"Later this makes her somewhat nervous, as Al Baker has been known to summon selected girls up to his hotel room and shower them with gifts, such as an iPad. From more distant rumours, Saga has heard of girls being fired for not replying to Al Bakar's private text messages to their mobile phones. Nothing like that happens on Saga's PR trip to Oslo Instead, the group eats dinner in silence. The cabin crew and Al Baker.
During dessert, one of the girls declines. She doesn't fancy a dessert. "Are you on a diet?" asks Akbar Al Baker roughly - and the mood becomes unsettled. Perhaps declining a dessert somehow reflects poorly on the company? The girl quickly changes her mind. She orders a dessert.
One day in Doha, a friend drives Saga home after a night out at a nightclub. The curfew for days off is 3.30 am. The friend's car gets stuck in traffic. The clock is nearing the half past mark.
Saga's heart is pounding. All the wonderful compliments she has earned, have they all been in vain? Is everything over now? A few blocks from the house, her friend says, "Listen, if I drop you off now, they will fire you immediately. Better to sleep elsewhere and try to sneak past in the morning and hope that the guard doesn't see what you did."
The plan works! Saga develops more and more methods. Sleeping away, but picking up the washing on the way back to make it look as though she just got back from a short errand. Sleeping away, but taking a work outfit with her so that the guard will think she's returning from a flight.
The flight attendants devise new ways to live in a work dictatorship. They become experts at avoiding the employer's cameras."
PS And here the predictable corporate/political response.
During dessert, one of the girls declines. She doesn't fancy a dessert. "Are you on a diet?" asks Akbar Al Baker roughly - and the mood becomes unsettled. Perhaps declining a dessert somehow reflects poorly on the company? The girl quickly changes her mind. She orders a dessert.
One day in Doha, a friend drives Saga home after a night out at a nightclub. The curfew for days off is 3.30 am. The friend's car gets stuck in traffic. The clock is nearing the half past mark.
Saga's heart is pounding. All the wonderful compliments she has earned, have they all been in vain? Is everything over now? A few blocks from the house, her friend says, "Listen, if I drop you off now, they will fire you immediately. Better to sleep elsewhere and try to sneak past in the morning and hope that the guard doesn't see what you did."
The plan works! Saga develops more and more methods. Sleeping away, but picking up the washing on the way back to make it look as though she just got back from a short errand. Sleeping away, but taking a work outfit with her so that the guard will think she's returning from a flight.
The flight attendants devise new ways to live in a work dictatorship. They become experts at avoiding the employer's cameras."
PS And here the predictable corporate/political response.
