Month of Salary the 13th It was a festive time. A jolly time. Everyone in the company was looking forward to the holidays. As per tradition, it was understood that the 13th month of salary would be distributed mid-December, just in time to help out with Christmas expenses. But then it’s the 22nd, the 23rd, […]
Sir, you said you were an UHNWI, but you are only an HNWI
Greetings, Mr. Becker. Please take a seat. My name is Jules de Gaesebeke, and I am a private banker here at Rothskid Partners. I have worked in private banking and wealth management for 30 years, so you can rest assured that I know what I am doing. Would you like some water sourced from an […]
3 Wise Men from Luxembourg planned to bring Jesus gifts of ‘fuel, cigarettes, and booze’
Suggesting that Luxembourg almost ended up playing a role in the Nativity, a historian says that three local wise men bearing gifts also set off to Bethlehem. In contrast to the better-known Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthasar, the three Luxembourgish Magi Gibbes, Metti, and Battes are understood to have departed for the East carrying presents of […]
Supermarket cashier makes chit-chat with you
In what’s being called an early Christmas miracle, a cashier at a supermarket near Luxembourg City has spontaneously made chit-chat with you. The chit-chat included a mundane but pleasant discussion of the weather and the season before drifting to your reason for moving to Luxembourg and the cashier’s feelings about working at that location. Only […]
New Year’s Eve party thrown totally off-balance by presence of single friend
A New Year’s Eve party in Luxembourg City was thrown off-balance and never recovered after the inclusion of a partnerless friend. Ian Fink and Pauline Morier invited Ali Zorba, 29, more than a month ago, giving only passing thought to the implications of his singleness. The damning asymmetry revealed itself the moment Zorba arrived and […]