maximusprime
Just a rant:
I find the level of ineficiency in this country to be absolutely astounding. Try going out to eat with a group of 4 or more. You would think it was rocket surgery or something. Dont get me wrong, I was a waiter once, I know what its like but there are simple rules like, bring the drinks out first, bring everyones food at the same time etc. I got some Thai food the other day. The last time I ate there I ordered it spicy and it didnt quite make the cut. This time I said make it VERY SPICY thinking that if it was anything like last time it would come back medium at best. Well guess what, they actually got it that time. It was spicy all right!!! As the sweat began to pour and my face lit up like a jackolantern I reached for my drink, the one I ordered about 20 minutes ago. Wait a minute, that damn waiter never brought it! Where is he? In a panic I started waiving my arms, "Boss!" i yelled. " I need my drink pronto!". "Yes sir, right away sir". "Just stay cool" I thought "dont panic, he'll be back in a second". He came back all right, with a pen and paper to take the next tables order! Furious, I stood up. "Buddy! Im friggin Dyin over here! I really need some water". " Oh yes, right away". He dissapeared again... and never came back. I swear he was enjoying this. I stood up and staggerred into the restaurant. My eyes were filled with tears, my nose dripping snot, my mouth red and hanging open. As I entered, I tripped on the fan cord, pulling the fan into the hostess stand knocking it over and sending crayons rolling everywhere. I fell on a table full of nicely dressed english women splattering their red duck curry all over the place. Just then the waiter comes out carying not my drink but the pad thai that the rest of my table had ordered. I looked up, still dazed from the chaos to see that I had been betrayed once again. I began to try to stand up to strangle him when he slipped on the crayons and his foot hit me square in the jaw. As I woke up, and my vision returned, I saw several people standing around, in the middle was a strange yellowish blob. It started moving. "What is that" I tried to say but before I could, it fell and hit me right in the face. It was my friends pad thai! It had stuck to the cieling when the waiter slipped! Embarrased, and ashamed, I left. I never did get my drink. I still have hot recovered my sense of taste or smell, and my hair smells like scrambled eggs.
Tried opening a bank account. I have been trying for 3 weeks with Standard Chartered to get a bank account open. My god! the application was delayed for 2 weeks because the person to forgot to fill out the "Land Mark" field for my home adress back in the US. When I finally got there to correct the problem and found out that that was the only thing wrong, I nearly lost it. Landmark? are you kidding me? I know they cant seem to get the concept of a postal address here but in the states, the postal service actually works. You write down the address, and guess what: it gets there! There is no "go 4 Km past the big dune and make a left at the camel". So anyway, they told me 3 days, 4 go by, then they say tomorrow, I call the next day and they say 3 more days "Inshallah". Thats the word of the day folks. It might as well be the national slogan. It basically means " yea maybe it will get done maybe it wont, I dont care either way so shove it". Inshallah I wont have an aneurism next time I talk to these people!
Anyway, thats my rant for the day. I feel much better now.
sage & onion
I would love to have been an observer in that restaurant :lol:
SparHawk
- sage & onion wrote:
I would love to have been an observer in that restaurant :lol:
observer with a handycam :D
SparHawk
- SparHawk wrote:
- sage & onion wrote:
I would love to have been an observer in that restaurant :lol:
observer with a handycam :D
would have been one of the best restaurant scenes since meg ryan in 'when harry met sally' :D
spoonman
we just lost about 2000 USD on a small deal because of the astonishing idiocy of bank workers. They repeatedly made big mistakes and charged us for it.
Galactico
- sage & onion wrote:
I would love to have been an observer in that restaurant :lol:
Your not the only one :lol:
admog
Welcome to Dubai. Inshallah.
In 2 years time you will either -
(a) have pulled all your hair out
(b) left Dubai
(c) got used to it like the rest of us
maximusprime
- admog wrote:
Welcome to Dubai. Inshallah.
In 2 years time you will either -
(a) have pulled all your hair out
(b) left Dubai
(c) got used to it like the rest of us
Dont worry, I dont let it get to me too much. At some point you realize certain things cant be controlled and getting pissed off is a waste of time. So far the list is traffic, waiters, bank workers, any form of paperwork, and the legal system. Dubai is still fun, the weather is still nice for now 8)
Chocoholic
Oh lordy lord, did you guys actually forget that you were living in a third world country for a second?!
firefingers
- Chocoholic wrote:
Oh lordy lord, did you guys actually forget that you were living in a third world country for a second?!
I rest my case
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arniegang
a well funny story - hey mate its a good job we didn't post what happened when you came with us to the JBH fpr a meal
:lol: :lol: :lol:
bushra21
awww that is one thing i dont miss, horrible service. when i had come back to visit my family in december i yelled at the manager of one of the places in the irish village...the service was HORRIBLE!(i also work as a waitress/bartender for the time being) at first he said he was just sorry and offered us a desert, i told him he had better pick up the tab if he was really sorry and it worked!
next time (and yes, there will be a next time) try doing that :wink:
sage & onion
- Chocoholic wrote:
Oh lordy lord, did you guys actually forget that you were living in a third world country for a second?!
Chocs,
Dubai / UAE is certainly not classed as "Third World" it is classed as developing, their is a vast difference.
spoonman
- sage & onion wrote:
- Chocoholic wrote:
Oh lordy lord, did you guys actually forget that you were living in a third world country for a second?!
Chocs,
Dubai / UAE is certainly not classed as "Third World" it is classed as developing, their is a vast difference.
- wrote:
In academic circles, the countries of the Third World are known as the "Global South", the "developing countries" ,and the "under-developed countries". Economic development workers refer to these nations as the "Two-thirds World" and "The South". Some developers disapprove of the "developing countries" term because the term implies that industrialization is progressive.[citation needed]
I think they are practicaly the same. developing is the politically correct term.
reviewer
it really depends on whos talking, I mean which side of the divide that is....then west usually refer to them as third world countries, while the the so called 3rd world countries refer to themselves as developing, a political spin to satisfy their electorate.
Anyway, this level of inefficiency exist and will continue to exist in any part of the world.... 8)
Not_Sure
if only there where more ppl like me :D
spoonman
- Not_Sure wrote:
if only there where more ppl like me :D
so?
rudeboy
theres a old saying back in England.
"Paki if you dont like it here go back to your country".
jwvgoethe
you are a good story teller buddy
the bank story worries me far more than sloppy food service thou. i trust things are not at the point of ~ "ya, maybe we will wire your payment to your supplier...but maybe not" hahaha
...crossing fingers things are better organized in the free trade zones... (??) :)
gtmash
- jwvgoethe wrote:
you are a good story teller buddy
the bank story worries me far more than sloppy food service thou. i trust things are not at the point of ~ "ya, maybe we will wire your payment to your supplier...but maybe not" hahaha
...crossing fingers things are better organized in the free trade zones... (??) :)
I heard JAFZA is run by the most incompetent people ever. Like how it takes a year to get a trade licence for a shop in International City, or how it takes eight months to get electricity for your office in JAFZA itself.
maximusprime
- jwvgoethe wrote:
you are a good story teller buddy
the bank story worries me far more than sloppy food service thou. i trust things are not at the point of ~ "ya, maybe we will wire your payment to your supplier...but maybe not" hahaha
...crossing fingers things are better organized in the free trade zones... (??) :)
Thanks,
the bank story gets better. On saturday I was informed that my loan will be put on hold because my salary certificate did not specify whether the figure was per annum or per month. As far as Jafza is concerned, from my experience with them, they are just as much of a waste of time, space and air as the bank workers are. T.I.D. I suppose (this is Dubai), not much we can do about it.
maximusprime
- arniegang wrote:
a well funny story - hey mate its a good job we didn't post what happened when you came with us to the JBH fpr a meal
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Yes, definitely. Good to remember that you are no longer at the top of the food chain
traveller
Going by the superb architectural developments and engineering feats that I see on the web-site www , I can't see how some of you can call Dubai a Third World country,just because of a few poor waiters. There is plenty of poor service and many a surly waiter in England.
I reckon you get good and bad service everywhere. But how can you call a place that builds luxury accommodation on Palm Islands out at sea and the tallest buildings in the world, Third World? Beats me. Is that stuff on www not true? Dubai seems more First World than many European countries. Have you seen the litter in parts of the UK?
