Pains in Public
Chapter One
There's no escape
"The earth swarms with people who are not worth talking to."
- Voltaire
Getting time out from the hustle and bustle of working life is something that we all love
to do and certainly need. Many of us carve out a piece of heaven to which we can retreat
when we have had enough of this world. So whether it is reading a book, playing sport,
going to the cinema, walking in the mountains or getting some retail therapy, we all have
something which gives us time for ourselves. Such periods of rest and relaxation are all too
short when compared to the time we spend at work and on things that need to be done
like paying bills and sorting out domestic problems. That's why, for many of us, retirement
is the only thing we look forward to when we go off to work each morning. Unfortunately
with few people saving enough for their pensions and companies ripping their employees
off through the removal of final salary pension schemes, even this light at the end of the
tunnel is slowly being snuffed out.
I believe that when you take people out of the contrived conditions of work, where everyone
puts up a facade in order to survive, you should expect to see them as they truly are. And I
naively believe that ... read full excerpt from Pains in Public: 50 People Most Likely to Drive You Completely Nuts! ebook
