I had a good time last, went over to Olga’s place and we chatted for hours. I met her in Yemen last year, so we had plenty of things to talk about. It ended up being largely a major bitch session…
“…can you believe that they’re like that?”
“..it was the most disgusting thing I ever saw.”
“… I mean God, how stupid can someone be?”
“… those poor women.”
“… the government is so screwed up…”
“… the men are clueless…”
and on and on until finally,
“(SIGH) I miss that place.”
quickly, “Me too!”
A tried and true maxim is that if you want to know what people really think, look at what they do and not what they say. In economics, it is called revealed preference, and it’s a powerful thing. Olga and I had plenty to complain about, but I’m going back for another year and she would love to go back for an extended time. Obviously Yemen is doing something right…