XPClone
- traveller wrote:
Going by the superb architectural developments and engineering feats that I see on the web-site www , I can't see how some of you can call Dubai a Third World country,just because of a few poor waiters. There is plenty of poor service and many a surly waiter in England.
I reckon you get good and bad service everywhere. But how can you call a place that builds luxury accommodation on Palm Islands out at sea and the tallest buildings in the world, Third World? Beats me. Is that stuff on www not true? Dubai seems more First World than many European countries. Have you seen the litter in parts of the UK?
AAARRRGGGHHHH!!! Shut up you retard!!!! Its boring now!!!
traveller
Retard? I can't believe some of the rudeness you exhibit on an international forum on Dubai. Why have you gone out there? To look after number one and dodge taxes,is it? Well you have been brought in by the Dubai Govt to build a tourist infrastructure, and here you are really insulting potential tourists. Unbelievable! I am actually a free-lance writer who contributes articles to the Daily Telegraph , amongst other newspapers. Your rudeness is giving me marvellous ammunition.
I was thinking of investing in some gold, which was why I entered "dubai gold souk" into Google and found that site at the top.
I shall relate this tale in a leading UK newspaper. The Dubai government won't be too pleased when 2 million readers learn of your profound rudeness.
XPClone
Oh no not a free lance writer..... Scary!!!
To think I single handedly disrupted the Dubai tourist industry.
You are not a writer you are a retard who has no knowledge of how to use a forum. Stop the spam and you will be welcomed. Continue the spam and you will be flamed. It's very simple.
Chocoholic
Huh oh no Traveller, haven't you heard that you can't possibly ever write anything bad about Dubai? Sheikh Mo will be on your back.
Sarcasm aside - The problem is Dubai always wants the biggest, best etc etc, but the problem is that much of the time the basic infrastructure is missing, that would be in place in other countries.
reviewer
- XPClone wrote:
Oh no not a free lance writer..... Scary!!!
To think I single handedly disrupted the Dubai tourist industry.
You are not a writer you are a retard who has no knowledge of how to use a forum. Stop the spam and you will be welcomed. Continue the spam and you will be flamed. It's very simple.
I totally second that.....this traveller has nothing to do but engage anyone with his/her unfounded rantings...
traveller
With insulting dicks , like XP clone working out there you can keep the place.
UK newspaper readers will be very interested in the sort of ignoramus that is being attracted from the UK to work out in Dubai.
XP clone seems to have his nose in everything on this forum.
He needs to learn GOOD MANNERS!!
Get a life! Pal!!
traveller
Reviewer.
Wrong again !! YOU engaged me ! Check back and see the mote in thine own eye!!.....The one THAT WORKS!!!!
reviewer
- traveller wrote:
Reviewer.
Wrong again !! YOU engaged me ! Check back and see the mote in thine own eye!!.....The one THAT WORKS!!!!
You've been looking too much at the mirror lately and you're shocked .with what you saw....your alter...eggs...(not worth the word ego)
gtmash
Traveller is hilarious. Please do not ban him.
Chocoholic
- traveller wrote:
With insulting dicks , like XP clone working out there you can keep the place.
UK newspaper readers will be very interested in the sort of ignoramus that is being attracted from the UK to work out in Dubai.
XP clone seems to have his nose in everything on this forum.
He needs to learn GOOD MANNERS!!
Get a life! Pal!!
Hmmm Interesting thought, but did you stop to think that maybe the reason poor people like XP are coming to Dubai, is that they're being done out of jobs in the UK, by all the cretins that we keep on letting in?! We're sick and tired of our own country being over-run, so we thought we'd all move and take over someone else's.
jwvgoethe
- maximusprime wrote:
- jwvgoethe wrote:
you are a good story teller buddy
the bank story worries me far more than sloppy food service thou. i trust things are not at the point of ~ "ya, maybe we will wire your payment to your supplier...but maybe not" hahaha
...crossing fingers things are better organized in the free trade zones... (??) :)
Thanks,
the bank story gets better. On saturday I was informed that my loan will be put on hold because my salary certificate did not specify whether the figure was per annum or per month. As far as Jafza is concerned, from my experience with them, they are just as much of a waste of time, space and air as the bank workers are. T.I.D. I suppose (this is Dubai), not much we can do about it.
welcome.
perhaps i will go to RAK..
jwvgoethe
- gtmash wrote:
- jwvgoethe wrote:
you are a good story teller buddy
the bank story worries me far more than sloppy food service thou. i trust things are not at the point of ~ "ya, maybe we will wire your payment to your supplier...but maybe not" hahaha
...crossing fingers things are better organized in the free trade zones... (??) :)
I heard JAFZA is run by the most incompetent people ever. Like how it takes a year to get a trade licence for a shop in International City, or how it takes eight months to get electricity for your office in JAFZA itself.
well thanks for passing that along.
any thoughts on Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAKFTZ)? appreciate it
jwvgoethe
- gtmash wrote:
- jwvgoethe wrote:
you are a good story teller buddy
the bank story worries me far more than sloppy food service thou. i trust things are not at the point of ~ "ya, maybe we will wire your payment to your supplier...but maybe not" hahaha
...crossing fingers things are better organized in the free trade zones... (??) :)
I heard JAFZA is run by the most incompetent people ever. Like how it takes a year to get a trade licence for a shop in International City, or how it takes eight months to get electricity for your office in JAFZA itself.
well thanks for passing that along.
any thoughts on Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAKFTZ)? appreciate it
traveller
I refer to XPclone and chocoholic butts in ! Did I say anything to Choc?
This is MEANT to be the world-wide web , with people from the USA, China, Oz, Brazil , Pakistan reading this[ even if they say nothing!. ]
Are they amongst your "cretins" chocoholic?
People world-wide can all read the parochial, cliquey outpourings of some of the racist bigots that have fled to Dubai.
Do you think that this......the INTERNATIONAL NETWORK.....is a private club for a handful of you ? Dream on!!
Give my regards to Goebbels!
XPClone
This is a public forum - which means anyone can post. This means anyone even you. Nobody is butting in on your posts, they are posting this is how it works.
Step very carefully buddy. There have been no racist comments on here and they will not be tolerated. Don't start accusing people of being so!
Chocoholic
Exactly, I was not butting in! I was merely stating that you are ignorant of the ins and outs of this country, when many of us have lived here for years on end. We know how things work here, and yes there are many amazing things about this places, there are also alot of not so good things. But that happens everywhere.
And why shouldn't we move? Heck there's nothing left for us in our own country anymore, that's not being racist, it's a fact, it's highlighted everyday in the papers, in online groups etc.
Why don't you concentrate on those issues Traveller, instead of butting into issues in a place where you don't live!
arniegang
:cry: :cry: :cry:
no gold souks in this thread
boo hoo
:lol:
arniegang
- traveller wrote:
I refer to XPclone and chocoholic butts in ! Did I say anything to Choc?
This is MEANT to be the world-wide web , with people from the USA, China, Oz, Brazil , Pakistan reading this[ even if they say nothing!. ]
Are they amongst your "cretins" chocoholic?
People world-wide can all read the parochial, cliquey outpourings of some of the racist bigots that have fled to Dubai.
Do you think that this......the INTERNATIONAL NETWORK.....is a private club for a handful of you ? Dream on!!
Give my regards to Goebbels!
Its ok people he's Welsh :P
Probably a Chav from Swansea
He wont like it here anyway as they only like to play with sheep. They will have to change their technique for playing with Camels ie having to use a step ladder - it probably accounts why there are very few Welsh in Dubai with the exception of one or 2 ehhhhhhhh Chocs :P
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Chocoholic
I'm not Welsh! I just used to live there! The welsh are ok, work with a couple at the mo. Depends where they're from.
But yes no sheep here to keep him happy.
