by Klaus Doring
A doctor would explain the term paralysis as “loss of power of movement or sensation”. Are you doing business? Do you feel paralyzed sometimes?
Follow-ups seem to become the new national character. Indifferent people in our surroundings let us feel like that daily. Indifference seems to become one of the vagaries in today’s society. Of course, the exception proves the rule!
We try to get an appointment, but – let me call It – “the other side” seems to be very busy sending text messages and letting me wait. We really don’t want to encroach on other people’s time, but we mostly get the same answer: Please try again tomorrow.
Many times, I just try to hold my breath while observing certain employees, who should be in the service of the people instead of reading a magazine, doing private talks over the phone, (again) doing (important?) text messages, and getting down-right cheeky, if we start another follow-up. Suddenly we learn, “that the boss is out of town”… . GRABE!
I might fall out of favor with some readers, but guys, what’s the difference between busy, making a good deal money out of something, or just being indifferent or “not in the mood”?
How many good ideas and highly appreciated business deals have gone with the wind because of uncomprehending, unsympathetic and unappreciated everyday deals between my fellow creatures and me? Honestly, sometimes I also experienced a “terrible loss of power of movement or sensation” while observing lost chances.
Happy New Year! my dear readers! More debts in 2010? I am afraid: yes! The European Central Bank president, Jean-Claude Trichet, has urged the 16 members of the Eurozone to slash their deficits by 2011. Trichet also called on banks to ease a credit crunch by making loans readily available. Of course, Trichet is very right in saying that banks must live up to their central role in providing credit to the economy.
Greece currently has the largest amount of debt in the Eurozone at an estimated 300 billion US$. The country saw its sovereign credit rating go down in December 2009 due to ballooning public deficit and debt, one learns from AFP (Agence France Press) and dpa (Deutsche Presseagentur) reports. How about my home country, Germany? It’s expected to have an additional 85,8 billion EUROS in new debt due to its recently approved budget for 2010. The government has said it will produce a major saving plan to mid-2010 to put the country back on the path of fiscal health. And I am sure not everyone will love it – especially after promised tax cuts before national elections.
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