Category: The Irreverent Expat

One diplomatic wife turned to another at a cocktail reception recently and commented that in case the second wife wasn’t aware of it, about a

“Moving boxes are a metaphor for expatriate life,” wrote the adaptation consultant on a chalkboard at the front of a makeshift briefing room. He had

Memo: To All Expat Employees Moving This Summer From: Your Friendly Re-Location Department Re: Moving Day Yes, that date circled in red on your calendar

“Back up!!!” one local driver gestured wildly to another through a soundproof windshield. “I can’t! There’s three cars behind me! YOU move your car!!” The

A pilot project involving spot drug tests for illegally high levels of testosterone to improve performance in traffic was carried out in secret in an

A white, hysterical-looking middle-aged expatriate woman stood at the end of her nameless street one day trying to hail a taxicab. Almost two hours had

“Have we met before?” one expatriate woman asked another, a cocktail glass in her hand. “Only on about seventeen other occasions,” answered the second women,