Unknown Devil
- maximusprime wrote:
Just a rant:
I find the level of ineficiency in this country to be absolutely astounding. Try going out to eat with a group of 4 or more. You would think it was rocket surgery or something. Dont get me wrong, I was a waiter once, I know what its like but there are simple rules like, bring the drinks out first, bring everyones food at the same time etc. I got some Thai food the other day. The last time I ate there I ordered it spicy and it didnt quite make the cut. This time I said make it VERY SPICY thinking that if it was anything like last time it would come back medium at best. Well guess what, they actually got it that time. It was spicy all right!!! As the sweat began to pour and my face lit up like a jackolantern I reached for my drink, the one I ordered about 20 minutes ago. Wait a minute, that damn waiter never brought it! Where is he? In a panic I started waiving my arms, "Boss!" i yelled. " I need my drink pronto!". "Yes sir, right away sir". "Just stay cool" I thought "dont panic, he'll be back in a second". He came back all right, with a pen and paper to take the next tables order! Furious, I stood up. "Buddy! Im friggin Dyin over here! I really need some water". " Oh yes, right away". He dissapeared again... and never came back. I swear he was enjoying this. I stood up and staggerred into the restaurant. My eyes were filled with tears, my nose dripping snot, my mouth red and hanging open. As I entered, I tripped on the fan cord, pulling the fan into the hostess stand knocking it over and sending crayons rolling everywhere. I fell on a table full of nicely dressed english women splattering their red duck curry all over the place. Just then the waiter comes out carying not my drink but the pad thai that the rest of my table had ordered. I looked up, still dazed from the chaos to see that I had been betrayed once again. I began to try to stand up to strangle him when he slipped on the crayons and his foot hit me square in the jaw. As I woke up, and my vision returned, I saw several people standing around, in the middle was a strange yellowish blob. It started moving. "What is that" I tried to say but before I could, it fell and hit me right in the face. It was my friends pad thai! It had stuck to the cieling when the waiter slipped! Embarrased, and ashamed, I left. I never did get my drink. I still have hot recovered my sense of taste or smell, and my hair smells like scrambled eggs.
Tried opening a bank account. I have been trying for 3 weeks with Standard Chartered to get a bank account open. My god! the application was delayed for 2 weeks because the person to forgot to fill out the "Land Mark" field for my home adress back in the US. When I finally got there to correct the problem and found out that that was the only thing wrong, I nearly lost it. Landmark? are you kidding me? I know they cant seem to get the concept of a postal address here but in the states, the postal service actually works. You write down the address, and guess what: it gets there! There is no "go 4 Km past the big dune and make a left at the camel". So anyway, they told me 3 days, 4 go by, then they say tomorrow, I call the next day and they say 3 more days "Inshallah". Thats the word of the day folks. It might as well be the national slogan. It basically means " yea maybe it will get done maybe it wont, I dont care either way so shove it". Inshallah I wont have an aneurism next time I talk to these people!
Anyway, thats my rant for the day. I feel much better now.
hehehehe!! well service wise dubai I am sorry is not great at all. Well I never had any incident out in a hotel and crap but banks buddy. I worked for a call center for around a yr in standard chartered. U need help let me know cuz I know exaclt whats goin on there. If u gotta salary over 8 grand then go for LLOYDS tsb not even barclays is good enough. I hope u plan to close down ur scb account. If u want my advice that is. If u wanna know whats goin on then please feel free to contact me and we can meet lol. But scb please no ways!!
traveller
Here we go!! No racism or any bigotry in Dubai amongst you lot? What a joke!! You are hypocrites!!
[1] XPClone says he will leave if "chavs" arrive. Not biased ,of course!
[2] One of you said about "cretins" being left into the UK.......from where do the cretins come ?
[3] Arniegang shows his true colours by getting racist about the Welsh. I was waiting for the anti-Welsh racism and all the tired old sheep jokes.
It might surprise you all to know that the Welsh are the ORIGINAL British who inhabited England for a 1000 YEARS before the English, who were GERMANS, arrived from their native north Germany, around Jutland, Angul [hence the word English] and Saxony in the 5th century AFTER the Romans had left Britain .
WEALAS or WALES is the GERMAN word for "Romanised foreigners". In other words, the Germans or English who came here after the Roman left in AD410 called the BRITISH.... "Romanised foreigners" or WELSH.
The Welsh had also inhabited Scotland[most of it]. The Scots came from Ulster in the 5th century.
So when Hadrian built his Wall in 1st / 2nd century ,he split WELSH SPEAKER from WELSH SPEAKER, because the Scots were in Ireland and the English in Germany.
The oldest existing Welsh poetry, Y Gododdin by Aneirin ,was composed in the Welsh speaking kingdom around Gododdin , known as Din Eidin [ now Edinburgh] circa AD 600. The Roman term for Gododdin was Votadini.
In the south, Welsh speaking Boudicca/Boadicea fought the Romans. Her real name was Buddug, from which we get the Welsh word buddugoliaeth meaning Victory. So Boudicca in English is Victoria [from the Latin].
Half the place-names of England and Scotland are Welsh. DOVER[Dyfr] is Welsh for WATER; MORECAMBE[ mor cam] is Welsh for CURVED SEA: MALVERN [ Moel fryn] is Welsh for BARE HILL ; GLASGOW [ glas gau] is Welsh for GREEN HOLLOW ; PERTH is Welsh for HEDGE or THICKET;
MELROSE [ moel rhos] is BARE MOORLAND ; AVON [afon] means RIVER;
DERWENT [ dwr wen] is CLEAR WATER.
I could go on and on.
The SCOTS were GAELS or IRISH , who arrived in the Mull of Kintyre AFTER the Romans left Britain. They spoke Gaelic.....a Q Celtic language. The Welsh spoke BRITISH or Brythonic a P Celtic language related to Cornish and Breton [ BRETON=BRITISH!!]
William Wallace was the great grandson of Richard Walays [ Ricardo Walenses in Latin] , meaning Richard the Welshman. Hence WALLACE means WELSH , as does WALSH in Ireland and WAUGH in Northumberland.
As the Saxons arrived , Welsh enclaves in England were called WEAL TUN, now Walton, "town of the Welsh" or WEALAS EY, now Wallasey or "island of the Welsh" or CORN WEALAS, now Cornwall " The Welsh of the corn or horn or peninsula".
To go back to Wallace; he never wore a kilt, because he was not a Highlander/Gael. He was from Elderslie , Ayrshire. Ayr is similar to Welsh Aeron. He was from a wealthy family, not born in a Highland bothy.
Braveheart twists history. Edward 1st and 2nd spoke FRENCH, not English, because FRENCH , not English, was the language of England's ruling classes for 300 years from 1066.
In what is NOW, Scotland, the last Welsh speaking king of Strath clyde/Ystrad Clud was OWAIN FOEL [Owen the Bald] who died in 1086. The capital of Strathclyde was Dumbarton or Dun Bhreatain , the fort of the BRITONS, and the Britons were the Welsh speakers!!
So the Welsh are the original British!!
One friend , on being told that the Welsh were Sheepsha**ers, said ...................." We are not NOW! But we were 2000 years ago!! Where do you think the English come from??"
As for the Welsh of Dubai; I come from only a small town. One guy from here has been a top civil engineer there for 14 yrs; one female from here was a night-club singer for years and now does kids shows out there and the 3rd guy from my town sold his business for £25 million and moved to Dubai for 5 years, 2 years ago, to avoid the tax bill.
When I was in Dubai, I met two other bankers from Cardiff.
Go and tell that lot that they are sheepsha**ers!!!
Say it to Joe Calzaghe's face!! Say it Swansea City who are Champions of their division!! Say it to Cardiff City who are in the FA cup final !! Say it to the Ospreys who won the rugby cup against Leicester !! Say it to the Welsh Rugby team, who HAMMERED England and won the Grand Slam!!
NOT BAD FOR A RACE OF SHEEP-SHA**ERS !!!!!!!! BAAAAAAHH!!!
XPClone
You are quite possibly the most boring person I have ever met on a forum. Far too much time on your hands and googling a bit too much as well.
You're just making things worse for yourself, people will really think you are a loser now.
zzzzzzzzzzz :roll:
arniegang
How do you give a welshman a hard on??
Show him a bottle of Mint Sauce, a sheepskin coat and go bahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
:lol: :lol: :lol:
jwvgoethe
um, RAKFTZ? :)
traveller
XP clone,
You have just displayed your lack of historical knowledge and education, so you can only come up with ..."boring". Very erudite!
