Company regulation, new FCI

[nolimitholdem]

IE: a middle eastern leopard does not change his spots.

That's a bit like trying to take credit for noticing the desert is hot. Bravo, well spotted. THIS is what took you decades to learn?

But it's actually the whole point being made here - in spite of their expensive PR machine, EK/UAE and this region of the world have NOT changed. It's still just a backward, third-world, dark ages mentality with enough money to crust things over briefly with (fake) gold. And THAT is why the attempts are made to get the word out to those who might be fooled. Thanks to the internet and other mediums, there are less out there. I would submit that fundamental changes in communication are one area that tend to discount your "experience" by some degree...in "your" day in the Middle East, there was no possibility of sharing the idiocy so quickly. Nowadays a foolish memo is released and almost instantly flashed across the world. So your paternalism is a tad misplaced old son.

I certainly have no desire to "punish" management...to have to BE one of those cretins, is surely punishment enough...I at least will get to go home, with as much of their dirhams stuffed in my pockets as possible. They will still be in the desert, they will still be themselves. Brief anger gave way to pity a long time ago.

It's all about making it work for YOU...this I do agree!

[GMDS]

Brief anger gave way to pity a long time ago.

Congratulations, allthough this is phase II only. Phase III is when you don't even feel any pity no more for those morons, especially when winding up a Patrol around a bridge pillar.

Same no-feelings-no-more applies to 411A's drivel as well.

Once at that state, life's still pretty good, it makes waiting for better times to leave the cro-magnons quite bearable.

To all wannabees: Just consider that it takes some time to get to phase III and that is the hard part, especially for the missus.

[sheikmyarse]

411A..it is all your fault...

My dear

I'm sorry to inform you that unlike yourself not so many are for sale here anymore.
People like you, with no self respect,for one reason or the other nothing to loose, gave the false impression to this people that they could do what they wanted.
This is becoming more and more untrue and as a matter of fact the UAE as recently accepted some 32 ( if I recall correctly... ) reccomandations from the UN human right watch among which there is a formal commitment to, among other rights, grant the one of collective bargaining.
It will take time but it will happen...sooner than later.
This place has been running on oil but oil will become soon a unwanted commodity and the only way they will survive will be to become part of the first world by accepting the rules of it, economical and social.So give us a favour.. retire. We will survive without you. Your lack of wisdom and shortness of sight really is a perfect example of what is not needed here as the fact that you "sold" your self demonstrates. But new generations are little bit less inclined to bend.... May be you are right the solution is to quit.. well I'll think about it...and may be I will .. but since then ..don't remind me we are doing the same job... please!