Congratulating the Competition

As I've said before, one of the things I look forward to each day is perusing the Gulf Times and The Peninsula in pursuit of amusing things. Here is something which would distinctly not happen in most countries. This falls under the category of 'Kind', yet mildly amusing at the same time.

Vodafone has recently been awarded the right to set up shop in Qatar. Before this, we have been procuring our landline, Internet, and mobile services exclusively from Q-Tel. Which is fine, given we're living in a country with 800,000 people, the size of Connecticut.

(as an aside, my coworker Ross refers to Qatar as "the country which will remain nameless, but begins with Q", or some variation thereof, ... yeah, I'm sure everyone's still puzzled as to which one he means...)

However, there aren't a lot of places where an established company would take out a half page ad in the newspapers congratulating upcoming competition for being awarded a contract.

To prove I'm not making yet another outrageous claim as a way of gaining attention, here's the photographic proof.