You obviously know NOTHING about your own nation. I'm ashamed that people like you are my fellow countrymen.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised ,because you have abandoned Wales.
Arniegang,
Your anti-Welsh racism is getting you deeper into that grave you're digging!!
You do not even have the GUMPTION to realise that you have just grossly insulted XP clone.........as well as 3 MILLION PLUS other Welsh people !! Some of them will be getting back to you!!
gtmash
- jwvgoethe wrote:
um, RAKFTZ? :)
Ok, party-pooper. :lol: Be careful of extra fees at RAKFTZ. All their touting about advertised low costs is bull. Read the fine print on their form and the costs add up for stuff like phones and mailboxes.
However, if you plan to open a gold shop, your google search for "Dubai Gold Souq" will end you up on this site.
maximusprime
- Unknown Devil wrote:
hehehehe!! well service wise dubai I am sorry is not great at all. Well I never had any incident out in a hotel and crap but banks buddy. I worked for a call center for around a yr in standard chartered. U need help let me know cuz I know exaclt whats goin on there. If u gotta salary over 8 grand then go for LLOYDS tsb not even barclays is good enough. I hope u plan to close down ur scb account. If u want my advice that is. If u wanna know whats goin on then please feel free to contact me and we can meet lol. But scb please no ways!!
Hey thanks, finally got the account open but now i'm dealing with getting a loan. Would you beleve I have had to get 3 salary letters by now? Th 1st wasnt good enough because it didnt specify whether my salary was per year or per month or per week, hour, minute etc as if that would really make a difference. I only wish I made that much per week. Inshallah I will be driving within the century! I have heard emirates and hsbc are very good. I will go for them next time.
arniegang
Max
I can personally vouch for Lloyds TSB, they are my business bankers in the UK and i bank with them in Dubai. Your nearest branch is on Al Wasl Road mate.
maximusprime
- arniegang wrote:
Max
I can personally vouch for Lloyds TSB, they are my business bankers in the UK and i bank with them in Dubai. Your nearest branch is on Al Wasl Road mate.
Thanks arnie,
I'll check them out when I go for a mortgage :) I can only imagin the fun I will have then.
arniegang
er a mortgage :?
mate, they are a brit bank and as such they are sensible because unlike the ME Banks they have been there done it and got the t-shirt. You will be lucky to get more than an 80% mortgage with them.
Chazarelli
Is there anyway that we can block 'traveller'. It is a waste of mine, and everybody elses time to read the ignorant jargon that he posts on the forum pages. If only he had a quarter of the knowledge as he did time to waste he might be able to do something other than 'free lance' in his own personal journal at night about how much he would like to live in Dubai but isn't talented enough to...
arniegang
nooooooooooooooo Traveller is top class entertainment
:lol: :lol: :lol:
ebonics
dubai is arabic for incompetance.. you can go 2 ways about it.
watch and laugh
or pull your hair out.
spoonman
How's Noor Islamic Bank? has anyone worked with them?
deadlife
Yeah I do believe that the systems over here are disfunctional
Most of them are corrupt I mean they accept bribe(as in vaasta or contacts)
Even though the whole realestate market is controlled and pumped by black money as there are no taxes or regulations.
But calling dubai a third world country or a developing country would be certainly wrong
Its a third world country with
The tallest tower in the world
Worlds Most expensive Projects
Worlds Most expensive Horse Race
Worlds Most expensive Planes deals and Airshow
It's a country with some of the most expensive cars on the world that too in quantities Bugatti, Maybach, Ferrari Spiders, Mercedes Special Made(ordered) AMG, Specail Ordered Lexuses and the list goes on
How many of these do you see in your country.
And they call dubai third world country.(even though I hate it , I have to admit that its not a Third world country)
gtmash
- Chazarelli wrote:
Is there anyway that we can block 'traveller'. It is a waste of mine, and everybody elses time to read the ignorant jargon that he posts on the forum pages. If only he had a quarter of the knowledge as he did time to waste he might be able to do something other than 'free lance' in his own personal journal at night about how much he would like to live in Dubai but isn't talented enough to...
Hehe, this dude signed up just to request traveller to be banned!
gtmash
- deadlife wrote:
Yeah I do believe that the systems over here are disfunctional
Most of them are corrupt I mean they accept bribe(as in vaasta or contacts)
Even though the whole realestate market is controlled and pumped by black money as there are no taxes or regulations.
But calling dubai a third world country or a developing country would be certainly wrong
Its a third world country with
The tallest tower in the world
Worlds Most expensive Projects
Worlds Most expensive Horse Race
Worlds Most expensive Planes deals and Airshow
It's a country with some of the most expensive cars on the world that too in quantities Bugatti, Maybach, Ferrari Spiders, Mercedes Special Made(ordered) AMG, Specail Ordered Lexuses and the list goes on
How many of these do you see in your country.
And they call dubai third world country.(even though I hate it , I have to admit that its not a Third world country)
Many of those points apply to China too. Tall buildings and some expensive cars don't mean much.
deadlife
What do u have to say about the rest?
By the way did Abu Dhabi Is one of the most richest cities on this planet
Unknown Devil
- maximusprime wrote:
- Unknown Devil wrote:
hehehehe!! well service wise dubai I am sorry is not great at all. Well I never had any incident out in a hotel and crap but banks buddy. I worked for a call center for around a yr in standard chartered. U need help let me know cuz I know exaclt whats goin on there. If u gotta salary over 8 grand then go for LLOYDS tsb not even barclays is good enough. I hope u plan to close down ur scb account. If u want my advice that is. If u wanna know whats goin on then please feel free to contact me and we can meet lol. But scb please no ways!!
Hey thanks, finally got the account open but now i'm dealing with getting a loan. Would you beleve I have had to get 3 salary letters by now? Th 1st wasnt good enough because it didnt specify whether my salary was per year or per month or per week, hour, minute etc as if that would really make a difference. I only wish I made that much per week. Inshallah I will be driving within the century! I have heard emirates and hsbc are very good. I will go for them next time.
Okay okay okay people as helping maximux I will tell u whats the problem here with the banks. Why Lloyds tsb is better than the other banks in Dubai.
Well u see banks like HSBC, RAK, DUBAI ISLAMIC, ADCB, NBD, STANDARD CHARTERED and whatever names come to your mind do not offer one thing that is customer service. They cater to lower class, middle class and also higher class and not to mention they basically survive on the sole core of charges which they gain out from their loans, credit cards and other bankin products. It is almost impossible for them to cater to so many people. So what they do is gove u lucrative offers like u take a card and u get lifetime ur card is free which doesnt work always. Plus even give u the option of getting gifts and all.
Heres the catch say u bought a card from any of these banks and you are entitled up for a gift which will be delivered within 30 days which never does because either the stocks run out or maybe the courier doesnt deliver it there because banks have a deal with the courier company as in if they have to deliver to certain places so they will charge more so in the process ur getting pissed or maybe u recieved something else because the guy who took ur form for processing he made a mistake and ticked something else. Due to which another process starts in correcting the initial mistake. Then when u try to return the card they will be like give u another gift prior to this to calm u down which is basically done by the retention unit.
Then one fine day bam u get charged by annual fee which u get pissed about and complain and which takes u a week to get thorugh to the call centre and u complain and crap!! Fine they take their time to reverse it and if they dont u plan to close the card. But even if they reverse it no one actually thinks of the interest which was generated because of that charge. Whatever interest the bank has taken from the time it was generated to the time it was reversed it already good wnough so they reverse it.
Oh sure why not u wanna balance transfer from one card to the other and pay lesser amount on that balance. Say U gotta one card with a limit of 10000 from X bank and then u got another card with a limit of 20000 from Y bank. Now youve almost spent the almost the whole limit of X bank's card so u plan to balance transfer to a the Y card which has the 20000 dhs limit because u only spent 5000 dhs. Now u go through the procedures and all and get it transferred so what happens. The next month ur statement comes in for the X card u see the interest which comes on ur this card is higher than the interest of the previous month. Ur angry and pissed that u might beat the crap into anyone so u end up shouting at people in the callcenter that is people like me.
