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[QUOTE=Tom2004]
Tomorrow morning I will order some business cards with my secret phone and e-mail contact, but not giving out my company card.
Tom[/QUOTE]
No doubt, with all this EK Et Al Cabin Crew talk, there will be quite a few posters, myself included, who will now go away and get their alternative business cards printed, lol.
I'm not that creative, so any thoughts on "name" of my company / employer??
[QUOTE=Mike De H]
Then the newbie would have it all on a plate. Culture, where girls hang out, where to eat, then a link to the report of distinction with girl friendly hotels and finally a link to the maps and bar lists. All the abreviations would be spelled out first, kind of like a "Welcome Mat".[/QUOTE]
No problem: [red]"Support Sporadic with your Subscription. It's only $19.95 per year!"[/red]
I will happily answer any and all questions for a small subscription fee! ;)
Seriously, I am all for a new-guy guide, but the bottom line is, it already exists!
Yes, I know it takes a little digging, but can you imagine how much digging it took before there was a P.O.D. thread?
As for the other guy´s guide to DXB, ask him. If he does not mind, by all means post it! Any and all info is welcome, we can ALL learn from the experiences of others, hence a forum.
[QUOTE=Cool Tiger]No doubt, with all this EK Et Al Cabin Crew talk, there will be quite a few posters, myself included, who will now go away and get their alternative business cards printed, lol.
I'm not that creative, so any thoughts on "name" of my company / employer??[/QUOTE]
How about that fine old firm of: "Cool Tiger seeks Hot Pussy Unlimited" ?
CT, this could be your chance to "upgrade" yourself for real. How about becoming a Hollywood producer for Universal studios? Bs is BS, go for the BIG lie! ;)
One time on Gulf air from LHR, a stew was convinced I was somebody important, my denials only made her more determined, got an instant upgrade to first from biz, lots of attention... ;) I do feel sorry for whoever she thought I was though, he must be fugly.
I get PM's from some members asking for contacts. I am hesitant as most of them who ask me are junior members. I am not sure if any of those are cops. If these few inhouse and contacts are raided I will have to sit and jerk off as I cannot afford to pick up for 700 & 1000 from night clubs every week.
The inhouse contact that I have is totally safe as the building watchman is also on the take. He gets a weekly allowance from the person who runs the joint. Medcals for HIV is done before the come and they keep changing the girls every month. This is not foolproof, but I take their word for it. Most of them are Russaians.As for this villa for Indonesian and Philipinas , I will give their contact after my second expreince with them but that too only to any senior member, who from their posts I feel do not need my contacts.
I hope you new commers understand. I don't mind giving these numbers to any senior members or the one who regurlarly post.
Hey, I have been promoted to a Regular!
That's as good an excuse for a Friday lunchtime pint or three :)
Don't be too harsh fellas, remember newbies might not have the confidence and drive others of us do when it comes to mongering, it does take a few goes to get your mojo working and to stop giving a toss about what you look/sound like and realise the dollar is your real appeal, and realise half the fun is doing your own field research and coming up with your own stable of contacts if that's what you want.
Or they might be completely computer illiterate and unable to work out there are the listings they require clearly labelled in Reports of Distinction.
Or they might be bone idle bastards looking for a quick fix answer or who can't be arsed to do their own digging or post some Field Reports (FR if you hav'nt worked it out yet) for the entertainment of the rest of us and payback to this outstanding repositry of knowledge.
Or they might have genuinely searched for the info they require and struck out and need a helping hand.
However, the PM'ers asking for numbers and contacts are either taking the [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord140][CodeWord140][/url] or so timid they should think of taking up another hobby before they get eaten alive by the girls out there, or LE looking for an easy bust.
I think that about covers it? I guess it is a personal thing about how you are registering on your own altruisitc-o-meter on the day.
Remember all and repeat after me teh mantra "Karma is karma. What goes around comes around. Give ye to the ISG and ye shall receive".
[QUOTE=Sporadic]CT, this could be your chance to "upgrade" yourself for real. How about becoming a Hollywood producer for Universal studios? Bs is BS, go for the BIG lie! ;)
One time on Gulf air from LHR, a stew was convinced I was somebody important, my denials only made her more determined, got an instant upgrade to first from biz, lots of attention... ;) I do feel sorry for whoever she thought I was though, he must be fugly.[/QUOTE]We had a couple of nights in Beirut where on one we were the European Management Team for Buddha Bar looking to open there, free drinks in most of the bars and they knew who we were before we got to the door, and another when we were setting up a Model Agency for Leb girls to work in Meditteranean and South American countries. We were beating them off with shitty sticks and ended up in a private apartment partying with 9 Lebanese honeys and 5 of us got laid.
It pays to lie and never use your real name.
[QUOTE=Sporadic]
As for the other guy´s guide to DXB, ask him. If he does not mind, by all means post it! Any and all info is welcome, we can ALL learn from the experiences of others, hence a forum.[/QUOTE]
Thats the whole point. I can post it, but its lost. The reports of distinction, is, IMHO absolutely useless.
The info here takes too long to dig and is beyond the capacity of most people to search.
If we are really serious about cutting down the number of dumb questions then we would arrange a "sticky" or a Header section with info.
Maybe though, we just like to slap down Newbies who as for help because they do not know the information is there. [i]THIS[/i] is why they don't look first, because many forums [b]do not have[/b] the depth of information this one has, and so they post without research first. Also many other forums don't mind. (Anything for a bit of action on some threads!).
[i] WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND PEOPLE MORE, AND COMPUTERS A BIT LESS[/i]
[QUOTE=Mike De H]Thats the whole point. I can post it, but its lost. The reports of distinction, is, IMHO absolutely useless.
If we are really serious about cutting down the number of dumb questions then we would arrange a "sticky" or a Header section with info.[/QUOTE]
Mike I appreciate your point of view, and agree that things could possibly be arranged better for the new guys.
This is not my forum, it is Jackson´s business, his to do with what he likes. We (grandfathered senior members) are allowed to use it free (presumably for the contributions we make to the body of info) but I have no control over the software he uses, nor the administration of the site.
Some people spent quite a bit of time compiling good tidbits of info, and posting them as a sort of guide, clubs, venues, the hotel list for example.
When that unpaid (and unappreciated it would seem by the 1-posters) work goes unread and unheeded... well, I guess some frustration results.
Rather than just whinge about it, I will go grab some of what I would call essential reading, make up a jumbo post, and re-post it at the top of the POD thread.
Reposting it every few weeks should at least make it visible.
Anybody got any other ideas? I am all ears.
[QUOTE=Sporadic]Anybody got any other ideas? I am all ears.[/QUOTE]From your FR's we thought you were all cock.
I'm with Mike on this one. A sticky with "FAQ" or "beginner's guide" will minimize the number of beginner's questions. I usually don't mind seeing beginner's questions. We were all newbies once, and their questions are often more interesting than the same ole repetitive "RTFF" replies.
Anyway, enough of this boring stuff. How about some more one-handed hot field reports?!!!! Or do I have to bore you with *MY* trolly-dolly story from 10 years ago?
Allrighty. Fade to dream sequence ...
She was a half-Fijian, half-Australian slim stunner. She was off-duty and on her way to New Zealand for a short break. I was on the way to a conference. The plane was half-empty. As I looked for a good seat, I saw there was a seat empty next to her. She smiled at me just a little too long, and I took it as an invitation. She blushed as I sat next to her and gave her my best "Patrick Swayze" look into her eyes and crooked smile. I opened my conference book, accidentally to the page with my photo and title, and made sure it was at an angle that she could read out of the corner of her eye. After a few minutes she struck up a conversation ...
Later that evening in Auckland ... dinner ... shy knowing looks ... laughter ... wine ... hotel room ... more wine ...
___
Edit in: I just changed my mind about newbie questions, after reading a PM from someone asking me to help them with their mongering in Kiev. RTFF!
[QUOTE=Piper1]Later that evening in Auckland ... dinner ... shy knowing looks ... laughter ... wine ... hotel room ... more wine ...[/QUOTE]
Then she got her pre-op todger out and shagged you up the arse :D ?
Mike - you can do better than that! I left that post open for a witty retort. ;)
Hint: "Fade to dream sequence ..."
[quote=Tercar 66]I am hesitant as most of them who ask me are junior members. I am not sure if any of those are cops.[/quote]I think LE is the LEAST of the worries. They know what's going on where. I'd be more concerned about a group of unknowns showing up on the doorstep, demanding entrance AND service at THEIR price, [i]or else[/i].
Just check out Page 2 of today's Gulf News. Or 50/50's report of the Seaview's Philipina's plight of awhile back (All had to do with 1-on-1's turning into many [i]unwanteds[/i] on 1. The [i]Gulf News[/i] CIS, besides being beaten up, held captive, escaping to the hotel's front desk for help, now has a court case for prostitution.
[quote=Suhail575]Well 11 bravo, you are so senior not to help a person who asked for help but instead you are making jokes.[/quote]Your questions were answered. If you don't like the form of those answers... as is commonly heard in the bars here, "Up to you."
[quote=Tom2004]I am not accusing...[/quote]Did not take it as such. All I'm saying is, punters with questions should take an hour; follow the links in the Reports of Distinction, starting from the last page forward; and do some reading. That's why that thread is there; reading the 100+ pages of the dubai thread would be a bit daunting, especially while trying to extract some info. (Believe me, I KNOW; how much fun do you think it was parsing the hotel thread to build the hotel list?)
[quote=Mike De H]Shame there is no "sticky" for newbies[/quote]Point taken, but a little curiosity (as in "what are those other threads about"), along with some reading, and getting a feel for the UAE threads' layout before posting, goes a long way.
But I will send Jackson a message, suggesting a top-level FAQ thread, which would be exactly that, FAQ's (well, hopefully).
[quote=Sporadic]Yes, I know it takes a little digging, but can you imagine how much digging it took before there was a P.O.D. thread? [/quote]A pain in the ass, the only pleasure being the crafting of a successful search term.
[quote=Sporadic]Any and all info is welcome, we can ALL learn from the experiences of others, hence a forum.[/quote]Agree there. I certainly would have missed Seaview if it had not been for EverReady.
[quote=Mike De H]Thats the whole point. I can post it, but its lost. The reports of distinction, is, IMHO absolutely useless. ...
THIS is why they don't look first, because many forums do not have the depth of information this one has, and so they post without research first.[/quote]I disagree. It might not be the best solution, but like Sporadic says, it's better "now" than "before".
I think just a little common sense is needed, as on any forum, as in, "Hmmmm, that's a common question, I'll bet someone's asked it before, let me look around a bit for the answer."
[quote=Sporadic]Reposting it every few weeks should at least make it visible.
Anybody got any other ideas? I am all ears.[/quote]That was just the "lesser" solution I sent to Jackson. But maybe he will see the benefit of establishing a FAQ thread. That way, ROD's (reports of distinction) can go in the one, true FAQ's in the other. With the current scheme, after reading 6, 7, 8 of those FR's, it seems a number of punters don't continue on to page ">1" to find the "general" info (FAQ's often 1st posted there).
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