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I have few stories and incidents that i want to share which were a cultural shocks for me although they may not be for other people. Answer may get long so please bear with me and don’t worry you won’t be disappointed:I came to UK in 2011 and for me it a was a different world altogether especially coming from Pakistan.Incident 1My first culture shock was when i went to open my first bank account in Barclays Slough branch. Customer service officer was a female and she started asking questions related to my application. She was very friendly which made me comfortable as i was a bit edgey being in a new environment.She asked me whether i was single or married to which I replied that I am single.Then she further asked did i have any children? I said how can i have children when i am not married. This reply changed the color on her face and i thought shit may be thats a wrong answer. Thankfully she turned back to her friendly demeanour and said she has 3 kids yet still not married, me still not learning further questioned her that when she is thinking of getting married? That made her nervous and she replied thats not something they have thought about it.You see this was normal on my part asking questions like these as in Pakistan this kind of conversation is not considered private. This was a good learning experience for me and taught me about British custom of respecting privacy while refraining from asking unnecessary personal questions.Incident 2This happened in Slough as well around 2012, me and my elder brother were in Salt hill park where Kashmiri Karahi restaurant is situated. We used to go regularly as owners were from Mirpur and our close friends.I was sitting in car park inside my car when two teenage girls came and started talking with me. They asked whether i smoked and i said no. One of the girls said you can buy us cigarettes as we cannot buy because of age. I told them to go away as i am not going to break law and they shouldn’t be smoking anyway. One of the girls reached inside the car and took the key out of ignition and ran off.Even though i was in the country for more than a year but i was still unprepared for this kind of action from a girl. I quickly got out of car and said give me the keys back but they ran further away. It was around 6 o’clock in summer still bright enough. I chased them for few minutes and decided to go and get my brother who was still inside the restaurant talking to the owner. My brother came out and spoke with them but they wouldn’t budge. They were still adamant that we should buy them cigarettes or they will throw the keys away into bushes. My brother said go ahead as we are not bothered anyway this went on for more than 40 mins as we just came back and sat in the car. Girls went away with keys but came back after a while.They made one last effort but we didn’t say anything back so frustration got better of them. They swore and called us names including racial slurs but eventually threw the keys in bush and ran away. We spent some time trying to find keys with the help of parking attendant who was witnessing all this circus.That was shock for me to what extent young girls can go to get cigarettes, alcohol. In Pakistan young girls are very secluded and reserved even when they study with you. This kind of brazen behaviour is never to be seen or heard. Another time i went to watch a movie and as i was printing tickets with my girlfriend. A young boy came and i asked me to buy tickets for him and his friends of 21 Jump street which was a rated movie. My then girlfriend who is now my wife told him off to go and watch something else.Incident 3This happened in late 2011 when i just moved to Luton to live with my family friends so i can easily go to my college in London by using only one train. My family friends they owned few branches of Dominos’s pizzas and asked me to work for them as they were struggling. I said no problem as for extra cash this is not a bad job. Its was one of my best job experiences in UK as the branch where i started working was in Hatfield. Hertfordshire University was in the same town so it used to get pretty busy in the evening. I made loads of friends as there were so many students working in that pizza shop be it from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, France, Slovakia etc. Our manager was a short Bengali guy who had even shorter temper. Another manager was a Pakistani guy from Rawalpindi typically lazy and irresponsible so the whole management was rested on the shoulders of that Bangladeshi guy. Everyone used to tease him subtly as everybody was tall except him. There were Indian students from Haryana, Hyderabad and Delhi. I became good friends with them this was new experience from me working with whole of Subcontinent.Anyway lets get back to culture shock moment. Winters time and It was around 8 o’clock and a very cold evening. My friend told me go and buy some tea and sugar as we ran out. I went to near by Aldi shop.As i was on my way back i heard this screaming and shouting like someone is getting beaten. I quickly made my way towards it and there were loads of young students in circle witnessing a fight. I quickly went in the circle to see a young girl lying on the floor and a strong guy sitting on her chest while another girl was beating and pulling that girl’s hair. It took me a few seconds to comprehend what exactly was happening. I asked the guy next to me what the hell is this and why no one is stopping this. They said girl is getting beaten by boyfriend and his girlfriend.Being from Mirpur i have seen my fair share of fights and violence. Be it gang fights like Rajput vs Jatts or Mirza vs Jatts. Fights in grounds and college or in election times. I have seen guys beating each other with hockey sticks, baseball bats or stumps. I remember once i came out of my college class room back in Mirpur and some students came and started firing with pistols and a student was killed because of politics.Here i was thousands of miles away and still couldn’t figure out what to do with this situation. Poor girl was in terrible shape and fighting hard but with no success as they guy was sitting on her chest. I quickly ran to my store to get some help as someone did call the police but it still needed to be stopped as girl was banging the other girl’s head on the pavement. I told Pakistani manager Shah and Akash that this is what is happening outside. My Bengali manager said let the police come and they will sort it. I could still hear screams so i just took my work shirt off and so did Akash who was from Haryana so we are not wearing Dominos uniform while in the middle of fight. We put on our normal shirts and coats and all three of us went to stop the fight. I just went for the guy because i was not going to stop the girl. We pulled him off and then the girl underneath attacked the one who has been beating her for a while. The guy was screaming like look she is beating my girlfriend which nearly made me laugh like one on one is unacceptable for him. His girlfriend ran off and the other girl went after her meanwhile guy couldn’t even come out of my grip even though i am not a huge man.Eventually Police came and suddenly the whole crowd started to explain to police officers what exactly happened. This was a bizarre experience for me that so many people couldn’t break off a small and unfair fight. Police just took our names and calmed the guy down so he can help them to find his girlfriend. Ferocity and brutality of this fight surpassed all what i have seen in my life time until that point.I remember once i was taken to Gujrat by my distant uncle for summer holidays. I was only 12 years old back then. One night i was woken up in the middle of night by my auntie as their rivals were about to attack the house. I was walking through the fields towards another village when i heard automatic gunfire in the background. This incident definitely surpassed even that horrible experience because you know what to do or expect in those cases.I think that’s enough for this time. I have few more stories which i will tell another time. I hope I haven’t bored you guys.Thanks for reading