Heres what happened. Ur balance was transferred to ur X card and makin it 15000 including ur previous balance. So u were promised that it might be 0 or 0.5 percent whatever will be charged to you. So what the bank does is that it will leave the 10000 u transfered for the given amount of time and will only charge u for the 5000 but thats where people go wrong because they charge u on the whole thing inclusive the 5000. Now u were like okay I am gonna pay 5000 each month and finish it off in three months. So u ahead and pay up. But remaining is 10000 right. The bank calculates the percentage on the 150000 and the maximum of the percentage being used on the 5000 which is yet not cleared and less on the 10000. So u never end up clearing the full 15000 or the 10000 or the 5000 without any interest. And if they did offer u the gift and all then u wont get it before the certain time period as in if u clear off ur balance within the time period then u wont get it.
Oh u wanna know more now. well as per logic speaks why a customer goes over limit specially. Late payment is because u payed late but OCL which people dont realise ans should also and I will too because thats a proper system.
Here it is how it works. U are told u get 30 days to pay up the whole cash for ur card and no interest will be generated. well that is true. If say ur statement date is 1st of every month and 20th of every month is ur due date. After u get ur statement u get 20 days to pay it off right as in pay before the 1st of the month and avoid any penalties. So here how ocl works. U have a card limit of 10000 dhs. Say on the 1st of march u got ur statement which says u need to pay 8000 dhs by 20th of march. Now u being the customer and damn care about it u go ahead and spend 3000 dhs more makin it 11000 which is ocl. Bam u are charged and all. But the statement doesnt show that because the statement shows from 1st of feb to 1st of march whatever u spent. Now u being all happy and stuff u pay of 8000 thinkin u cleared the card but what happens to the overlimit then. Well it is still there with the 3000 u spent. Ur in the notion that u spent 3000 more so now cuz ur card is cleared its all right. But no. Now the thing is U keep on spending again and spend 7000 but forget theres an ocl charge with it. U think 7+3 is equal to 10. Who is gonna pay the overlimit charge.
So when the statement gets printed it shows ur Ocl and u want an explanation as to why it is like that and u go like why wasnt there any system like some one calling u sayin ur going overlimit. Well thats customer service which banks wont do. It will cost them a huge amount of time and people to actually call up people not to mention finance so they wont And all cards have a limit it can go upto when spending which is usually 5 percent more. So now after a lot of arguement and crap u decide okay u pay all the charges and clear the card or u threaten to cancel and get it reversed. But again when the next statment comes u get another ocl charge and this time ur furious. Logically speaking customer is being stupid. Its the customer duty to understand it right. U took it so handle it. When u recieve ur statement it shows what u have spent from 1st of this month to 1st of next month. So if ur closing balance is over the limit wont u also start with an opening balance of over the limit. Of course u will. Cuz of ur stupidy in not keepin up with ur card u suffer and I belive banks have the right to charge. If u cant control ur luxury or ur spending spree why should the bank be blamed. And shout on all us call centre people.
Problem here is lack of awareness and education. A family of four all have credit cards. A labourer or a lower class person below 3000 dhs has a credit card. Banks give u the bait and u take it.
Need I go on more. If u wanna know and stuff. I know about cards and accounts and loans but not investements. If u wanna know more P.M. me so that I can email u my number and we can talk.
Oh and btw why I would vouch with LLOLYDS TSB BECAUSE THEY ARE TRANSPARENT AND ALL. U HAVE A SALARY OF 8000 OR MORE GET AN ACCOUNT THERE. YES I KNOW THEY WILL TAKE TIME WITH A LOT OF THINGS. BUT ASK UR SELF THIS QUESTION DO U WANT A LOT OF THINGS LIKE CREDIT CARDS AND ALL WITH SO MANY FACILITIES AND NO CUSTOMER SERVICE OR DO U WANT NO FACILITIES BUT A GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE. I do understand lloyds can take time but they will make sure they get the job done.
Unknown Devil
- deadlife wrote:
What do u have to say about the rest?
By the way did Abu Dhabi Is one of the most richest cities on this planet
So big deal. Just cuz they got so much of oil money but service please. Dubai is better!!
Unknown Devil
- spoonman wrote:
How's Noor Islamic Bank? has anyone worked with them?
I just know its a bank started by Shiekh Mo. But havent heard anything. But I think it caters to the rich class. Not sure!!
traveller
Chazerelli,
What hole did you crawl out of? What have I EVER said to YOU ? So why are YOU trying to block me? If you don't like my correspondence with your RACIST, BIGOTED pals, who STARTED all of this , then you don't have to read any of it........DO YOU?
KEEP YOUR NOSE OUT, CHAVERELLI ! Go back to your sand-dune in the desert!
Is there an enclave of intolerant, Fascist neo-Nazi thought police that has moved en bloc from the UK to Dubai? It seems that way!!
First ,some of you jump down peoples' throats with vile insults over NOTHING [ check back!]; then the "cretins" , "chavs", "morons" and "retards" insults come flying through the ether[ like....upset my web-site and BOTH BOOTS will come flying at you! ]; then the deep-rooted anti-Welsh racism from semi-educated bigots!!
It's incredible! Do you have military training camps in the desert? Are you building concentration camps out there in case you are "invaded" by "unclean" chavs ?
Is it STILL 1984 in Dubai ??
I really had to laugh when you said I wanted to LIVE in Dubai !! You must be joking !! I've been there ! It's one of the last places I'd want to live. It's alright to visit for a few days, but that's all. The summer climate seems to be atrociously hot and humid . If I was moving abroad , I'd go to Spain or the Canaries. Certainly not Dubai.
Talent? I've got three businesses.....AND I PAY MY TAXES to my OWN country!!
If everyone was like you....sucking OUT of the system, there would be no Health Service or Armed Forces in the UK
traveller
Gt Mash,
"this dude [Chav-erelli ]signed up just to get Traveller banned".
At least you're right there!! Didn't you know? Chaverelli is Sheikh Mo!!!
Chocoholic
Hahahahahaha - Traveller, welcome to the newbie baptism of fire, which you are not taking very well.
The 'cretins' are invading the UK from all over the place, most recently Eastern European countries.
People here aren't being racist or bigoted? Pulease, get that Welshy chip off your shoulder and lets go back to the days when we could all take the piss out of each other, and have a good old laugh about it, untill the PC morons came along and ruined it all.
Get over yourself.
Oh yeah haven;t you heard the saying 'what's the difference between an expat and a racist? - Three weeks!'
Now get down of your soap box, lighten up and get over yourself.
Chocoholic
Da hwyr. Blesio arhosa yn bod fel 'n benffol , 'r hychwaneg cei ddymchwel , 'r hychwaneg boblogi ewyllysia ca a cer amdanat.
Or something to that effect!
arniegang
chocs
does that translate to:
"why oh why doesn't that Welsh Chav Sheep Shagger Bugger off" ??
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Chocoholic
No it's actually very polite.
traveller
Chocoholic,
Beth wyt ti'n ceisio dweud ? 'Does ddim synnwyr yn y geiriau na.
Ydy Arniegang yn drewi fel ffwrch camel?
Chocoholic
Leave Arnie alone! Better stinky camel, than stinky sheep - pfff
traveller
Paham mae un o Gymru yn cysylltu y Cymry gyda defaid?
By the way, go to ;
click the BLUE AD on the TOP LEFT of the front page.
The title is "BUY A PROPERTY IN DUBAI"
Click on the first 3 pages of that and you might realise who I am!
You might have a shock!
deadlife
hey traveller :)
Man cmon u dont have to get serious
I mean cool down
everybody is sharing their views here
even if there are comments on other members here but which forum doesnt have that
cool down bro :)
jwvgoethe
- gtmash wrote:
- jwvgoethe wrote:
um, RAKFTZ? :)
Ok, party-pooper. :lol: Be careful of extra fees at RAKFTZ. All their touting about advertised low costs is bull. Read the fine print on their form and the costs add up for stuff like phones and mailboxes.
