My Journal

The lights went out at prime dinner hour at my favorite German restaurant, Schindler’s. It was pitch black. There was some quiet laughter, the staff quickly deployed candles and flashlights and everyone kept eating in an orderly manner. No one left. In the US, there would have been shrieks and everyone flooding out of the restaurant. In fact, people kept coming in for dinner. Loss of power here is treated like an everyday occurrence and a mild nuisance. What a different cultural response and perspective.