10 things Arab parents are likely to rage at

If you're at a restaurant, and the food comes too early, late, cold, hot, burnt, with a side order of something they didn't want, your parents will get mad. Even if nothing is wrong with it, parents have to find some way to complain. The meal just isn't complete without it.  

Once the waiter got my mom a free refill of the diet pepsi she was drinking, and she got mad. "Ma badde! He's trying to fill me up on drinks before the food!" 

There are two situations when parents are mad at a television. One is when there's a particular sitcom/news story (ahem politician) that they don't particularly like. They take it out on the tv, cursing the very day the bought the television.

Another is when the kids are watching TV and it's "too loud." More often than not, it's not too loud. But if they can hear the TV in their room with their door open, it's too loud. 

Also, it could be 7 pm, 9 pm or noon, but they're always "about to go to sleep" when you're watching TV... 

True, everyone gets mad at traffic, but parents get exceedingly angry, not if they're stuck in traffic, but if you are. 

With the recent political change--I use that word with extreme caution--in Lebanon, traffic has been exceedingly awful, and I've been coming home later than I used to. My mom gets really mad at the fact that since everything is out of my control (I don't drive) I get home late.

Parents often have problems with trouble with new technology, but those parents don't have a severe cussing problem like Arab parents do.

If things don't go their way, you hear mumbling of "ishtighle ya khirye" causing dents in their phones with their index finger. When the yell for you, run. Don't walk. Don't look back.

Any form of entertainment that could possibly include a misrepresentation of Arabs or is owned by a company that is known to dislike Arabs is forbidden.

My parents literally banned me from watching The Prince of Egypt when I was younger. I didn't know about its existence up until recently. 

If they themselves are unproductive, they get mad. If you, as their child, is unproductive, they'll get mad. This could be on a lazy Sunday, or mid-week Wednesday, or just dead Friday, they need to be constantly doing something.

They could be on vacation, but still need to be productive. My mother never relaxes, says she needs a vacation, goes on a vacation, and doesn't relax. 

To be on time for an Arab is to arrive at least 30 minutes before anyone else, and to be late is to arrive 3 hours after everyone got there. There is no in between. 

However, for some reason or another, I think Arab parents forgot how to read time. So, they're always mad about being late, even if you're not in fact late. 

If your parents eye something that looks nice in a store, but notice it's overpriced, they get mad, but in a way that looks like they're smiling. They laugh at the fact that it's so overpriced.

The minute they're out of earshot of the store, they say something along the lines of  "shu mfakrooni hmar? Broo7 3al outlet mall bjiba bi dollar"

If you ask your parents a series of stupid questions, but in a jokey matter, they might laugh with you, or the might get mad, because you know why not. 

But if you ask them a complex question that they can't answer, you can bet they'll get mad. Not at the question, and not at themselves. No, you asked, so you get the hit on the head. 

As a grammar nazi, I have this very annoying habit of correcting people when they type or speak (I have very little friends). While doing so is indeed aggravating and makes people hate me, it's all in good fun.

Once, I corrected my dad while he was speaking, and he looked at me like I cursed at his mom. And he said in this very threatening voice, "don't ever do that again, it's very disrespectful."

It confused me, but I truly never dared to do it again.