Our neighbours, although ‚to-the-east-of-the-Aegean‘ aliens, have seemed well integrated up till now and appear to have accepted the Swiss ideas of family life. They came back from a three week holiday in the husband’s homeland, where different cultural ideas prevail, on Saturday. This morning I get a phone call from the (very young and attractive) wife. Her husband locked her, together with their two small children, in the flat when he left for work this morning.
Click into EF Panic mode: Police – which ones. Emergency Police? Town Police? Canton Police? Or shall I call a locksmith to let her out? Or the fireservice to break the door down. Or shall I just ask Mr. L to break in?
Click to EF Insurance Mode: Who pays the emergency police call out? Or the locksmith? Who pays to have the lock or the door repaired or replaced? If Mr. L injures himself or the children when he breaks the door down, is it illness, accident or third party liability?
Click into EF Social Mode: I’m a regular churchgoer. I could ask one of the ministers what I should do. They know me and will surely know the best course of action to take. (This service would be free too, which is a nice thought)
Click into Common Sense Mode: I could take the wife’s key, which I have had for the past three weeks to enable me to get into their flat to water the flowers, open the door, give her her key back and we could all live happily ever after - except the husband, who will surely be in big trouble for forgetting that I had the second key and not his wife, when he cheerfully locked the door this morning.
Does being on EF influence our reactions?
Click into EF Panic mode: Police – which ones. Emergency Police? Town Police? Canton Police? Or shall I call a locksmith to let her out? Or the fireservice to break the door down. Or shall I just ask Mr. L to break in?
Click to EF Insurance Mode: Who pays the emergency police call out? Or the locksmith? Who pays to have the lock or the door repaired or replaced? If Mr. L injures himself or the children when he breaks the door down, is it illness, accident or third party liability?
Click into EF Social Mode: I’m a regular churchgoer. I could ask one of the ministers what I should do. They know me and will surely know the best course of action to take. (This service would be free too, which is a nice thought)
Click into Common Sense Mode: I could take the wife’s key, which I have had for the past three weeks to enable me to get into their flat to water the flowers, open the door, give her her key back and we could all live happily ever after - except the husband, who will surely be in big trouble for forgetting that I had the second key and not his wife, when he cheerfully locked the door this morning.
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