Thursday, July 01, 2010

Hungry, Ergo Crazy


Today I visited the office of a client and made a scene (they are not paying my bills). They are a large supermarket chain and I shouted that I am going to retire my signature from their permits. I'll do it because my plans and reports are MINE till the moment they pay me, so they will have six or seven branches closed down by the authorities. People doesnt know why the police closes a supermarket, and they will assume it is because of health reasons - bacteria, rats and so on. The damage will be tremendous. Normally I am a good natured fat man, so why I did this? I wanted to be paid, of course, but then a study says that it is be because I am famished:
Not only will hungry (and skinny?) people take more risks but they are also likely to be far more impulsive than in the sated state. In fact, the studies suggest that thinner people (lower leptin levels) may be generally more prone to risky behaviours than people with higher body fat (higher leptin levels). But weight loss (as in dieting) may also make people more prone to taking risks.
BTW, they said my cheque is being signed.

6 comments:

Mark Doane said...

Is this the same supermarket chain that yelled at you when you tried to collect and screamed at you about your "filthy shekels"?

Mark Doane said...

So I am correct?

B said...

Russian folk wisdom has it that the fat are kinder, and certainly when you look at Yeltsin vs. Putin, it would seem to be the case. Temple Grandin, an autistic animal science professor, talks about behavioral problems associated with pigs bred to be lean by a health-conscious market vs. traditional fat pigs. Probably something to do with hormones or neural sheaths.

As for the supermarket-fuck 'em! What do they think, that you are a freier?!

J said...

B

It is bad business policy to fuck one's clients, even if they are paying late (as I hope they are).

It is relevant to observe that this chain employs the ugliest cashier girls available, to the point that it provides them free transportation to the Palestinian villages where they live. You may have heard of the village of Umm-El-Phahm, meaning "The Mother of Ugliness". This chain had planned to open a supermarket in that village, but couldnt find sufficiently un-fuckable girls so it desisted.

Mark Doane said...

I know of a couple of people that your customer could hire.

J said...

They will pay the air fare.