TeLL Me Why

- A life of luxury makes me feel very guilty

I AM a British lady who has been working in Bahrain for the past two years.

My best friend is a Bahraini woman with three children. Being close to her I have come to know how companies and organisations treat expats differently from the locals in almost everything.

We expats living in Bahrain live a luxurious life, unlike most of the locals. The company pays for our accommodation, electricity, social allowance, return tickets, medical insurance, children' schooling and other benefits and not forgetting the double or even the triple salaries we get when compared to that of the Bahrainis being in the same
designation.

It breaks my heart to see my friend working a full time job leaving her children at home to support her family in the hope of giving them a decent life and of course could not because all her salary goes to paying for the accommodation, electricity and other bills!

Why, tell me why, do companies pay all these bills for us and not Bahrainis? Do Bahrainis live on the street? Live in the dark? Bahrainis should enjoy their country and not curse it (from what I see). Why do you differentiate? We are all human beings and have the same needs.

When will governments and authority realise that Bahrainis need to be treated like human beings and care whether they can afford their expensive country?

Have they ever thought that the reasons why crimes have increased in the past few years is that people get very lowly paid salaries and cannot afford to offer a decent living for their children!

Why does authority treat Bahrainis as third class citizens and expats as first. Why?

-Holly Mueller

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YES WHY?