However, if you plan to open a gold shop, your google search for "Dubai Gold Souq" will end you up on this site.
much appreciated, thank you. and as you might have guessed, i am looking for the lowest cost free zone (in this case where a general distributorship can be set up). but I would pay more for competence and reliability
traveller
Deadlife,
You are telling ME to cool down, but I notice that you,along with others on this forum, refuse to admonish or castigate ,in any way,Arniegang ;XP clown or Minimus [ and others]for their extremely insulting ,sometimes racist language on this site. You will also note ,if you check, that the "retard" and "moron" insults first emanated from the twisted ,bitter ,sarcastic minds of XPclown and Arniegang.
I understand that Arniegang is meant to be policing it, yet he has come out with the most racist of insults against the Welsh and the foulest language. Who's policing the police?
traveller
gmvgoethe,
gt mash is p*ss-taking about entering "dubai gold souk" into Google UK which I said earlier led to .
But actually ,for his information, I found that several different search terms led back to the same site on the front page. There don't seem to be actual web-sites for the Gold Shops in the Old Souk in Deira.
I went there once. Plenty of shops,dripping in gold, but when I wanted to invest in some gold recently and tried to find those shops on the internet, I was unsuccessful.
Either they don't have web-sites ,or they are not very prominent.
Searching "22 carat gold price" or "gold shops in Dubai souk" and such terms did not find them.
It seems to me ,that generally, no-one in Dubai.......with its myriad shopping malls.......is selling goods INTERNATIONALLY over the internet like ,for example.
There may be shops doing it in a SMALL way, but where are the BIG Dubai internet retailers?
Another thing. The best tourism sites like and are multi-lingual in about 10 international languages. They are a small nation who realise the linguistic diversity of the world. When you are MARKETING to the world, that is really important.
Let's face it. There are 125 million people in Japan alone . How many sites are in Japanese? Any Dubai marketing sites?
Similarly with German, Portugese , Mandarin etc.
Dubai has Dubai Internet City.......so where are the MULTI-lingual web-sites? It only needs university language students [working cheap] to translate sites.
traveller
gmvgoethe,
I stand corrected. and were multi-lingual about a year ago when I looked. There was a row of 10 international flags with 10 languages down the side. They have discontinued that for some reason. Now its only English , French and Flemish.
Maybe the multilingualism made it too unwieldy.
gtmash
Dubai Gold Souk
BONGGGG!!!!!
Chocoholic
Traveller,
Stop being so hyped up, no-one is being racist towards you, it's the normal comments you get with the English, Irish, Werlsh Scots, but then unfortunately some of you do tend to have a rather big chip on your shoulder. Stop bleating on 'pun intended!' about it as you really will get no sympathy round here.
Try comnig here and being of Asian origin, then you'd really know what it feels like to be on the end of racial discrimination!
Couldn't get on your link and it doesn't really matter who you are, didn't know that everybody is somebody in Dubai? I've worked in the media here for nearly five years, and I hate the 'don't you know who I am' attitude, because no-one will care.
traveller
gmvgoethe,
Further to what I said,next-door Netherlands has , which is still multi-lingual. Their site is in Dutch, French, German, English, Italian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
[ Don't say there's no Arabic. Maybe the Arabs would not go to the Amsterdam red light district ,which covers a huge part of the city]
Now THAT is selling to the world ! How many Dubai sites even approach that sort of multi-lingualism?
Unbelievably though, the Netherlands is only marketing, with the name Holland, when the world knows the country as Netherlands. You'd think that if they used as well, and pointed it to their visitholland site, that they would get hundreds of thousands more onto their web-site.
I should imagine that a Dutchman could make a fortune out of
a site. It could market anything , big time.
The Dutch Govt is being clever with multi-lingualism and stupid by not using the name that THEY and the world, use for their country.
It is the NETHERLANDS Olympic and football teams. The country is NEDERLAND in Dutch. So why does the Govt not use both? Crazy in my opinion. Holland is , strictly, only PART of the Netherlands. It means "lowland". Hence Holland in the Fens of England too.
spoonman
- traveller wrote:
Paham mae un o Gymru yn cysylltu y Cymry gyda defaid?
By the way, go to ;
click the BLUE AD on the TOP LEFT of the front page.
The title is "BUY A PROPERTY IN DUBAI"
Click on the first 3 pages of that and you might realise who I am!
You might have a shock!
LMAO HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHA
By the blue ad on top left you mean the google ad?
moron
Chocoholic
Actually I'd like to differ on that, many people still don't know - particularly in this region - where the Netherlands is, but they all know the name Holland.
As someone who works in the retail industry, all our products are stated as 'Produce/Product of Holland' - nobody uses the Netherlands.
Also I have many many Dutch friends and I have very rarely heard them mention the 'Netherlands' they all just say they're from Holland.
traveller
Chocoholic,
Come off it Choc !
You say the "Welsh sheep shagger" thing is a NORMAL British banter thing. Rubbish!!
Go ahead......tell me what the equivalent ENGLISH insult is!! There isn't one ,is there? NOT EVEN CLOSE TO IT !!
I have heard the English say that about the Welsh SO MANY times!
So tell us what the equivalent anti-English cliched insult is? Now you are flummoxed!!
You try saying something 10 per cent as bad as that ABOUT THE ENGLISH and they come back with BOTH BOOTS,because they can't TAKE IT!!!
I will give you a scenario . Put an English stand-up comic in an ENGLISH WORKING CLASS CLUB.
He'll tell "Paki" jokes. They ROAR with laughter!!
He'll tell "thick Irish Paddy" jokes. They laugh even louder!
He'll tell "Welsh sheep-shagging " jokes . LOUDER STILL!!
But let him TRY.....even TRY......to start telling ENGLISH JOKES!!
The SILENCE will increase with each joke !! THEN THE BARRACKING WILL START!! THE BARRACKING THEN GROWS INTO NASTINESS TOWARDS THE COMEDIAN.
BUT it NEVER HAPPENS, because NO COMEDIAN WOULD TELL ENGLISH JOKES TO THE ENGLISH!!
The truth is that the ENGLISH HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO HAND IT OUT..............BUT THEY HAVE NEVER, EVER BEEN ABLE TO TAKE IT!!
It is THEIR RACISM . They PRETEND it's even handed....but it is not.
You will NEVER see an Englishman laugh at an "ENGLISH JOKE"!
Your RACIST mate Arnie is typical. I didn't start the insults. I said NOTHING ABOUT THE " ENGLISH" DID I? BUT WHAT DOES HE DO TO GET BACK AT ME?? HE USES OVERT RACISM!! TYPICAL!!
Go on Choc! Tell us an "ENGLISH" joke that makes the rounds in ENGLAND !
Tell us ANYTHING that is 10 per cent as insulting as bestiality!
You CAN'T !!
AND WHEN I DEFEND MYSELF.......IT IS ME THAT IS GETTING SERIOUS........NOT YOUR MATES XPCLOWN AND ARNIE!.......Who STARTED IT !!
You WON'T castigate them, will you? They are untouchable, because you are biased as well, I'm afraid !
Funnily enough, do you know there are FAR MORE SHEEP in England than in Wales.....simply because England has six times the area of Wales!!
NO-ONE IN ENGLAND STARTED ENGLISH SHEEP JOKES THOUGH.....NO CHANCE!!
traveller
Spoonman,
Sure! The Google Ad on the top left of . That's what I said ! I said if you want to know something about me, look through it! There is a clue there. Simple!
Are you thick?
You must be a MORON too if I am one!
XPClone
You really are a f**king retard!!!
Google Ads are regional specific. The whole point is they change to offer you relevant advertising based on where you are!!!
So come on then f**k wit - spill the beans!!! :roll:
traveller
Choc,
Good grief!! Of course most of the world says NETHERLANDS, not Holland.
It is the NETHERLANDS competing in the Olympics !! My Times concise Atlas has NETHERLANDS written across the country !!Any BRITISH PHONE BOOK has Netherlands for the international code!! My National Geographic atlas has Netherlands written across the country!!
Those atlases ALONE are sold in MILLIONS world-wide!!
The islands in the Caribbean are the NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, not the Holland Antilles!!
Loads of INSTITUTIONS in the Netherlands begin with the word Netherlands , not Holland. Check it out on the internet!
Holland is a minority usage compared to the term Netherlands!
