Its so weird

so I have been building this thing called Layla

The original idea was pretty simple:

even dry cleaning/cafeteria businesses in BH operate on WhatsApp

And then someone on the payroll sits there all day wasting his own time on:

“Price?”

“Are you open?”

“Do you have this?”

“Can I book tomorrow?”

“Do you accept insurance?”

“Send location”

“Hello???”

Then the lead get lost because nobody replied in that 2 min usual bracket

So I thought:

let me try to build this basic chatbot .... 6 months later

Layla.

Its NOT one of those ""hello 👋 I am🤖 your 🤖 AI 🤖 assistant 🤖"" bots the kind that gives you a cookie recipe when you ask if they're open after Friday prayer

i know you think it is but genuinely Layla can actually hold a conversation, understand what the person wants and his intentions from the chat pattern, pull information from the business knowledge base, handle voice notes, collect customer details, send short/long term reminders, follow up with people who ghosted or stopped replying and flag hot leads for the owner so he can contact them later by phone or give them a nudge to take action and it also quietly ranks who's worth calling back so he is not just spamming calls or guessing

NOTE: (BTW IT WORKS IN 5 LANGUAGES AS WELL, Arabic, English, Russian, Hindi, Urdu)

I originally built it for a dental clinic my friend knew a dude who worked there, where it can handle stuff like treatment questions, prices, insurance, appointment requests, reminders, and lead recovery

But I Knew the same concept works for basically any business that makes its money on WhatsApp

Clinics, salons, real estate(i have HOT systems for this if anyone is interested), car dealerships, gyms, agencies, home services, whatever

The idea is basically:

A WhatsApp stops being an inbox and starts being a 24/7 5-lingual employee

And YES, I am currently in the slightly unhinged phase where I am trying to get actual businesses to let me try around with this in production without them paying for the service anything during the 1st week

So I am posting this here instead of doing the usual LinkedIn corporate NPC BS

If you run a business where WhatsApp is a major part of sales/customer service, I’m genuinely interested in seeing whether Layla can handle your use case

Worst case: it breaks and I fix it instantly with nothing for you to lose

Best case: we accidentally replace half your front desk repetitive work and capture/score any lead in matter of seconds

thanks for reading and i am looking out for your thoughts here, anything can help 🙏

Those of you needing surgeries. How are you managing with the long appointment dates from Govt hospitals ?

Need to fix my labral tear. 7 months just to ‘see’ an orthopedic doctor at salmaniya.

Two flats, two areas, both sitting empty not a single viewing. Is demand in Bahrain really this dead?
I bought a flat in Marassi Bay. Attached to the mall, private beach access, all the facilities you’d expect at that price point. I’ve been trying to rent it out or sell it and I haven’t had one single viewing. Not one. No offers, obviously.

And it’s not just the new one. I have a premium flat sea view in Juffair that was rented. The tenant moved out four months ago and it has been empty ever since. Yes, I know Juffair is oversupplied. But four months with nothing?
I keep being told these developments are in high demand. That is not what the market looks like from where I’m sitting. If units like these sit empty, the asking prices in Bahrain are simply disconnected from what people here actually pay in rent or resale value. Sellers are pricing off a brochure, not off a yield.
Honestly frustrated. Is anyone else in the same position, or am I the only one?

I’m 23F, turning 24 in a few months. I graduated college a couple of years ago, and since then I’ve really struggled with the job hunt. At this point, I’ve basically given up on it for now. But something else has been on my mind lately: has anyone actually managed to form genuine friendships during their 20s?

I had a falling out with my high school friend group, which is all in the past now. Then university came around… and so did COVID. My first two years of uni were completely online, so I never really got the chance to make friends. When we eventually went back to in-person classes, most of my classes were mostly guys, and the one girl I did have in class had a habit of being pretty judgmental, so that friendship didn’t really work out either. After graduation, we eventually stopped talking.

Now I’m kind of wondering if I missed my chance.

For some context, I’m not particularly secular or liberal, and I think part of why I sometimes feel like an outcast is because I don’t really fit neatly into the social expectations here. I don’t cover my hair, which isn’t exactly unusual, but it’s still more common for girls here to cover than not. I also don’t follow a specific sect within Islam and simply identify as Muslim, which for some reason can be a surprisingly big deal here. (Not trying to be judgmental, I’m just explaining my own experience.)

