Not Kedai for most people--Moving to the secular state of israel (SSOI)

We tried to order some fabric from an Israeli company but the order kept failing. It's not even clear to me that the company is still in business because they don't answer emails, but that could be because they are Israelis. So we ordered from a Swedish company. The fabric never arrived. But because the customer service people are normal human beings, opposed to Israelis who are not human beings at all, they responded immediately and with well written and polite note. You see that offer for a full refund? That never happens in Israel. There are no refunds even if they send you the wrong product. Again and again you will see it, there are human beings and there are Israelis. It's two different types of creatures. 

Guy boards a Jerusalem bound bus in Beit Shemesh. On the outskirts of the city is a stop for the industrial zone where he works. The driver skips the stop. When the passenger points this out, the driver says "בעיה שלך," which means "it's your problem." Passenger says, "can you please stop at the next stop," which is not an official stop for that bus route, "so I can walk back?" Driver says, "we're going to Jerusalem. You can take the bus back from there." That's 1/2 hour away, which means an hour of driving plus waiting for the next bus. This means he'll be more than an hour late for work.  Today, I went to the hardware store to get a replacement hinge for my kitchen cabinet which breaks every two months. In the past, I or the fixit guy just screws it back in, but the hinge is just plain broken at this point and we need a new one. At the hardware store is an American who is helpful but he was surrounded by customers incl...