In the midst of the first corona wave, I predicted in a new stand-up segment something like this: The organized and orderly people, I wrote, were badly affected by the corona blow.
World orders have changed for them.
Their income was hurt.
My heart goes out to them.
The confused and irresponsible, on the other hand, won their lives: they received as a gift a powerful excuse that would serve them from now on for at least a full decade.
What about what you owe me?
Oh well.
Corona.
Why were you late?
Corona.
Have you found a job yet?
What a job in your head.
Corona.
I laughed, the audience laughed, a delight.
The little problem is that this is more or less what is happening on the streets these days.
Not necessarily among the clutter and excuse seekers.
These, I'm sure, still enjoy every moment (without underestimating anyone's problems).
The problem is that under the auspices of the Corona, this atmosphere dominates almost every area of life, especially those related to the provision of services.
Have you been to the bank recently?
If you're a customer of one of the big banks, I'm almost certainly not.
Even if you were, you were not allowed to enter unless you made an appointment in advance.
You did not talk to anyone on the phone either.
Max with "banker", which is a new word for someone who receives messages and delivers them (I actually was, and I blackmailed you, FAGI). Profit.There's an opportunity to get rid of countless hours of work, change the whole texture of the service, and it will pass in exemplary silence! Because Corona.
Everyone is talking about the crazy queues at Ben Gurion Airport counters and the "manpower problem." What exactly does that mean, a manpower problem? If missing, you add. Eyes. Please go to the Netivot house closest to where you live. Each unmanned counter is an additional queue of hundreds of people a day.
Hop on for a moment to the great indulgence shop at Duty Free, which was once the official gateway to the pleasures of vacation and recreation.
Shame and shame.
Endless queues linger before the box office, most of which are unmanned.
Is it related to Corona?
No - it's related to the profit and loss balance.
Suddenly they realized that it is also possible otherwise - and it will pass in peace.
The corona is just an excuse.
It is true that there is also the great onslaught, the security demands, and until recently also the burden of the tests.
It's also true that part of the blame does not lie with local managements, but with large companies from abroad. And yet, what underlies all the service nightmares we've been experiencing lately is mostly this: the corona is not a cause. It's just a great excuse.
Were we wrong?
Fixed!
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