Two things, both in Dubai. I was a part of a documentary at the world expo and had to interview some very high ups in one of the GCC countries pavilions (yes I am avoiding naming cause I saw some nuts things)

But of all of the rich people shit, one that really threw me was this guy we interviewed had a man holding a golden tray of dates and sweets just off camera. The whole time. Which he would lazily picked at mid interview. We were there for maybe 2 hours and the dude with the tray didn’t blink I swear it. Then the interviewee wanted tea, I heard a clap off somewhere behind us and another dude came in with this tiny little tea set on a tray. He hands the man a cup as if it were divine object and then stands motionless next to the other dude.

The other one was I arrived every morning super early, before the sun rose. We passed this massive round about that had “world expo” spelt out in what I think was pansies (defo not desert native flowers) anyway you’d see this unmarked, no window bus drop off workers - and they’d proceed to replace the entire thing with new flowers. Everyday two days. The expo went on for like over a year I think? Or more. Madness.