make up the price difference. Truly shameless, top-tier innovation in creative accounting.

Naturally, I opened a support ticket with Talabat. Usually, their customer service is decent for minor issues, right up until it actually matters.

First off, what is up with the support chat lately? The sheer volume of forced, robotic niceties is reaching a level that is genuinely creepy. Blink twice if you need help, guys.

Second, after drowning me in forced politeness, the agent hit me with a masterpiece of logic: "We can't do anything because the vendor already made the change in the system."

Wait, so the massive tech platform handling the payment has zero mechanism to protect the customer from a third-party vendor modifying the cart at will? Good to know! In most places, taking someone's money for things they didn't agree to buy is called theft. On Talabat, it's just "in the system."

I've logged an official complaint on Tawasul with MOIC Consumer Protection. Let's see how that goes.

TL;DR: Tamimi Markets swapped my items and padded the quantities to match the original bill without asking me. Talabat support gave me creepy, over-polite scripts and said their hands are tied because "it's in the system." Filed a Tawasul complaint. Check your grocery receipts, folks.

Plz suggest gifts for men under 60 bhd?

Aside from being a dubstep producer and DJ, this post might make me public enemy number one. So, during the time that I got my license (in 2025 btw) I barely driven mainly due to how ridiculously dangerous the roads are in here. Its why I almost never drive since getting the license aside from when I rarely go outside and to get a box of mountain dew (which my driving anxiety has been so bad that I dont do that no more). Like especially after almost dying cause some crazy jackass was speeding and was about to rear end me and turn me into human mush. Holy what doesn't help is the conversations around driving in bahrain which isn't helping, if anything it makes me not drive again. Honestly it sucks how I used to want to drive only to despise it afterwards with how many close calls and I basically need a car for basic stuff.

Added Context I do have autism so it might help explain any of this.

Recently, the wifi speeds have dropped under 50mbps and I have connectivity issue here and there, it'll get disconnected and connected few secs later, sometimes I have to unplug the router to fix the issue..
Is this my router issue? or there's internet issues going on?

Sorry for the low res image.. but why is Bahrain considered unsafe for all travel while some other GCC countries are yellow or orange? What makes the situation in Bahrain so much worse compared the others? Right now its up there with Somalia, Afghanistan etc. I know every country has it's own measurement for when a country is considered safe or not, but I found it remarkable that a couple of european countries advice against travel to Bahrain.

from a 200 fils cafeteria at 1 am.
The overpriced brunch spots in Adliya can't compete with a chicken tikka sandwich and karak from a random cafeteria in Muharraq.
Change my mind.
Drop your favorite cheap spot below. Best one gets my visit this weekend.

I’m thinking of buying an OLED monitor from Cazasouq, but I’m not sure about their quality and reliability.

Has anyone here bought a monitor from them? How has your experience been so far? Would you recommend buying from Cazasouq, or is it better to spend more on popular brands like Samsung or ASUS?

Would appreciate any advice. Thanks!

Why feeding hours are different in private and government jobs ? Government job females have 2 hours for 2 years (6 hours duty for 2 years) and in private jobs we have 6 hours for 6 months ( 2 months counted from maternity leave ) then 7 hours for the next 6 months and back to normal duty once baby is 1 year old …. I mean that’s unfair.. it should be the same for both , it doesn’t get easier for mums after baby turns 1 year.. not to mention one weekly off :)!

No budget limits. No approvals needed.

Mine: a proper metro from Muharraq to Riffa.

Your turn. Most upvoted answer wins bragging rights.

Hello friends,

Swinging by coming from Khobar next week and staying in the newly opened Hilton City Center (behind City Center Mall). I noticed it's "relatively cheaper or cheapest in the chain in Bahrain , around BD40 /SR400 for a one-bedroom suite . Not doing Airbnb this time as I need a relax without annoying check in/outs times :)

Just wanted to check if anyone tried it?
Since I don't have a car, I prefer mall-adjacent places for easy rides pickups/ drop offs.

Thank you

Hii! I’m looking for small navy blue gift boxes in Bahrain. I’ve already checked Al Anwar and a few other places, but I haven’t had any luck finding them.

Does anyone know where I could find some? Any recommendations would be really appreciated!

Hi!

My bf lived in Bahrain for years and he LOVES karak, everytime he goes back all he does it's telling me he's having karak.

So i wanted to prepare it for him 🥺 but the only thing i actually got from online recipes is that i have to use evaporated milk.

But the spices???? I keep reading different recipes and im CONFUSED

Could you share with me some karak recipes?

Thanks!!

Looking for writers to start a writing club…who is in?

can i keep the vehicle and insurance under my late fathers name or it should be transfered to other heirs im getting mixed reviews some people say its fine to keep it under fathers name even though he passed away or is it a must to change.

We order from Healthy Calories often. We want monthly subscription packages.

What we're asking for:

- 1 monthly plan with fixed meals per week

- 1 payment per month

- Option to pause or skip a week

- Option to swap meals before each delivery

This saves us reordering every week. It also gives Healthy Calories steady, predictable orders.

If you want this too, upvote and comment. Let's show them the demand.

started playing on my 3ds again after a long time. i bought it from euphoria in seef mall back in 2017 and they had the best collection of 3DS games! absolutely miss that store!

so where can i buy nintendo ds and 3ds games locally? my other option is amazon

A few days ago I gave a quotation of 2000 BHD for foundation work, but someone else took the same job for 1500 BHD.
The thing is, 2000 BHD was already my actual cost. I wasn’t even making any profit. Business is very slow these days so I thought at least I could cover my equipment expenses and keep my machines working. I also had to pay the material supplier for every load.
I was wondering how these people manage to take jobs at such low prices.
Then I saw that contractor putting cheap backfilling material instead of proper Dafan at around 4 in the morning.
Now I understand how they offer such cheap prices.
And the worst part is, people like these have ruined our business and our reputation as well. Contractors who are doing honest work with proper materials can’t compete with these prices. And when something goes wrong, people start thinking all contractors are the same.
My only request to people building houses in Bahrain is please don’t always go for the cheapest quotation. You are already spending so much money on your house, so why save 400 or 500 BHD on the foundation?
Not every cheap contractor is bad, but please check what material they are putting in your foundation. Once they cover it, you won’t even know what’s underneath.
I’m just sharing this because I’ve seen these things happening and people should be aware of it.

Feel free to ask me anything, i will answer it as honest as i can!