For Dubai Government Workers, the Wrong Day to Turn Up Late

[buggerall]

Not sure why this is news. Nothing new here....

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-28/empty-chairs-greet-dubai-ruler-on-spot-check-of-state-offices

[Mango]

The cockpits of A380 and B777 at 0730, 0230, 1900 or any other time of the day would not have been empty....

[buggerall]

The cockpits of A380 and B777 at 0730, 0230, 1900 or any other time of the day would not have been empty....

Was going to say neither Le Costa... but at those hours it would be...

[crewmeal]

I bet the habibis were hard at work yesterday

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2016/08/29/Dubai-ruler-retires-nine-executives-after-his-surprise-visit-to-govt-offices-.html

[RoyHudd]

Locals working hard?

[springbok449]

It's not just a UAE problem in fairness though it is a perfected art here.

It reminds me of the day that Virgin got a new boss, he walked un-announced into an open plan office and asked everyone to stop what they were doing and step back from their desk, he then checked to see what people were actually doing on their computers, suffice to say that the security settings were promptly changed by the IT department...

[Rather Be Skiing]

I bet the habibis were hard at work yesterday

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2016/08/29/Dubai-ruler-retires-nine-executives-after-his-surprise-visit-to-govt-offices-.html

Being at work and working hard are two distinctly different things!! ;)

[alwayzinit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLexgOxsZu0