Dubai

Like back home, here in Dubai, you have the choice between prepaid and postpaid services.

As most people I'm a Wasel (prepaid) customer, as the communication prices are the same, but you don't have the monthly fees as a postpaid customer.

Well that's how it would be back home.....here even having a prepaid service you have to pay a yearly fee of Dhs 100.- to keep phone service alive.

So let me rephrase....your "monthly fees" as a Wasel customer are lower than those of a postpaid one.

Yesterday at a gas station in Dubai.

I bought some water and gum at the gas station store, while stopping for gas.

The amount was 8 Dhs 50 fils. Now the cashier didn't have the exact change and wanted to offer me for the 50 fils some candy.

Because this happens more and more, and I'm just sick of getting candy (I don't even like) instead of the money, I told him, I didn't want the candy but the money.

So he said he would give me 2 dhs....if I could give him 50 fils. Well I didn't have 50 fils...but I could have offered him some candy instead! (of course this didn't cross my mind until later.)

Or even better, next time I will pay in candy altogether...it seems like it is a common currency here in Dubai.

Have you ever stopped at a gas station for a refill with just a credit card on you?

Well it happened to me today... and I had to find out, that you can't pay here with credit cards anymore. Cash only.

I still got some gas.... but I did have to sign a form AND leave me drivers license there as well.

In the afternoon I had to go back to pay my bill and to get my license back.

Such a modern city and you can't pay with your credit card at a gas station...and not to imagine if I had an issue with the police and would have been fined for not having my drivers license on me.

Baaaaddddd.