Follow Up on the House Servant

I was too chatty with her, and my Arab family got mad.

My Arab Mom said: "She's not on the same level as you. She's here to work, and that's it."

This is something beyond cultural misunderstandings. It goes against every single thing I have ever been taught. People are people. Human beings. I can't treat her as if she were an object. I felt so bad for her that she had only been able to talk to her family once since being here, that I gave her 10 JD's, the equivalent of $15. Except it's actually worth a lot more here, you can buy a lot of stuff.

Imagine what would have happened if my Arab Mom knew THAT...