Meet "Faisal"

For years at Leo Burnett Dubai, Sara Abou Zahra was one of my favorite people I loved working with and our friendship continued even after Sara moved to another company..

Before leaving Dubai, each group of friends did for me a separate farewell party or dinner or lunch.. So I ended up gaining four or five kgs and in one of these dinners with very dear friends, Sara was there and she gave me the contacts of her brother Faisal who moved to Toronto few years back and she was sure that we will get along well and become friends..

Few days after my move, I gave Faisal a call and we agreed to meet for a coffee.. Faisal asked me to meet him at the entrance of the TD building where he works so I was there at 5:05 pm and seeing everyone leaving on time like as if people where evacuating the building on emergency.. Made me envy them as I use to stay always super late in the office, not to mention the working weekends..

And 5 minutes later Faisal showed up, and I realized that he's face is familiar and I've seen him before in Dubai somewhere but it was the first time we meet properly..

After a nice dinner at Frans and an interesting chat, and some tips from Faisal I asked him where did he got his Canada Goose Jacket so he was kind enough to suggest to come with me to check one.. And we went to Harrey Rosen on Bloor st.. Where I tried couple of jackets and I was confused between 2 colors but the issue of the color was nothing compare to the issue of zipper.. Yes the zipper wasn't working properly and they kept telling me that it will take me time to get used to it so I kept trying and trying but with no hope and they were all helping me, more than 5 people and even when they were trying they needed to make effort to manage to zip it.. At the end after I felt embarrassed and doubting that maybe me not knowing how to do it, they agreed to get me a new one after few days so I paid and I left thanking Faisal for his patience and help..

And after two days they got me the new jacket and the zipper worked perfectly from the first time.. So I sent a message to Faisal: it wasn't me it wasn't me J