britexpat76

Dont forget NI too. I used to pay a fortune, I am sure i had months (Good ones) when it was £700/800 per month

Ethos83

It's astonishing, isn't it? Given the high cost of living and especially housing how can there only be 5% who make 60K or more?

scot47

Only 5% earn £60k or above. The gap between low incomes and high incomes has also been widening dramatically. I don;t have the numbers now but will do some numbercruching later.

OriginalSunshine

god knows. but a glass of plonk was 7 quid (incl service? wtf? when did that happen?!)...

Patsy Stoned

Glass of Chardonnay at Koubba bar 90dhs darling...15 pounds!!!!

The Dean

It was a discussion between The Dean and his wife - she whinges that booze is so expensive here; I point out that, in our circumstances, you have to make the 40 pct adjustment calculation before getting a valid comparison. I agree that this theoretically applies to all consumer goods but the thread had been discussing booze, hence............

OriginalSunshine

Ah. I'm on Muscat prices....

co durham boy

Is that a pint glass ?

flares

I'd expect a goldfish bowl for that price

Patsy Stoned

Nope, just a normal glass of wine. I will be having words with F and B though, I think the staff are just giving the most expensive Chardonnay instead of the house one !!.

co durham boy

It's a nice bar though , great views as well .

mentalist

If 60K refers to the gross salary before tax then that statistic (if accurate) is rather scary. On my present UAE salary, I would need over 70K GBP to receive the same equivalent wage packet as here, including the free housing but deducting school fees. If I returned home, however, there is no way I would find a job paying much more than 40K GBP before tax, hence the scary comment.

britexpat76

Its QR95 for the house plonk at the Four Seasons

scot47

And Mentalist has pointed out the dilemma of the Golden Handcuffs ! A torture that Mammon designs for his devotees ! I speak as one who was in the same trap.

co durham boy

I know , there's some cocktails flying around at the St Regis at 120 chips a pop as well .


Saying that i paid 27 quid for a bottle of lager and a champagne cocktail in Claridges in London a few month ago ....Daylight robbery as they say !