Who needs friends when you live in Dubai?
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I agree, fabrication of a story, his situation could quite honestly be real, but homeless, in Dubai, pull the other one..he could quite easily go to the British Embassy ON THE CREEK WHERE HE SUPPOSEDLY IS SLEEPING ROUGH and ask them to help or get his wife to get a personal loan to bail him out or a family member to bail him out of trouble...he is blatently trying to cause a fuss so they let him off with the debt....hope now they know where he is staying they round him up an lock him in jail.
Its like the story they featured about an ex work collegue of mine who supposedly resorted to the extreme measure of ruining his boxter by writing on the bumper in permanent pen to ask people for a job, fact was the bumper was damaged and was being replaced at no cost to him anyways as a result of an accident was conveniently not mentioned.
Its like the story they featured about an ex work collegue of mine who supposedly resorted to the extreme measure of ruining his boxter by writing on the bumper in permanent pen to ask people for a job, fact was the bumper was damaged and was being replaced at no cost to him anyways as a result of an accident was conveniently not mentioned.
I saw this supposed "tramp" on telly yesterday and I immediately smelled a very large Middle Eastern rat. Indeed the rat was so clear to me, I noticed it appeared to resembled Jimmy Hill but with a gold tooth, Raybans, a nice chequered kaffiyeh, oh and was driving a Landcruiser with blacked out windows.
The story is rubbish.
The story is rubbish.
Bill Carr said:
Just (yet) another reason not to visit Dubai!
Why?I think you mean "yet another reason not to go to a country you know nothing about, racking up huge credit card bills for the lifestyle you can't afford, and crying to the media to try and get your debt written off". Pathetic man (the guy in the article, not you).
blindswelledrat said:
munky said:
EDLT said:
Surely his wife could just get a £6k loan and pay his debt, its not a huge amount of money even for someone on minimum wage.
I think many people are not reading the story very carefully 
article said:
Four months ago, Nicholas sold all the furniture in his house and took the money to the bank. It was just enough to cover the £6,000 the bank said he owed at that time.
The offer was rejected. Nicholas says he was told that with interest and charges, he now needed to pay nearer £11,500.
IF this is true, it sounds like every time he scrapes together what they asked for, they increase it.The offer was rejected. Nicholas says he was told that with interest and charges, he now needed to pay nearer £11,500.
THe phrase "It's not fair" or "It wasn't my fault".
You have a one-sided interview with a person who has reneged on debt. How true do you think that is, exactly?
I ran up some debt, I have worked my ass off to pay it back. I despise others who think they should not have to pay back money they have BORROWED. It is a loan not a gift!
I would take a rough guess to take this story with a pinch of salt.
Henry Hawthorne said:
Bill Carr said:
Just (yet) another reason not to visit Dubai!
Why?I think you mean "yet another reason not to go to a country you know nothing about, racking up huge credit card bills for the lifestyle you can't afford, and crying to the media to try and get your debt written off". Pathetic man (the guy in the article, not you).
A whole country living a life style it couldn’t afford, then crying to friends with more oil for a bail out.
Bill Carr said:
Just (yet) another reason not to visit Dubai!
Applies pretty much to the whole region in my opinion and yes, I've served time there. Saudi, Kuwait, Dubai and Bahrain. Playing their mind-games was fun for a while but never have I encountered so many people so f*cked in the head, locals and ex-pats.Edited by Flintstone on Monday 19th July 16:33
worked in saudi once, bought siddikki off a friend who did not work for me, others in the office where I worked thought it was a terrible thing to do, ie have some fun, one guy told me that if we lived in the same block then he would report me, told him that if that happened, would name him as my supplier
the next day was chilling in the flat and loud banging on the door, like really loud, but curtains drawn, lights off and door locked, considered flicking the curtain and giving them the finger, but decided to endure 20 mins of door banging.... popped out 30 mins later in the dark, seems they were police searching for westerners, but going door to door instead of to a few flats....
the next day was chilling in the flat and loud banging on the door, like really loud, but curtains drawn, lights off and door locked, considered flicking the curtain and giving them the finger, but decided to endure 20 mins of door banging.... popped out 30 mins later in the dark, seems they were police searching for westerners, but going door to door instead of to a few flats....
Siddiqui aka 'my friend'.
Whenever I've encountered same it was in the form of isopropyl alchohol imported for the use of cleaning computer circuit boards. By the amount our company imported our computers must have been the squeakiest cleanest PCs in the world. Usual procedure was to cut it 50/50 with water then cut it again and again until it wasn't lethal. After that people would mix it with a soft drink or 'Moussy', a non-alchoholic beer
I much preferred the real thing and was kept busy in my off time as official brewer. Those beer kits in polythene bags with a tap at the bottom were great because they didn't show up on x-ray. Wine was easily made from grape juice with a pinch of sugar and yeast.
Wild horses couldn't drag me back there.
Whenever I've encountered same it was in the form of isopropyl alchohol imported for the use of cleaning computer circuit boards. By the amount our company imported our computers must have been the squeakiest cleanest PCs in the world. Usual procedure was to cut it 50/50 with water then cut it again and again until it wasn't lethal. After that people would mix it with a soft drink or 'Moussy', a non-alchoholic beer
I much preferred the real thing and was kept busy in my off time as official brewer. Those beer kits in polythene bags with a tap at the bottom were great because they didn't show up on x-ray. Wine was easily made from grape juice with a pinch of sugar and yeast.
Wild horses couldn't drag me back there.
Edited by Flintstone on Monday 19th July 22:27
It repoted today in the local rag, that the bank has agreed to help him out and let him pay 50% up front, together with a promise to pay the rest in installments. One of the conditions is that they want to see an employment contract I assume to ascertain that he can pay the loan etc back.
However, they also want him to sign a letter apologising for the grief and stress that the banks employees have had to endure, and also for the very public embarrassment caused to the bank for his actions..... He's told them to go....away.
However, they also want him to sign a letter apologising for the grief and stress that the banks employees have had to endure, and also for the very public embarrassment caused to the bank for his actions..... He's told them to go....away.
Chilli said:
It repoted today in the local rag, that the bank has agreed to help him out and let him pay 50% up front, together with a promise to pay the rest in installments. One of the conditions is that they want to see an employment contract I assume to ascertain that he can pay the loan etc back.
However, they also want him to sign a letter apologising for the grief and stress that the banks employees have had to endure, and also for the very public embarrassment caused to the bank for his actions..... He's told them to go....away.
If thats true then the guy is a grade A tool.However, they also want him to sign a letter apologising for the grief and stress that the banks employees have had to endure, and also for the very public embarrassment caused to the bank for his actions..... He's told them to go....away.
Chilli said:
It repoted today in the local rag, that the bank has agreed to help him out and let him pay 50% up front, together with a promise to pay the rest in installments. One of the conditions is that they want to see an employment contract I assume to ascertain that he can pay the loan etc back.
However, they also want him to sign a letter apologising for the grief and stress that the banks employees have had to endure, and also for the very public embarrassment caused to the bank for his actions..... He's told them to go....away.
That is quite funny. What is even funnier is that said bank pretty much recieved a handout from the Ministry of Finance a year or so ago and completely fails to see the irony of its present situation.However, they also want him to sign a letter apologising for the grief and stress that the banks employees have had to endure, and also for the very public embarrassment caused to the bank for his actions..... He's told them to go....away.
This joker is obviously after sympathy and deserves contempt, but Emirates NBD relying on a central banks (taxpayers) sympathy to the tune of $1.5billion+ is probably, I suggest, the bigger story.
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