Faux pas

A couple things I've learned here so far (probably the start of a series):

1. Do NOT put bottles filled with urine samples on religious books. This makes people (understandably) angry. It was unintentional and nothing got dirty so all was forgiven, but Mental Note - read book titles before putting potentially dirty things down on them.

2. Light stoves or gas heaters with long matches. Being a novice at this technique (turn gas on, try to light gas with lighter), I've singed all the hair off my right hand.

3. Don't try to get out of a taxi on the left. In Amman, taxi doors only open on the right side of the car.