The right question

Being colour blind is a bit frustrating at times. I go to buy some Edding marker pens. There were a lot of them on the shop counter. I ask: “What colours have you got?” A look of surprise. “All these.”…
Being colour blind is a bit frustrating at times. I go to buy some Edding marker pens. There were a lot of them on the shop counter. I ask: “What colours have you got?” A look of surprise. “All these.”…
Ser daltónico tiene sus frustraciones. Voy a comprar unos rotuladores Edding y encima del mostrador en la papelería había un montón. Le pregunto a la persona atendiendo: “¿Qué colores tenéis?” Una mirada de sorpresa. “Todos estos.” Si haces una pregunta…
For the second year running, for the whole of August, the bank I use closed two of the three branches near my house. A little notice said: ‘Office temporarily out of service’ (as if it was a piece of machinery).…
Por segundo año consecutivo, el banco que utilizo cerró en agosto dos de las tres oficinas cerca de mi casa. El cartel en la puerta ponía “Oficina temporalmente fuera de servicio” (como si fuera algo de maquinaria). No creo que…
I cannot help but be cynical when I read this morning in The Guardian that the American Business Roundtable Group, whose members include the richest person in the world ($100 billion fortune – beyond obscene) “has changed the official definition…
No pudo evitar de pensar de manera muy cínica cuando lei esta mañana en The Guardian que el American Business Roundtable Group, cuyos miembros incluyen la persona más rica del mundo (una fortuna de $100bn – “obsceno” no es la…