Cards damage cars
Apart from the ugliness and vulgarity of the massage cards, the matter goes beyond that to reach the scale of a real material damage.
A 52-year-old Asian resident described the problem as a grave one. “Every day, we see Asians and Africans inserting the massage cards in the car window’s rubber beading, which by time get damaged.”
The IT professional added: “Still we find Asians inserting the cards in every car and all the times there are dirty pictures on display. The same individuals are doing it in the broad daylight several times on one day and the cards and numbers are increasing.”
A 40-year-old Arab woman complained of how those cards obliged her to take her car to the auto workshop for maintenance several times. “The automatic control system of the front windows in my car got damaged several times after such papers slipped through and got stuck between the glass and the car door. It is very frustrating that I have to close the car windows manually and some times even that doesn’t work.
“The window glass will go down while I am driving. So if it is raining, I will be drenched before I could pull over to close it manually. If it is hot, the AC won’t function properly.”
An Asian resident said that the individuals, who drop the cards on the cars, are also leaving them on the flats’ doors.
“I just wonder how to stop them. It is a daily hassle. It is not a good sight for the family, especially the children.”
What makes the matter even worse is that the cards are increasing.
“When you spot different cards with different numbers every day, it means that new people are joining the illegal and shady activities. I parked my car once to drop by a friend. It was a quick visit. When I came back, there were three to four cards on the car door,” an Arab man said.
These massage card distributors could be in violation of the Labour Law by working for a third party (other than the sponsor).”
Dr Ali Humaid bin Khatim, counsellor, advocate -general and chief of naturalisation and residency prosecution
Those individuals hold no licence to work in this field and have no respect to professional or hygiene standards.”
Abdul Moneim bin Suwaidan, Bin Suwaidan Firm for Advocates and Legal Counsels