Health and Safety gone bad

I know we moan a lot about H&S in the UK. Rules and regulations are stifling many aspects of day to day life. Here, it’s not a problem, but just a little thought for H&S would be nice!

Here is an ADNOC pump attendant filling a used plastic oil container with diesel.

Maghrib Prayer Call

On way way home from work in Dubai today I needed to stop for petrol. All petrol stations in Abu Dhabi are operated by ADNOC (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company). I wasn’t taking much notice of what time it was, but as I pulled onto the ADNOC forecourt the prayer call for the Maghrib prayer went up. In Ramadan this is particularly significant as it marks the time when the day’s fast may be broken (it was around 7pm). Because of the changing daylight hours this call will move forward as the month proceeds and will be nearer 6.30 pm by the end of the month.

I did feel guilty, as the forecourt attendants were trying to drink their water to break fast as well as serve customers. I did give mine a good tip though. As I was sat in my car I was presented with the little package below......







The contents: water, dates and a cleaning wipe. Dates are the traditional way to break fast, as they have such a high sugar content they provide the necessary “kick” , with water or milk.

These are given out partly as a gift of the season, but also as a practical way of drivers breaking fast while they are traveling, before they reach their destination for Iftar (meal after Maghrib prayer in Ramadan). Trust me, when you see drivers on the motorway who have not eaten, drank or smoked all day - you want them to have something ASAP !

How many men does it take to….

….. stick a pipe in a hole!

Actually, I counted 13!

Good to know we are safe in the hands of ADNOC

ADNOC is the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and rather like other oil companies has various company interests from exploration to drilling, to a retail business. All the pertol stations in Abu Dhabi are run by ADNOC. I was sat in my car at one of these stations a few days ago, having a surreptitious little drink during Ramadam, when I saw these clowns delivering bottles of Liquefied Petroleum Gas. Health and Safety would have a field day with this at home!

Has sound.....

Food to avoid

We recently stopped at an ADNOC (petrol) station to grab something to eat as we had been travelling a while and it was the only thing around. Caz bought a chicken and salad sandwich. See below said sandwich.... please note the "salad" ......













.... 'nuff said!!!