Zabavna prigoda prejšnji teden, ko so z letala sneli italijanskega ekonomista Guida Menzia, ker je sopotnica njegovo zapisovanje diferencialnih enačb zamenjala za teroristična sporočila v arabščini, terjajo dodatne previdnostne ukrepe. Ekonomisti se ne razkrijejo samo tako, da na papirju zapisujejo grške hieroglife, pomešane z arabskimi številkami, pač pa tudi z načinom obnašanja in komuniciranja. The Economist je izdal varnostna navodila, kako zraven sebe na letalu prepoznati nevarnega terorista, preoblečenega v ekonomista:
1. He refuses to listen to the safety announcement because “in the long run, we’re all dead”
2. He keeps telling you that “there is no such thing” as a “complimentary refreshment service”
3. He avoids prolonged conversation with you because he has a “rational expectation” that you’re an idiot since you chose the middle seat
4. But he offers to trade his aisle seat for yours in a competitive auction with the woman sitting behind you
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10. Spends all the flight scribbling Greek letters into a notebook. Turns out it’s not a series of equations; he’s part of the IMF negotiating team en route to Athens.
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