Try harder.
Clearly if you have not personally experienced something it doesn't exist.
You live in the UK and use the NHS and you're not aware of the issue of waiting lists for operations and other procedures? It's been a highly talked about political issue for at least the last 40 years.
Did I say urgent care? The existence of NHS waiting lists is a well telegraphed problem. Typically these are for medically necessary procedures which are not critical (in the sense that catching cancer fast is critical)…
In some parts of Southern Europe, a bemused looking tourist who offered even the mildest defense that they didn't understand the zoning system would be surrounded by locals taking their side and rebuking the official.…
I understand that this came across as rude, but I'm not trying to say that Germany is a Kafkaesque hellhole. I love Germany. Simply this - there is no 'good faith' defense when breaking rules in Germany. If you have the…
80 euro might be a reasonable price for having grasped an important truth about how Germany works.
In practice many very rich people in the UK have some form of private healthcare. The NHS has historically relied on rationing by queuing - since most demand for healthcase is very inelastic you need a lot of queuing to…
The marginal cost of a passenger on public transport is much less than the cost of a taxi. Even if the ceiling is double this cost it's still a good deal. The marginal cost of an entry to a public museum is typically…
Try harder.
Clearly if you have not personally experienced something it doesn't exist.
You live in the UK and use the NHS and you're not aware of the issue of waiting lists for operations and other procedures? It's been a highly talked about political issue for at least the last 40 years.
Did I say urgent care? The existence of NHS waiting lists is a well telegraphed problem. Typically these are for medically necessary procedures which are not critical (in the sense that catching cancer fast is critical)…
In some parts of Southern Europe, a bemused looking tourist who offered even the mildest defense that they didn't understand the zoning system would be surrounded by locals taking their side and rebuking the official.…
I understand that this came across as rude, but I'm not trying to say that Germany is a Kafkaesque hellhole. I love Germany. Simply this - there is no 'good faith' defense when breaking rules in Germany. If you have the…
80 euro might be a reasonable price for having grasped an important truth about how Germany works.
In practice many very rich people in the UK have some form of private healthcare. The NHS has historically relied on rationing by queuing - since most demand for healthcase is very inelastic you need a lot of queuing to…
The marginal cost of a passenger on public transport is much less than the cost of a taxi. Even if the ceiling is double this cost it's still a good deal. The marginal cost of an entry to a public museum is typically…