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Residents, we are told, are in shock to learn that a Dubai event management company is offering topless butlers. Although the story does not contain a quote from a resident saying 'I am shocked at this news', which you'd have thought would be sort of essential to standing up a 'residents in shock' headline, the news would certainly provoke shock in many quarters of our rainbow society. I have to confess my own eyebrows went on a little trip up my forehead when I saw it.
Basically, you can have two young chaps decorating your event clad in collars, cuffs and swimwear. It's Dhs500 per chap per hour (minimum two chaps for two hours). We can only assume they are fit and hearty young things, rather than pot-bellied, flaccid old men the colour of aged brie.
But this is Dubai. Generally tolerant in the extreme, but nevertheless a conservative Muslim society, surely this sort of thing flies in the face of society's values? When GN's reporter called Dubai's Department of Commerce and Tourism Marketing, doubtless hoping for a stentorian condemnation of the silly scheme (I know I would have been, it would have elevated the story to 'Dubai government slams sleazy servant scheme'), she got a 'what people do behind their own doors is their own affair', which pretty neatly sums up how Dubai treats much of what we get up to. As long as you're not causing problems for others, you're generally the beneficiary of that famous 'laissez faire' attitude.
It's funny, but I swear the longer you live here the more you are likely to walk up to that half-naked nymphet in the shopping mall and ask her if she understands where she is. Similarly, I can't help feeling topless butlers is a bit, well, off.
What do you think?
5 comments:
I think it's a fantastic idea and I don't understand why people are upset - clearly these people haven't been to Barasti where there's bikini-clad women getting absolutely paraletic drunk, encouraged by bar staff offering "double" and "triple" shots of alcohol in drinks. When was the last time ANYONE was asked for a liquor license in Dubai??
This is nothing new. My wife (of your recent acquaintance) went to a party on the Palm (natch) with topless butlers must be at least two years ago.
It's a great idea! our topless butlers company have expanded from the UK to Australia and we are soon moving our hunky waiters onto other locations! www.butlerbrigade.com
I would be a good idea, I don't think there should be anything wrong with it topless butlers
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