My Airport Pickup Driver

[clement]

I arrived in Dubai last Friday night/Saturday morning at 2am. After a 7+ hour flight, I had to meet the driver that the hotel sent so he could take me to my hotel in Abu Dhabi (about 1 hour+ drive). First, the guy wasn't in the designated area where you're supposed to meet drivers, so I couldn't find him. Eventually I did find him holding a sign with my name on it outside the airport. Okay, at least he's here and I eventually found him, right? Well the first thing he says to me is, "Have you had your dinner? I haven't." Huh? It's almost 3 in the morning, so yes I had my dinner. So we get on the highway and then he promptly gets off the highway and into a traffic jam. Why? Because he has to stop at KFC. Eventually we get thru the jam and make our way to an all-night KFC. I can't believe it's now 3:30 in the morning, I just got off a plane and I'm supposed to be on my way to my hotel, and instead I'm sitting at a KFC on the side of a road in the UAE watching my driver eat his dinner.

I eventually made it to my hotel at 5am.

[cardinalkarp]

I guess they run things a bit differently over there.

[Leroy]

Regular or extra crispy?

[Jocephus]

Regular or extra crispy?

hah

[TabascoElvis]

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[Dillagii]

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The poster is right on the dates. It just blows you away how much Dubai have changed in the last decade.

[maddash]

I guess they run things a bit differently over there.

No blue font? Sounds like a typical cab driver in any major American city.

[cardinalkarp]

I guess they run things a bit differently over there.

No blue font? Sounds like a typical cab driver in any major American city.

They pick you up and go grab their dinner when you're in the cab?

[maddash]

I guess they run things a bit differently over there.

No blue font? Sounds like a typical cab driver in any major American city.

They pick you up and go grab their dinner when you're in the cab?

I've had cab drivers ask me for permission to do all kinds of stupid stuff: go through a drive through, hit an ATM, get gas when their tank was already 1/2 full... Depends on what kind of mood I'm in, but I almost always say no. They still ask though.

[cardinalkarp]

I guess they run things a bit differently over there.

No blue font? Sounds like a typical cab driver in any major American city.

They pick you up and go grab their dinner when you're in the cab?

I've had cab drivers ask me for permission to do all kinds of stupid stuff: go through a drive through, hit an ATM, get gas when their tank was already 1/2 full... Depends on what kind of mood I'm in, but I almost always say no. They still ask though.

I guess I don't ride in cabs often enough to have that happen. I would say no as well. I've asked them to stop different places but that's their job!