Cut the cord

Today is a sad day for people in the doldrums. They cut our umbilical cord, our window to the outside world, our breath of sanity.. yes they blocked MSN (dun dun DAAAAA - cue lighting and thunder). The useless IT guy is walking around the office with a rather smug look on his face, no doubt he feels incredibly powerful at the moment. I think they have blocked Hotmail as well but i haven't checked as yet.

A quiet desperate hum has fallen across the office as we all slowly accept the fact that can no longer feed our MSNaholicism. Oh well, i guess we will all have to work now...

2 new guys are all out to prove themselves in the usual way pathetic media sales people tend to out here. They claim to be best friends, drinking buddies, neighbours etc etc with certain big clients as a ploy to take over the account. All incredibly boring which typifies the one upmanship society in Dubai. Instead of getting on with your own thing, the insecurities plaguing this village causes people to constantly try and keep up with the Jones'. You cannot walk into a super market without EVERYONE staring as they relentlessly want to compare.

Don't get me wrong, i am all up for competition, it's healthy but in the right context. I'm not into competing with friends, or competing with people who have 5 years less work experience than me, neither do i give a toss about how many times my photograph appears in Ahlan, OK, Buzz or Hello magazine! Not forgetting the brain dead Jumeirah Janes or Lebanese princesses who religously gawp at what you are wearing and don't even get me started on people who kiss the arse of rich folk!

Righty, please excuse me whilst i go and compare french manicures with my colleagues!