i dont expect clicks i just want to get it of my chest
I started a new job 3 months ago out in the crass vulgar dustbowl that is Dubai. I work in the creative industry - which HAS NO PLACE HERE. The way it works is for anyone to have a business you have to have a sponsor. What that means in effect is you have to give some incredibly spoiled petulant imbecile have a good chunk your profits for nothing.

So far I have found it is acceptable for Arabs to:

Promise to send you file CRUCIAL to the progress of project, not bother but still expect you to deliver

Make and take numerous shouty phone calls during meetings

Demand (at least) 9 design routes in 12 variations of colour, font whatever then change their mind but still expect you to hit deadlines and not pay for the 9 other routes they asked for

Approve creative work; ask you to extend it across a campaign – then show the creative to some random clueless fucker who doesn’t like it because say - ‘its blue’ – so they then decide all of the work is in fact dreadful and an insult to their ‘wisdom and vision’.

Expect weeks of work for free because you should be honored to be part of ‘their vision and wisdom’

Suddenly decide to rant at you in meetings because you are not a fucking mind reader and haven’t been able to develop a full understanding of their business after one 10-minute chat.

Expect you to be able to express exactly the nature of their ‘wisdom and vision’ when they have no fucking clue what it is.

Sorry – I miss my wife and little boy. I can put up will all of these arseholes if I could just have my little troupe of Muppets here.

(apologies to my good friend kitty for recycling a gaz)
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 17:23, 7 replies)

Ooooh...
A lot of the locals are great but I know what you mean. Just wait until you see one of the fat spoilt teenage boys having a manboob jiggling tantrum when you're in one of the big malls (if you haven't already)it's hilarious, but stand well back and pretend to be interested in something else while watching out of the corner of your eye.
(Oil Slick, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 17:53, closed)

Were here for you Spimf.
Let it all out.

*proffers shoulder*
( girlinthehole, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 19:38, closed)

i give it
3 years until you and your mates are flying planes into their giant hotels.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 19:46, closed)

who needs three fucking years
*chomps on cigar and grips controls*
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 21:36, closed)

oh and their hotels...
they generally look like some took the entire contents of steptoes yard and slapped some gold paint on it
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 21:37, closed)

Awww
I hope you see your muppets soon :)
( Occulus Swallowed, instead of spat, on, Fri 10 Oct 2008, 19:27, closed)

poor you
but if you miss them that bad the answer is to go home asap because they would rather have you than shitloads of money
(whiskas loved by 8 out of 10 cats, Sun 12 Oct 2008, 11:03, closed)