So what did I learn last week? Forgive me for sounding morbid, but I learnt that sometimes life reads depressingly like an act out of Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece Waiting for Godot: "The more things change the more they stay the same," he said with an expression of deadening repetition.
So the rich get richer and those on top kick those at the bottom... as I read to my horror last week how a gangmaster, accused of "shocking abuse" against migrant farm workers, lost his licence for exploiting 50 Polish and Slovakian workers by deducting pay without any explanation and forcing them to pay to use company transport.
So for those people struggling to make ends meat, they get a nice dose of exploitation for their troubles.
Also in the news - Banks, like Merrill Lynch, Citi and UBS, continue to close, amidst the reality and spiralling effect of the credit crunch. Despite this fat cats continue to scoop the cream off the top at the expense of others. Northern Rock recently announced that chief exec of the failed firm, Adam Applegarth, was entitled to a termination payment equivalent to a year's salary, or £760,000.
We were also told last week to feel sorry for estate agents, by estate agencies, of course. OK hang in there guys, after years of silky suits and Cheshire cat grins, agents might have to cut down on their tie shopping.
The recession is now in full swing, and people are already looking for the light at the end of a tunnel, that seems to be so familiar. Why bother, when you can see your way out in the dark?
"We are all born mad. Some remain so." - I agree Mr Beckett.
