Is anyone else bored with this doom and gloom?

PasturesNew

One call I got this week from a tit was trying to find out if I had used this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(development)

The tit not only couldn't pronounce my name, but clearly hadn't read my CV as he thought I was a developer. No, I am a project manager ... read the darned CV you idiot. Interrupted me making beans on toast too. Really annoyed me!

mvengemvenge

swiss69 wrote: »

I am so sick of all this doom and gloom on the economy....People moaning and groaning about house price falls, stockmarket falls, pound crashing, how we will all be eating dead rats and living in tents in a few years...blah blah blah...

Dont get me wrong, I have sympathy for genuine people who find hard times.

Businesses going bust when they have had it good for 15 years. Whats that all about? Didn't they ever anticipate a bad year?

We are so lucky to live in a country where food is plentiful, water is free and we are housed whether we can afford it or not.A country where you can have a good night out for a fiver in Wetherspoons (99p a bottle of San Miguel- good decision CEO of Wetherspoons).....Its not all bad.

I have had a good night tonight with a £4 bottle of plonk and a packet of crisps...easily pleased? Maybe! But I'm certainly not going to let all this doom get me down.

There are 365 days in a year and they soon pass by. Dont waste them by worrying about what might happen.

It doesnt matter if your house is worth 2p or 200 grand, its all irrelevant. Live life while you can and if you are thinking of staying in tomorrow beacuse you might lose your job in 6 months, dont! Get down to Wetherspoons and worry about it when you actually do lose your job!

My partner and I have an ongoing heated debate about this. She says that if the media would shut-up, things wouldn't be nearly as bad as they have become.

Although I think this may be true in terms of retail, where people pulling back from spending in shops might lead to some retailers closing, in general the news is as bad as it is because many powerful forces are at work (some national, some international) all converging and bearing down on the UK in a worse way than other countries.

I think the main thing to bear in mind is that much of what the media is describing is coming down the track at us. It hasn't hit us fully yet, a bit like the swell before a tsunami, but that doesn't mean it won't. It's only January, many commentators expect this recession to last till the end of 2010 at the earliest. So I think there is a degree of time-lag here.

I've lived through three recessions and this one is already different to the others, imo. The difference this time, I am convinced, will be the social effects. I hope I'm wrong and we can come through it painlessly, but for those who feel that things aren't so bad, keep your chin up, I say this...

Watch this space...

itsallagame_2

Don’t be bored with it, embrace it and try to understand what’s happening.
Adapt, as your situation changes and you’ll be fine because as humans that’s how we survive.

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