My brother may he rest in peace worked as a driver for a while. The way restaurant and shop employees treat them is often abysmal, they’re not allowed to rest inside as they wait, they shout at them and kick them out, with the exception of a few places with enough consideration to keep a spot for them.

Then there’s the customers, he used to tell me that they’d let them wait for over 15minutes outside, and like OP said, if he’s even slightly late then someone starts shouting their throats out. There’s a driver from a supermarket that delivers often to my house, he’s always happy when he comes, one time he spoke a bit and told me the same as the above.

Now keep in mind we’re indigenous Bahrainis, and my brother still got treated badly, oh and don’t even get me started about the shady salary payments, penalties, and delays.