WicklowMan
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The title is a little tongue in cheek, but here are a few of my own observations / thoughts from the past couple of years, since the slowdown in the economy. This is not to ignore the list of problems, which would probably be double the length.
1/ In the service industry something resembling customer care has come back into the frame (with exceptions, but we are getting there). No longer do shop assistants treat a bit of smalltalk with the reaction of being faced with an escaped mental patient.
2/ The enviornment; had things kept going at the dizzying rate of the mid 00's, there soon wouldn't have been much left.
3/ Pleasure driving has gone out of fashion, so it is now easier to get from point A to B on the roads.
4/ People are starting to rediscover free outdoor activities like climbing mountains and going to nature reserves etc. In countries like Sweden this is a part of life, but in Ireland it seems to go up and down with economics: during the boom times I knew people who were only happy to partake in activities if they cost money!
5/ People are also becoming more sociable generally in my experience: I would contend that economic challenges tend to bring people together, whereas the mad rollercoaster we were on saw everyone "too busy" for normal human interactions.
1/ In the service industry something resembling customer care has come back into the frame (with exceptions, but we are getting there). No longer do shop assistants treat a bit of smalltalk with the reaction of being faced with an escaped mental patient.
2/ The enviornment; had things kept going at the dizzying rate of the mid 00's, there soon wouldn't have been much left.
3/ Pleasure driving has gone out of fashion, so it is now easier to get from point A to B on the roads.
4/ People are starting to rediscover free outdoor activities like climbing mountains and going to nature reserves etc. In countries like Sweden this is a part of life, but in Ireland it seems to go up and down with economics: during the boom times I knew people who were only happy to partake in activities if they cost money!
5/ People are also becoming more sociable generally in my experience: I would contend that economic challenges tend to bring people together, whereas the mad rollercoaster we were on saw everyone "too busy" for normal human interactions.