I had a lunch with a Swiss diplomat. Some two hours of discussions. Small business might come in but mainly the issue was about his discomfort with the current location. I enjoyed the conversation and saw the same points as him. Actually felt a bit sorry for him. Must be hard to be in a strange country and without that many good friends around. Looking from Swiss point of view we are not exactly on the middle of the highly cultural and civilized part of the world. Between the main course and the coffee I started to prolong abroad as well. Beaux artes, antique boutiques, good fashion shops, jazz clubs, high quality theaters, relaxed coffee shops and bistros. They are not part of my life today but hopefully tomorrow, again.
A friend of mine informed his disgust about one certain municipality in the eastern part of the country. He went through the same promises and lies as we did last autumn. Broken promises and pure lies without reason and apologies. Simply bad and ignorant business conduct combined with arrogance and local politics. Sad. Local newspaper ran a big article about the same issue on Sunday. Hopefully the whole scam will blow off any time soon. Public functions should not fuck off legitimate private businesses and rip off their tax payers at the same time. Some moral and ethics should still apply - especially on the parliamentary election year.
Posted at March 12, 2003 05:20 PM