Superheroes in Doha mission

tallg
By tallg

Did anyone see these guys and manage to get a better photo than this rubbish one?


Though they are famous for rescuing damsels in distress and saving the world, cartoon superheroes, including Spiderman, Batman and Superman, appeared live on Doha’s Movenpick Tower and Suites building yesterday on an entirely different mission.

Scaling the 26-storey building were more than 10 workers of Spider Style Tower Cleaning Company, dressed as superheroes in a bid to perform “heroic” deeds of making the hotel’s glass windows clean and spark.

Source: Gulf Times

By sabreen• 20 Dec 2008 15:05
sabreen

oh...this is too risky...god protect them all...i am sure that they are injoying it..........

Good Luck

By chelsea_5706• 5 Dec 2008 06:35
chelsea_5706

but if there would be villains, and create a fight scenario while cleaning, it would double the fun. but hope nobody would fell down. but heck, they are supers! lol.

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"I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. the proper function of man is to live not to exist. i shall not waste my time trying to prolong them. i shall use my time."

By anonymous• 5 Dec 2008 03:09
Rating: 4/5
anonymous

I wish that they will announce their next cleaning schedule here so I can take a photo of them.

Where to buy Smart sim

By ali111• 3 Dec 2008 15:26
ali111

free advertisement and marketing. Imagine many buildings in Doha keeps cleaning their commercial Bldg but noone discuss and bothers. This is called smart mind

By britexpat• 2 Dec 2008 19:29
britexpat

Were you wearing your underwear over your pants also ???

By anonymous• 2 Dec 2008 18:10
Rating: 4/5
anonymous

What a cool idea. Im wishing a more success to all of you.

How a 28yr old Pinoy Big Brother script writer became millionaire?

By heero_yuy2• 1 Dec 2008 21:46
heero_yuy2

Months later, they'll leave it to the real hired workers after the 'introduction'.

Here's what I also thought. There're probably more men who saw this thing (and probably stuck up to glancing the whole day)this morning/afternoon than the kids themselves.

Side note: The Spiderman thing reminded me of my chief supervisor who already jumped to Dubai. I was wearing my Superman 'S' logo shirt at work and the supervisor said it was Spiderman. God! What is their exposure to the world?? What da hell do they give their kids to know their superheroes and toys??

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

By heero_yuy2• 1 Dec 2008 20:41
heero_yuy2

Imagine that! French being hired to clean the windows in a Spiderman costume! I think French has a better taste of occupation than this.

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

By britexpat• 1 Dec 2008 20:30
britexpat

Female cleaners from the Phillipines also. Is it a publicity stunt ? Surely they can all do a better job using the "hoists" for stability and safety.

By heero_yuy2• 1 Dec 2008 20:07
heero_yuy2

See the ad in the newspaper?

What? No villains?? No fights, no explosion, no excitement.

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

By t_coffee_or_me• 1 Dec 2008 20:02
Rating: 3/5
t_coffee_or_me

I hope they are not paid peanuts like the rest of the cleaning co.

 

 

 

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By britexpat• 1 Dec 2008 19:58
britexpat

Sherpa "Mahatma Squeegee" must be having fun dangling from wires, cleaning windows and looking into people's bedrooms..

I wonder if he gets danger money..

By sweet.angel• 1 Dec 2008 18:52
sweet.angel

wow nice

By logicsays• 1 Dec 2008 10:39
logicsays

I hope this is only one time for fun and they do not do this as a fulltime job

"The best way to predict the future is to create it".

By 3.Emad• 1 Dec 2008 10:29
Rating: 3/5
3.Emad

they should enjoy it!.. they get the great opportunity to hang with a rope for the whole day! :P

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Emad =>

By lovinni• 1 Dec 2008 10:21
Rating: 5/5
lovinni

i wish they can really fly and save the lives of the oppressed!

its very entertaining..but do they enjoy their jobs?

I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.  ~Charles Schulz

By 3.Emad• 1 Dec 2008 10:16
3.Emad

thats a cool job ..

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Emad =>

By prettyice2007• 1 Dec 2008 09:59
Rating: 4/5
prettyice2007

By Formatted Soul• 1 Dec 2008 09:57
Formatted Soul

Looks cool...

need to be innovative to survive in this world now!

By tallg• 1 Dec 2008 09:34
Rating: 4/5
tallg

Slightly better photo from Qatar Tribune;

By tallg• 1 Dec 2008 09:29
Rating: 3/5
tallg

More info from The Peninsula;

“Our company is new here in Doha, around five months, and we’ve hired all these Nepalese climbers and trained them here,” said Ahmad Harake, operations manager and partner of the Spider Style Tower Cleaning Company.

“We have only asked 15 climbers/cleaners to do the work today, but we have already employed around 40 in our company. Five are French and the rest are Nepalese,” said Harake.

According to Philippe Bonnot, Movenpick general manager, the idea of having the window cleaners dress up in costumes was to brighten the guests’ day.

“We all need our windows cleaned, so why not inject some fun into it as well? If we can brighten the guests’ day while going about our daily routine, then we are happy,” said Bonnot.

According to Harake, their company is now in the middle of hiring female climbers from the Philippines who will be joining their company soon.

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