Anyway, you would think that a COUNTRY would use BOTH to feed its tourism internet site to COVER ALL TERMS. Common-sense!!
traveller
Gt Mash,
Is there something wrong with you? You mentioned "dubai gold souk" in YOUR email to Goethe. You were taking the p*ss out of me......so I REPLIED!! So what do you expect?
No good going "Bong" pal. You can bong all day if you are going to keep mentioning "dubai gold souk" [ Is that Bong! Bong! now?] which I said pointed to .
traveller
XP Clown,
Charming!! Is the heat getting to you or are your piles playing up?
Camels don't help !! They're very lumpy!!
Don't you think I know that Google Ads are area specific. I said to go to the one entitled" Buy a property in Dubai" on the top left of when you go into Google UK.
Is there a different ad showing out there if you go into that site on Google UK, or is Big Brother out there blocking certain things on the internet?
arniegang
Keywords:
Atlas, Google Ads, Netherlands
:lol: :lol: :lol:
desert surfer
- deadlife wrote:
Yeah I do believe that the systems over here are disfunctional
Most of them are corrupt I mean they accept bribe(as in vaasta or contacts)
Even though the whole realestate market is controlled and pumped by black money as there are no taxes or regulations.
But calling dubai a third world country or a developing country would be certainly wrong
Its a third world country with
The tallest tower in the world
Worlds Most expensive Projects
Worlds Most expensive Horse Race
Worlds Most expensive Planes deals and Airshow
It's a country with some of the most expensive cars on the world that too in quantities Bugatti, Maybach, Ferrari Spiders, Mercedes Special Made(ordered) AMG, Specail Ordered Lexuses and the list goes on
How many of these do you see in your country.
And they call dubai third world country.(even though I hate it , I have to admit that its not a Third world country)
I don't know where are you from but if you did live in developed country you will notice the difference. It's like saying "India is developed country cos it has one of the wonders of the world but go to Taj Mahal you will be bugged by throes of beggars".
Does that mean India is a developed country? Nah, cos the indicators of development are education, politics, infrastructure etc. No matter if you have thousands of Bugattis or Pagani Zondas the laws like labour laws and education is still lagging behind developed countries.
sage & onion
- arniegang wrote:
nice one Doc
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Ditto
Dr Strangeglove
Traveller, if there's one thing I can't abide, it's people making themselves out to be more intelligent than they really are. To the independent observer you appear childish, obnoxious and fairly dim witted (no offense). You repeatedly call people racist and then say "Go back to your sand-dune in the desert!". That's what we call being 'hypocritical'.
You castigate people for being offensive and then say "insulting dicks , like XP clone". He is insulting, but then so are you, so clearly you're not in any position to pass judgement.
But what I find most disingenuous about you, is that you're quick to jump on people for racially stereotyping the welsh, but then you state that all the british people leaving the UK for Dubai do so because they don't want to pay their way.
You know us all do you? You know why I or Chocoholic left the UK? And you're in a position to tell us what we did or didn't contribute prior to leaving?
Clearly the answer is no. You're like a bell, you make lots of noise but you're ultimately hollow, you have nothing original to say as you sit there in your shabby bedsit surrounded by cheap porn and the results of previous self love sessions (that sock probably needs washing now, don't you think?).
I guess ultimately, you should consider your value to us all here and to yourself. And if you do decide (as you should) that you have no value, and that ending it all really is best for all involved. Then as your fix the hosepipe to your exhaust and settle in for some Radio 4 and your 'final post', ponder on the fact that no-one will miss you, not even your Mum (who by the way, I intend to copulate with furiously on my return to Not So Great Anymore Britain).
Yours tongue-in-cheekingly,
The Doc
arniegang
nice one Doc
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Chocoholic
Ahahahahaha, that's hilarious! Nice one! Dr I think I love you!
By the way I've just let my Welshy friend here read this thread, and he thinks you're full of hot air and should stop making such a fuss.
Also FYI, I went to the comedy club last week where an Irish, English/German and Aussie were performing, they all took the mick out of the English and our seriousness, sarcasm etc and everyone thought it was hilarious.
And you didn't bother to actually read my post on Holland/Netherlands, because I actually stated 'in this part of the world' not the entire planet. In stores here everything is labelled 'From Holland' - FACT.
Maybe you should take the time to actually stop and read posts, some journo hey?
Now if you'll excuse me, I must get back to proof reading my articles!
reviewer
As always the doctor's around when you needed them most......i thought your username was Strangleglove at first then had another look.......:lol: :lol:
You sounds familiar....but hey dont we all sound the same..... ..... :P :P :P
Alex1111
Great thread guys.Haven't laughed so much in ages.U lot need to get together in one room and just kick the crap out of each other and finish this.
Personally,I think Dubai was/is a third world country on its way to becoming first rate.The service is a joke in alot of ways.The amazing developments mask this fact and you would be forgiven for thinking it was incredibly organised if you were observing from abroad.
As a resident of the UK I gotta say wait for the Brits to take over completely and kick it all into shape.Until then get used to the dumb ass locals and Asians.
traveller
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traveller
What's the name of your mag?
Or is it a glossy Gulf rag?
You think I'm not bright?
And can't really write?
I can rhyme as I scribe ...with no lag!!
spoonman
The fact is that he is a low life behind that ugly website, trying to promote it.
As long as he appears here, bullshit everyone and rhyme, he is forwarding visitors toward his website.
He is asking people to open Google ads on his page to make a cent or two every time by claiming nonsense about his identity.
we should just ignore him.
Now back to the important stuff; Hey Alex, why don't you fck off?
Alex1111
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jwvgoethe
- Chocoholic wrote:
Actually I'd like to differ on that, many people still don't know - particularly in this region - where the Netherlands is, but they all know the name Holland.
As someone who works in the retail industry, all our products are stated as 'Produce/Product of Holland' - nobody uses the Netherlands.
Also I have many many Dutch friends and I have very rarely heard them mention the 'Netherlands' they all just say they're from Holland.
i second that. "holland" is more common, and alot of times they will just say "rotterdam" or "amsterdam" etc
traveller
Goethe/ Choc,
Come off it! Holland is only ONE PART of the Netherlands. Don't you know your geography?
How come, the country is called Netherlands in :-
[1] The Times atlas... Probably the leading atlas in the UK.
[2] National Geographic, the leading atlas in the world.
[3] British PHONE BOOKS under International COUNTRY codes!!!
[4] The Olympic team competes under Netherlands.
[5] It is NEDERLAND in Dutch.
[6] My Highbury Columbus "World Travel Atlas" for businessmen, which I picked up in a Business Travel Show in Earls Court.
[7] My Bedouk International [] book for businessmen called "The Worldwide Meeting Planners Guide". It lists top hotels globally, for businessmen.
[8] My Collins Road Atlas for Europe. A TOP atlas!!
[9] The CAR REGISTRATION is "NL" not "HO" !!! ..... Ho! Ho ! Ho!
I could go on. I can't believe this! How can Brits abroad be so PAROCHIAL and lacking in common-sense?
OF COURSE, the country is the Netherlands. I can remember the term "Holland" being used more in the 1950s [ THAT's how old I am!!!!!], but since about the late Fifties, Netherlands took over for MOST things, especially OFFICIAL things. Holland is a particularly low-lying part of the country.....like " hollow land". A "hollow" is a DIP , is it not?
Hence the name HOL---LAND
That is why there is a HOLLAND in Lincolnshire and another in ESSEX.
The Dutch soccer team uses Holland and Netherlands, but when TOP ATLASES use Netherlands, the Dutch had better be careful. Children all over the world are learning THAT name , as well as all the older people. From a MARKETING point of view , the country must be losing hundreds of millions if there is ANY confusion. Why should a SENSIBLE government even take RISKS with marketing by using ALONE?
All they need do is point to the same site !!
YOU DO NOT DICTATE TO MILLIONS OF CUSTOMERS!! IF THEY WANT TO USE NETHERLANDS........YOU GO ALONG WITH THEM!! OTHERWISE YOU LOSE THEM!! SIMPLE!!
Have you thought that the Dutch in Dubai might be saying Holland to some of you people, because they think YOU do not USE Netherlands.....or even do not KNOW Netherlands ? Ask the Dutch where NEDERLAND is!!
