my nephews job

[skyblue]

davids 25 and his job is fitting carpets,well the company he works for got a 4 day contract in saudi arabia....none of the older workers wanted it because of the obvious dangers so he took it....it was for 4 days but the work took him 3 hours

now heres a few events he told me about(they're obviously not exactly word for word)

in a carpet fitters tool bag are always various solvents,glues and other liquids

so when putting his luggage through the scanners at birmingham airport he was question

'what are those sir?

'glue and stuff,tools of my trade'

'where are you going'

'saudi arabia'

'your going to saudi arabia to fit carpets?'

'yes'

'can i see your ticket?'

so he gave him his plane ticket,on seeing it the airport official ushered him through with a matter of urgency

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arrival in riyad

'the men in black met me at the airport'

'men in black?'

'yea,black suits,white shirts,black ties and dark glasses'

they walked up to him and said his name,when he confirmed who he was they quickly ushered him outside and put him in the back of a black hummer with blacked out windows

'do you know who you're working for mr harris?'

'no,all i know is that its a 4 day job'

'well you're working for the princess of saudi arabia':eek

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the hotel

western workers in saudi live in safe compounds,armed guards etc...so they dropped him outside of the hotel and left,they gave him a phone and told him to phone them if he has any problems

so he went into the hotel lobby

'i have a reservation in the name of mr harris'

sorry sir,no reservation in that name'

well this went on for 5 minutes so he decided to call the man in black,who told him to give the phone to the receptionist
alot of babbling went on before the receptionist went a funny colour,he couldn't apologise enough.....my nephew ended up in the fucking presidential suite,he had a personal butler,the butler even took his shoes off for him

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the 3rd day

he was in his suite and one of the men in black visited him

'you have a dinner reservation sir'

'i have?.....i haven't booked anything'

'sir,you've been invited to dinner by the princess and her family':eek

lucky bastard

 

[porterjack]

What obvious dangers prevented the older guys from going

 

[skyblue]

What obvious dangers prevented the older guys from going

by what he was told westerners get kidnapped and stuff

 

[porterjack]

by what he was told westerners get kidnapped and stuff

Good fucking grief how the fuck did Britain ever have an empire with attitude like that

 

[skyblue]

Good fucking grief how the fuck did Britain ever have an empire with attitude like that

the men in black told him that,they told him if he leaves the compound one of them has to go with him

 

[mak2]

Couldnt someone over there lay carpet? Really? 4 days, plane tickets and they still got the job?

I think he was on a secret mission.

 

[porterjack]

the men in black told him that,they told him if he leaves the compound one of them has to go with him

Well maybe coz he was working for the Royal Family, seriously how many kidnappings could there be compared with the number (1000s i bet) of expats working in Saudi
Anyways i am sure oil companies pay bigger randsoms that carpet fitters

 

[skyblue]

Couldnt someone over there lay carpet? Really? 4 days, plane tickets and they still got the job?

I think he was on a secret mission.

well he did ask that,by all accounts they dont do much in the way of carpets over there,so it was thought that a poor job would be done