Patsy Stoned

It is so annoying darling isn't it? Also, it is unhygienic, there is no point washing your hands if you then have to touch the tap to turn it off..all those germs just hop straight back on!!

scot47

Carpeted bathrooms ? A bit naff, innit ? The chavs, yobs and lowlife are everywhere. I wonder if they have carpeted bathrooms.

auzdafluff

Forget that. My main bugbear is having to touch the door again. All bathrooms should open out as you're leaving. I'd be interested to know how dirty the handles on pub bathroom doors are compared to say toilet seats etc.

scrubbedexpat141

Always take a hand towel to open the door with.

scot47

Chavs should have separate toilet facilities.

scrubbedexpat141

I actually agree with you...spooky.

Patsy Stoned

I do laugh when I read threads on a certain ladies forum discussing how shocked one was noticing somebody leave the restroom without washing their hands. The poster tells how she always washes her hands...she will then go down the escalator holding the handrail, push a trolley around the super market, handle money, and then hand her child a sweet or a piece of fruit, which she has carefully washed!!
Then said child will then play with the tv remote!

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Ethos83

Anywhere from £2-£3 for a cappuccino. I think I paid between 12-18 AED in Dubai. Comparable probably because there's a glut of chain and indie coffeshops and the competition is severe.

Blue Cat

I remember that a few years back right? about the time one of them was distraught because she had no Maid and no one to wash the vegetables

mikewot

If you're a Scot then you'll recall how it felt going to the bathroom in the winter as a child when your feet touched the lino. I vowed never to suffer that as an adult.

The Dean

I have the cost of living debate with Deanetta all the time. I argue that, if a pint of beer is say three pounds at home, and you only have three pounds after paying 40 pct income tax on five pounds of gross earnings, that is no cheaper than paying five pounds a pint in tax-free Dubai.........

Meow

That makes perfect sense to me.

Millhouse

It doesn't to me. I understand the logic, but it is flawed... the lower down the pay spectrum you are the harder you are hit by Dubai's pricing. It's almost like a regressive tax.

Meow

Yes, it's flawed but for most of us it's a reasonable comparison, although perhaps not at 40% tax. I thought the received wisdom was that people only move to the ME for money so most Brits would be higher rate taxpayers in the UK.


Anyway, some things here are more expensive, some are cheaper. *shrugs*

Millhouse

I doubt most would have been higher rate in the UK. High rate tax starts at 40k/ year... or around 20k AED / month. I would guess that there are a lot of Brits here who are close to that. And at income level you can't confuse the 40% marginal tax to the almost 20% effective tax...

I'm always amazed by the income distribution in the UK. Only 25% of taxpayers are higher rate... 60k GBP puts you in the top 5% of earners.