Rehab

“They want to send me to rehab, Knut.” I explained to a colleague.

“Rehab?”

“It’s very fashionable. Everybody is doing it.”

“Everybody who has a problem. What’s your problem, Dan?”

“Cynicism.”

“Cynicism?”

“Excessive cynicism! I thought I was just sarcastic, but..”

“.. there is a thin line between sarcastic and cynical, Dan.” Knut replied.

“Perhaps I crossed the line. When we acquired (yet) another company, I expressed the hope that we would not follow our standard process: Locate and drive away the human expertise. And then off-shore everything else.”

“Well Dan, that does sound cynical.”

“It’s not cynical, Knut. It is simply an expression of hope.”

“Hope, Dan?”

“Of course! There is no way that we could possibly identify the humans with the expertise. Those people will depart all by themselves.”

“Wow! And they think you’re cynical.”

“I just don’t understand it.”

“But rehab, Dan?”

“Like I said, it’s the latest thing for treating problems: Alcohol, Drugs, Sex and now Cynicism. I’ll be treated just like Lindsey, Paris, Brittney and Tiger.

It is wisteria season in Zürich.