Lots of Help

Today before 9:00 am there were a string of workers at our house to fix a few small problems.  We debated about sending a large email to the Housing Department because it might look like we were complaining.  We made sure that we communicated how much we appreciate their hard work and how much we like our beautiful new home.  Each person told me the next one was coming and they seemed to think it quite funny that I needed so many "appointments"! They even sent two carpenters that we did not ask for!







Here is the list of workers.  Two air-conditioner experts from India.  Two carpenters from India.  Two electricians from  India.  Two plumbers from India.  Do you see the trend?  There are 633 housing units in the Education City Housing Complex.  There are hundreds of workers doing a variety of jobs to meet the needs of  those houses.  Besides the trades people that we saw today there are gardeners, garbage collectors, street sweepers, and others.

At one point there were two electricians, two plumbers and Lisa in the kitchen.  Makes for interesting conversation.  They all speak English well and they have been working in Qatar for as little as one day and as much as five years.  Most of them have families back home and are earning money for their children.