專欄錢眼太太

RAGE AGAINST THE COFFEE MACHINE
咖啡機引起的憤怒


FT專欄作家錢眼太太:我最近在瑞士被一臺咖啡機徹底打敗了。我和我的朋友共有7個學位,卻弄不懂那臺咖啡機該如何工作。這讓我不禁懷疑,教育可能完全是在浪費時間。

It's quite possible that education is a complete waste of time. That was my conclusion, having tangled with a coffee machine in Switzerland recently. I had escaped, courtesy of a very cheap ticket, to the Alps to redo the cashflow forecasts for my business in preparation for a visit to the (still solvent) bank. A generous friend lent me his beautiful chalet, complete with Sky TV (which enabled me to listen to Radio 4), an 18m swimming pool and a coffee machine.

很有可能教育完全是在浪費時間。這是我最近在瑞士被一臺咖啡機徹底打敗後得出的結論。承蒙一張超級便宜的機票,我躲進了阿爾卑斯山,爲我的企業重做現金流預測,準備拜訪(仍然資不抵債的)銀行。一位慷慨的朋友將他美麗的度假小屋借給了我,另外還有英國天空電視臺收視許可(使我能夠收聽Radio 4節目),一個18米長的游泳池和一臺咖啡機。

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