By the way "Dutch" is related to "Deutsch" ie German. They both mean "brother". The Dutch language is "Low German". It is a West Germanic language , like Flemish, German, Friesian and English.
The English were North Germans from Angeln and Saxony.
ANGELN or ANGUL is the curved coast where the Jutland peninsula meets the rest of Germany.
The early Indo-European word for BENT was "ANGG" . This came into Germanic early as ANGLE meaning FISH-HOOK which has this bent shape. Hence ANGLING!!
So the ANGLES were the people of ANGUL/ANGELN the "fish-hook shaped coast " where JUTLAND[ it JUTS UP....hence Jutes] meets Germany on the North Sea.
The same prefix is in ANCHOR, because it's BENT ; ANKLE...bent again and ANGLE in Geometry[ which came from ANGULUS]. They are all bent!!
even an ANGEL has bent wings at right angles to the body!
ANGLE gave Englisch and English !!
So THE ENGLISH ARE "THE BENT PEOPLE"........LITERALLY !!!!!
As the Germanics/English sailed around the British coast they called Sir Fon , the island in North Wales ANGLESEY or ANGLE 's EY. EY is island. It is a "fish hook shaped island" The hook is on the east at Red Bull bay, near Beaumaris.
As they sailed around West Wales, they called a place ANGLE because it is the tip of the fish-hook shaped coast of South Pembs!!
There again, I know f**k all. You lot have told me!
traveller
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Chocoholic
Traveller,
Are you completely and utterly stupid! 'WE' know the difference between Holland and the Netherlands, but many people don't!!!! End of! Get it through your stupid thick head.
And I have many Dutch friends, er that's why I'm giong to a Dutch Queens Day celebration tonight with all of them!
And once again you whine and complain about the abuse other people are throwing at you, and yet a whole load of filth has just come out of your mouth! What a hypocrit! And byb the way your rhyming couplets suck!
traveller
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Chocoholic
That's because the site has a sensoring mechanism for idiots like you.
Right now you are, 'being inconsistent with the religious, cultural, political and moral values of the United Arab Emirates.'
traveller
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spoonman
Ok Alex,
Care for a few beers?
Chocoholic
Oh I/we can take it, the difference is that we don't let it get to us, we just turn the other cheek instead of jumping up and down and screaming like a child, thinking the whole world is against us.
Grow up would you and stop being so pathetic, really! Go home and cry to mummy!
traveller
Choc,
You are not even LOGICAL !
YOU LOT hand out the insulting filth and WELSH RACISM for days, and you AGREE and laugh your heads off !!
ISN'T IT HILARIOUS???
But as SOON AS IT IS THROWN BACK AT YOU......you turn bitchy and CANNOT TAKE IT!!
Why is that, Choc??
Yet YOU SAY you can turn the other CHEEK........WHICH ONE? THE ONE ON THE LEFT INSIDE YOUR KNICKERS??
Or do you keep that one for the "Dutch Queens"???
If you can take it BACK.......WHY DID YOU FLARE UP AND ATTACK ME!!
You English can HAND IT OUT, but you cannot take "English jokes" can you??
TOTALLY HYPOCRITICAL!!!
By the way, I'm far too old to have a mummy!!
Chocoholic
Because you can't be grown up about it! You degenerate into swearing and abusive language, are you dumb not to realise that if you don't react people would stop making fun? Clearly you can't be the bigger person so you just degenerate into gutter talk.
And really the things people have saying were all in jest, but you rising to it, is hilarious and you're giving us all a good laugh at your own expense. So more fool you.
And really I don't give a damn that you're Welsh, I lived in Wales for two years and had a great time and made loads of friends. But the way you act, would have most of them wanting to give you a big old slap round the head.
Chocoholic
:bootyshake: :knob: :withstupid: :la:
traveller
Choc,
I can't believe your INCONSISTENCIES!!
You have just said that I "degenerated into swearing and abusive language............." ........ and you are a bl**dy PROOF READER!!??
Well, if you want to READ THE PROOF......go back to the start!!
"cretin" ; "moron" ; "retard" and "sheep sha**er " CAME FROM YOUR LOT FIRST.......AND YOU LAUGHED AND CONDONED IT ALL!!
Don't you UNDERSTAND ENGLISH?? You think those terms are not SWEARING AND ABUSIVE?? YOU LOT DEGENERATED LONG BEFORE ME!!
I MERELY LOWERED MYSELF INTO YOUR GUTTER!!!
Good grief!! What a hypocrite you are !!
Call YOUR NEWSPAPER READERS THOSE THINGS ,THEN!!!
BUT PUT YOUR REAL NAME TO IT!!
I DARE YOU!!!
apl
DOES WRITING IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS MAKE ME SEEM LIKE AN ANGRY PERSON?
:roll: :roll:
maximusprime
Ok Traveller, time to let it go. Take a minute to chill out.
Chocoholic
Let it go? The guy can't let it go, he's going to get himselff so worked up, that he'll give himself a heart attack.
I don't know what his problem is, round and round it does.
I'm out because he's boring me to death.
traveller
Choc,
I won't let it go because it was 3 or 4 of your lot that STARTED the GROSS abuse!
Of course, you say NOTHING to them!! That sort of abuse is "fun" IN YOUR LITTLE MIND , because it's YOUR GANG creating the abuse.
As soon as someone faces up to you and responds in kind......you don't like it, AT ALL !!
As President Harry Truman once said " IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT....GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN!!"
You LAUGHED at your moronic mate Doc's insults " HELL, IT WAS FUNNY!!" You all congratulated him......WHICH SHOWS WHO THE IMMATURE CHILDREN ARE!!
Is it funny , then , if burglars go around to your parents' houses in England and rob them and beat the sh*t out of them?...And RAPE YOUR MOTHER, CHOC, while they are at it??
HILARIOUS, IS IT ?
Chocoholic
ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz uh wha er did somebody say something? Oh no just that insignificant fly buzzing around again ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
PS my family all left the UK, because they hate it!
arniegang
Traveller is now banned
maximusprime
Well it was fun while it lasted
arniegang
yea i agree Max but in the end he lost the plot totally and just wasnt funny anymore.
Alex1111
- spoonman wrote:
Ok Alex,
Care for a few beers?
Errr,no but i'd love to play football with your head.
sage & onion
- Alex1111 wrote:
- spoonman wrote:
Ok Alex,
Care for a few beers?
Errr,no but i'd love to play football with your head.
The aggression :roll: :wink: :roll: :wink: :roll: :wink:
deadlife
IF you want any service in this country
you will have to take it rather than request it
And CHOC what do I see here
I dont understand why people call u abuser?
Do u actually treat people so bad?
Dr Strangeglove
Hey don't ban the guy!
He was making me feel better about myself. And did you ever meet someone so easy to wind up? If I ever get like that, shoot me.
firefingers
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
look at you girls having a cat fight .... ohh so sweet .
cam'aan let them go on ,lets see who can tear the other one t-shirt.
firefingers
- desert surfer wrote:
- deadlife wrote:
Yeah I do believe that the systems over here are disfunctional
Most of them are corrupt I mean they accept bribe(as in vaasta or contacts)
Even though the whole realestate market is controlled and pumped by black money as there are no taxes or regulations.
But calling dubai a third world country or a developing country would be certainly wrong
Its a third world country with
The tallest tower in the world
Worlds Most expensive Projects
Worlds Most expensive Horse Race
Worlds Most expensive Planes deals and Airshow
It's a country with some of the most expensive cars on the world that too in quantities Bugatti, Maybach, Ferrari Spiders, Mercedes Special Made(ordered) AMG, Specail Ordered Lexuses and the list goes on
How many of these do you see in your country.
And they call dubai third world country.(even though I hate it , I have to admit that its not a Third world country)
I don't know where are you from but if you did live in developed country you will notice the difference. It's like saying "India is developed country cos it has one of the wonders of the world but go to Taj Mahal you will be bugged by throes of beggars".
Does that mean India is a developed country? Nah, cos the indicators of development are education, politics, infrastructure etc. No matter if you have thousands of Bugattis or Pagani Zondas the laws like labour laws and education is still lagging behind developed countries.
go home your develped country and let them pay your as* to live .
god I love saying that :)