Two days after the Villaggio fire, many Doha residents are still on edge. In particular, we’ve received a number of comments and complaints about how smoking inside malls continues.
One reader, Debbie, shared her frustration about it with us in an email:
I am so frustrated, after attending the mass last night as the three Spanish children were my husband’s work colleagues’ children, I go to Landmark Mall today and Starbucks is hosting tons of smokers! Â I confronted one table and no one could believe I would say anything! Who am I? Just a woman, just a foreigner.
I went to security who laughed and said they have no authority to do anything…
I went to the mall manager who also said he has no authority to even talk to these smokers….
I cried….
I called the police….they transferred me to somewhere….a recording in Arabic….no answer.
What is it? Â Everyone is afraid of losing their job! Complainers are thrown out? Â There is security with no authority? Â Is it any wonder that they either aren’t trained to evac for fires or that people don’t listen to them!???
This smoking inside malls has to STOP!!!! Â Please, you have followers, tweet it out !!! Ask for help! Get people involved for this change!!! Fear of retribution has to end!
Debbie
Credit: Photo by Laurence Currie-Clark
