Tuesday 23 September 2008

Zain, Wataniya infamous?

Oh! This is fun ! I thought such bloomers were only to be seen in some Sardarji jokes. Read on.............

“Thanks to this new numbering plan, Kuwait will be joining the few Gulf countries that are advancing at an impressive rate. Bahrain’s done it; so has Saudi Arabia. Now, Kuwait is joining the new generation phone numbers. With these smooth guiding and transitional steps, Kuwait is proving that it is a force to be reckoned with in the Gulf, and the telecommunications companies prove exactly why they are infamous and great throughout the Middle East,” says the statement. -"Arab times"

(The dictionary meaning of 'infamous' is having an extremely bad reputation)

Well, considering the quality of service offered by Zain and Wataniya, and the rates they charge, we can pardon the guy who gave the statement for inadvertently telling the truth.

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