In Beirut, The Smile Doesn’t Work

Maria — A Mexican living in Beirut — on Lebanese driving:

what I can’t get over is the fact that the smile DOESN’T WORK in Beirut. In Mexico, I always make eye contact with the driver I want to pass and smile. It always works!! In Beirut, the driver smiles back, sustains eye contact while s/he jams on the accelerator not to let you pass.

And that’s the same blogger who wrote that the Lebanese are kind. It’s interesting that she wrote this post after the speed radars were commissioned.