Double Parking

So I come out of the office a few days back to the parking lot.  I had gotten into work a little early that day, so I got a spot right by the front doors.  Convenient especially with the blazing heat since it's shaded as well.  I was on my way to a meeting which I was already running a little late for.  I was shocked to see a BMW 7 series double parked right in front of my car....the car was idling so I figured the driver had gone in for a quick second to drop/pick something up.  So I sit in my car and wait for the driver to return...a minute turns into two and then five, at which point I'm getting a little upset.  What am I to do? Did the driver leave the car running so I could move it if I needed to?  After a full seven minutes had passed, I thought to go talk to security...as soon as I got out to walk towards him, he motioned for me to just wait and he got on his mobile...within 30 seconds the driver comes running out to move the car.  Seriously? 

I've been told that this normal practice here and that normally people would leave a note with their mobile number on the dash.  Go figure....

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Hey all,

It's been quite some time since I last posted and it's not because there hasn't been anything interesting to blog about but just because I'm lazy.  Since I last posted, I made a trip back to Canada to pick up my wife and kids.  It's been fantastic having them here after two long months.  I finally feel like my life here is coming together.  Pretty soon, I'll be able to answer people when they ask me how I like it here.

So we went to do groceries last week at a local chain grocery store and in the 20 minutes we stood in line with our 30-40 items, 3 people thought they had the right to join the line in front of us because they had less than 10 items.  I was steaming after the second guy and with the third I lost it.......he went right to the back of the line.  I've been told that we need to be careful though if the person who cuts in front is a local emiriti....no messing with those dudes, as I would be on my first ticket back home.

My next post will discuss the art of double parking in Abu Dhabi.

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