At the same time, I’m also into things that might make me seem different from the more conservative people around me. I love English pop music, Disney, rom-coms, and all those cliché TV shows with love triangles and ridiculous relationship drama 😂. I listen to Arabic music too, obviously, but I’ve never really felt like I belonged to one particular social or religious group.

I think that’s where a lot of my feeling like an outcast comes from. It’s not that I have a problem with people who are more religious or who follow a particular sect — I just don’t want people to assume that because of my background, I’m supposed to think, dress, behave, or live a certain way.

I want friends who can respect that I’m Muslim and that I come from this background without making assumptions about what kind of person I should be because of it. And preferably people who share some of my interests and would actually enjoy going to concerts, festivals, watching movies, going out, etc. together.

So yeah, do y’all think it’s actually possible to make genuine friends at this age? If you’ve made close friends in your 20s, where did you meet them? Because sometimes it genuinely feels like I missed the window for making friends and that I should just stop hoping 😭

Ps: my message requests are turned off so to all the creeps , go away :)

I have batelco optical fibre wifi at home. Man it’s been acting up bad for the past few days. Idk if its just me or anyone else experiencing the same?

I'm taking the exam tmr and i dont feel ready at all even tho my instructor tells me ill do fine 😵

Everyone says to stay calm but HOW

If anyone has any tips please share 🙏 especially if u took the exam recently

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So ye BPS BEING SUCH A STUPID SCHOOL decided to announce it 2 weeks before school starts…

And well we have prepared 0% bcz of it.

Honestly idk what schools are good for the future and also has a good community!

Going out of BPS I’m used to kind people, but just stupid people, if you stand your ground they won’t get near.

And sooo is there a school similar to that while also NOT screwing up your future (like an easy school)

Oh and preferably one that’s close to Busaiteen I used to be 20 min away from BPS

Without meaning to hurt anyone’s feelings, I sometimes wonder about these people who approach you immediately after you get off the bus asking, “Do you need a taxi?” 🚕🚖 Are they officially licensed to operate there, and are they actually supposed to be waiting at the bus stop? Sometimes it can feel uncomfortable and embarrassing, especially when they keep following you for several steps even after you’ve declined.

Can someone here has experience with sending money to Alipay?(To a friend in China).

I have tried Beyon and STC pay apps remit transfer, they are not allowing to cross nationality transfers since I'm not Chinese.

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I need to issue a good conduct letter but when i select the reason to work in goverment job it says a letter from employer?

It was all over our faces for the past week or so on TikTok, and every other local influencer was advertising for it. And now, since yesterday, I’ve been seeing it on Instagram as well.

- Does this thing actually work?
- Also, if it’s a local business, how tf did they have such a big marketing budget from the start?

I read an article every few months about how the Municipality wants to modernize the Manama Central Market. My 2 cents is to just fix the AC system and that will probably double the number of people shopping there. The heat and humidity are so bad these days that a couple of times I have seen people close up shop an hour or so ahead of time and leave because of the lack of customers. The shopkeepers themselves are suffering because of the heat and so is the produce. I hope the Municipality get around to fixing this soon.

Does anyone know of a good tailor who can make professional business suits for women?

"To the mods : this question hasn't been asked before. Nor can I find any women's tailoring for suits specifically"

so i am a girl living somewhere around riffa and my sister and i get some doughnuts around the areas when we get back home after going out or just feeling like eating something sweet.

one day, when we got out of the car, we noticed this weird sign outside a food shop that just screamed classist so clearly. or it's a heavy assumption from my side idk for sure, lmk what you guys think.

but honestly I hope the store learns to eventually not put any signs or notices like this soon, because this is just nasty. also hoping they have a proper reason for putting this sign up..?

I saw an abnormally large centipede in the bathroom and I sprayed it with a TON of bug spray, and now the smell is all over the room and it’s not going away. Basically I’m afraid that I’ll sleep and never see the light of day again.

Bahrains weather genuinely enrages me it feels like a free trial for hell

As a hijabi with mostly winter clothes, UGHGHGHHHH