{"id":55863,"date":"2018-07-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/?p=55863"},"modified":"2024-02-12T06:55:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T06:55:37","slug":"16-skills-that-only-lebanese-people-possess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/55863\/16-skills-that-only-lebanese-people-possess\/","title":{"rendered":"16 Skills That Only Lebanese People Possess"},"content":{"rendered":"How many of these Lebanese skills do you posses? <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>1. Creating parking spaces out of thin air<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  Lebanese people have a knack for seeing potential in the smallest spaces on the street. See a small space between two cars that could never fit a car in it? A Lebanese person sees an entire parking lot. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>2. Scheduling outings based on electricity cuts<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  I personally wait until the electricity cuts to go out for errands so that I don&#8217;t have to walk up the stairs when I get back home. You know you do it too. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>3. Finding creative ways to avoid traffic<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  Sidewalks, bike lanes, small <i>zawerib<\/i> &#8211; they can all be 3-lane-highways in the eyes of Lebanese drivers. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>4. Creating an image of wealth<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  Lebanese people have a weird obsession with appearing wealthy no matter what their status is. Here you&#8217;ll find someone driving a Mercedes, despite not having enough money to fill it with gas every month.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>5. Multi-purposing<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BTi7iXoFWRS\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>6. Dressing fashionably&#8230;to the gym<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  It&#8217;s truly astonishing.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>7. Exceptional food delivery intake<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BfFtAkTn9Xy\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe><br \/>  There&#8217;s no such thing as too much food in Lebanon. And, thanks to the country&#8217;s impressive food delivery services, I&#8217;m pretty sure that people in Lebanon order food more than anywhere else in the world. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>8. Drowning out the incessant sound of car horns<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  Sometimes, I&#8217;ll zone out of what I&#8217;m doing at work, only to realize that outside sounds like a car-horn-warzone. We&#8217;ve become deaf to the chaos, so you may as well stop honking anyway.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>9. Continuous alcohol intake<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BXvUUT9n4Kv\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe><br \/>  It&#8217;s a Lebanese skill that I have yet to call my own. How do you do it?<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>10. Eating like a king every day<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  There&#8217;s no such thing as a quick hunger fix in Lebanon. If you&#8217;re hungry, or even if you&#8217;re not hungry, you go <i>all out.<\/i><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>11. Letting history repeat itself<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  Politically speaking.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>12. Driving while under constant extreme pressure<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  Only when you&#8217;ve mastered staying calm while driving in Lebanon can you truly be considered Lebanese. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>13. General fearlessness<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  The classic &#8216;was that a bomb or a machine gun or fireworks&#8217; question that is swiftly followed by carrying on with your day highlights this point perfectly.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>14. Professional arguileh smoking<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  Arguileh in the morning. Arguileh at lunch. Arguileh at night. You won&#8217;t find more skilled arguileh-smokers and smoke-hoop-blowers anywhere else in the world, and if you do, they&#8217;re probably Lebanese. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>15. Finding innovative ways to get things delivered<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BbjHISbH2dP\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>16. 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