My E Vision jumped from 139 dits a month to 185 about three months ago, also with no fanfare - and they didn't even bother to add a couple more Hindi or Arabic channels to the package as they used to do each time they hiked the price.
Car service and maintenance? What used to cost around 800 dits now costs close to 2000.
Just got my Choithrams bill today - double what it was for the same month last year. I accept that's not a scientific comparison, (obviously, I can't say I ordered exactly the same food), but I find I'm paying as much at the supermarket living alone as I was with two in the house this time last year.
If that's 9% inflation, I'd hate to see what 30% looks like.
I'd love to see some time and motion expert come out with a figure for what the daily traffic snarls are costing local business. I for one simply am not going any more to places I used to go to quite frequently.
For people on our salaries, it's a bit of a pain. God only knows what it must mean for the poor bastards who are on 800 dits a month. I heard on the Beeb today that 1000 construction workers have gone on strike in Dubai and are blocking roads and have pelted riot police with rocks.
I suppose that problem will be fixed the way it always has been - three quick charter flights to points East for Emirates.