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| Some recent fortune cookie wisdom |
I’m now trying to buy the cabin on wheels, where talks suddenly have gotten funky. Can’t tell if there’s another buyer in the wings or whether I’m getting a little Cityslicker blowback or who knows what all. I'm having to work through the builder, who co-owns the moving company but doesn't own the cabin. His partner/excavator is dealing with Mr. Cabin Seller, who now doesn’t seem to want to deal at all. It's been five days since my offer.
Are negotiation and compromise dead? I can’t find it in my newsroom, where our union faced an unnecessarily aggressive management proposal and voted to extend a concessionary contract we bargained when the Star Tribune filed for bankruptcy. I can’t find it in my state, where dysfunction and bullheadedness shut down the government for a record 20 days this summer. I can’t find it in my country, where lawmakers played such brinksmanship over raising the debt ceiling that Standard & Poor lowered its credit rating. The market is not happy.
The good news: if the fixer-upper cabin deal doesn’t work out, I’ve got lots of great ideas for what I can build on Loveless. (And if the financial meltdown continues, maybe we'll just camp out for a spell...)
Are negotiation and compromise dead? I can’t find it in my newsroom, where our union faced an unnecessarily aggressive management proposal and voted to extend a concessionary contract we bargained when the Star Tribune filed for bankruptcy. I can’t find it in my state, where dysfunction and bullheadedness shut down the government for a record 20 days this summer. I can’t find it in my country, where lawmakers played such brinksmanship over raising the debt ceiling that Standard & Poor lowered its credit rating. The market is not happy.
The good news: if the fixer-upper cabin deal doesn’t work out, I’ve got lots of great ideas for what I can build on Loveless. (And if the financial meltdown continues, maybe we'll just camp out for a spell...)
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