Wednesday, 12. September 2007
Lazy Buggers
yotta, 17:22h
After a couple of month travelling through South-East-Asia I arrived in Germany just a week ago. One of the very first impressions I can't forget was the deserted central station of Hamburg. While I was travelling I always reffered to Hamburg as my hometown, even though I do not live there anymore. This was due to the fact that:
1. My heart is still in Hamburg.
2. Quite a lot of people abroad know Hamburg. At least most of them have heard about the city in the news or wherever and some even know that Hamburg is located in Germany. Wow.
Whatsoever. Back to the central station.
After arriving by plane at the airport I had to pick up my girlfriend at the central station, because she flew with Qatar Airways and therefore arrived in Frankfurt/Main. So she had to take the train to get to Hamburg and I had to kill some time at the station. I thought the best way to spent the time would be to get something to eat. The food in the airplane was not particularry bad, but it wasn't really good either. You know how it is. After being aboard so long I was looking forward to some nice and delicious german food. For example a pretzel or something like this.
Sadly it turned out that there are quite some differences between Asia and Germany. For example the fact, that most of the shops at the central station close at 10 pm. The only shops that stay open are the branches of two international operating fast food franchise companies. Thank you very much. After spending months aboard I definetely did not want to get some burgers made out of cardboard and monosodium glutamate, which I could have got back in Asia as well.
However. This is not about unscrupulous international companies, but about the fact, that it was only 10 pm and all the stores were closing. I mean: Come on it was only 10 pm and we are not talking about a small village nobody ever heared of. We are talking about Hamburg. A big, vibrant city in the middle of Europe.
All this let me think: Are my expectations just too high or are we just a lazy bunch of rotting biomass?
Jump.
A cousin of my girlfriend got ill. The bad thing about it: He planned a rollout for this week. And he is the only person in his company who could do it. Oops.
So I promised his boss - who is btw the dad of my girlfriend - that I would try to save the day. Because it was all about MS Windows and I really do not know a shit about it, I tried to contact another guy who should give me a hand. After 3 text messages he replied that he doesn't like to be dependent. Hello??? Someone home?? I know you are unemployed and I offer you a job and the only answer is that you do not want to be dependent? Are you insane?
Possible conclusions:
1. His biomass is so rotten, that his brain is not working properly anymore.
2. He is one of the most lazy and unprofessional persons I ever met.
Back to my question:
Are my expectations just too high or is mankind a bunch of lazy buggers?
1. My heart is still in Hamburg.
2. Quite a lot of people abroad know Hamburg. At least most of them have heard about the city in the news or wherever and some even know that Hamburg is located in Germany. Wow.
Whatsoever. Back to the central station.
After arriving by plane at the airport I had to pick up my girlfriend at the central station, because she flew with Qatar Airways and therefore arrived in Frankfurt/Main. So she had to take the train to get to Hamburg and I had to kill some time at the station. I thought the best way to spent the time would be to get something to eat. The food in the airplane was not particularry bad, but it wasn't really good either. You know how it is. After being aboard so long I was looking forward to some nice and delicious german food. For example a pretzel or something like this.
Sadly it turned out that there are quite some differences between Asia and Germany. For example the fact, that most of the shops at the central station close at 10 pm. The only shops that stay open are the branches of two international operating fast food franchise companies. Thank you very much. After spending months aboard I definetely did not want to get some burgers made out of cardboard and monosodium glutamate, which I could have got back in Asia as well.
However. This is not about unscrupulous international companies, but about the fact, that it was only 10 pm and all the stores were closing. I mean: Come on it was only 10 pm and we are not talking about a small village nobody ever heared of. We are talking about Hamburg. A big, vibrant city in the middle of Europe.
All this let me think: Are my expectations just too high or are we just a lazy bunch of rotting biomass?
Jump.
A cousin of my girlfriend got ill. The bad thing about it: He planned a rollout for this week. And he is the only person in his company who could do it. Oops.
So I promised his boss - who is btw the dad of my girlfriend - that I would try to save the day. Because it was all about MS Windows and I really do not know a shit about it, I tried to contact another guy who should give me a hand. After 3 text messages he replied that he doesn't like to be dependent. Hello??? Someone home?? I know you are unemployed and I offer you a job and the only answer is that you do not want to be dependent? Are you insane?
Possible conclusions:
1. His biomass is so rotten, that his brain is not working properly anymore.
2. He is one of the most lazy and unprofessional persons I ever met.
Back to my question:
Are my expectations just too high or is mankind a bunch of lazy buggers?
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