So, you ask yourself; what's it like doing business in the Middle East? I'll tell you two interesting stories.
1. Remember that company in Abu Dhabi I blogged about that runs the District Cooling plants? They supply cold cold water to a number of buildings in an area, then each building basically converts that cold water into air conditioning. If the water ain't cold, neither is the air. In the summer it gets very very hot here. One time, the district cooling plant supplying the military hospital had some problems, and the air started to not be cool. The guy in charge of the plant gets a call from the man in charge of the hospital; fix this problem in 24 hours, or my next call is to the Emir.
2. Here in Doha, a contractor installed an A/C system incorrectly. They contractor placed the blame on the A/C equipment company; our client. Shortly after, our client got a call about it; the problem home in question happens to be the palace of the princess, and if it doesn't get fixed soon, for free, His Highness will throw them out of the country.
So...nothing like a little Royal pressure to place one on pins and needles....eh?
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