...The rule that applies here is not first come first served, but first pay first take.
I could see that this was his philosophy, the philosophy of Ismail and indeed the philosophy of the city of Dubai. The basic principle, I realised, was pay and the service is yours! In Dubai everyone will get service for money, that’s true. But what kind of service?...
...All of this struck me as a dream, a different dimension. The worst of it was that I wanted to see him for myself. A fact that could not be ignored: he attracted me. Incredible, how he drew me! If a man doesn’t attract me, I know that immediately. If I attract a man, I know that immediately too. If a man attracts me, hmm...