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Originally Posted by Xaccers
How much had you been drinking in order to get into a car and remain in the car while she was driving dangerously and drunk?
You know, I'd live to hear about this religious reason for an Asian Pakistani to only work 30 hours.
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I had drunk a few myself, and yes it was a silly thing to do. She said she was fine to drive and to be honest I didn't know just how much she had been drinking. Then add to that how bad her driving was when she was sober I needed a drink to get in the car with her, I did always wonder if she had a valid driving licence.
The religious reasons were very sketchy for this Pakistani, I tried to make conversation with both pakistani's we had there but it was hard work. I did learn that they were a large family living in a big house in the Cheltenham area, and that every member of the family had to put their money into one central pot. He got a weekly allowance back and I have no idea what happened to the rest, he refused to work any overtime and he did tell me it was because he would have no financial gain.
He had been a contractor with the company for about 3 years earning around £30-40 an hour and drove an old battered C reg (1985) Nissan Micra. It appeared that he didn't have 2 pennies to rub together though.
The Indian guys were completely different, the mention of overtime and they were in all weekend. They were always first out of their chair if there was any physical/lifting work unlike the pakistani's. The Indians never discussed religion and would sit around and chat with the group at lunchtime, I am still in contact via email with one of the Indian guys because he has been asking me about jobs in the company I currently work for. The pakistani's would go off and sit in one of their cars at lunchtime, they seemed to do everything to be seperate from the rest of the group.
So I think the bottom line is religion was just a feeble excuse, unless their religion says they have to pool all their money and live like a pauper.