Once once more, SPÖ leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner does not recognize the signs of the times. Although the subway announcement asks her five times in a row to step back as she enters, she stubbornly stands in front of the yellow line.
VIENNA – “Let me through, I’m a doctor,” smiles Rendi-Wagner and squeezes through the waiting people to the front edge of the platform. “Ah, the look into the abyss, that’s where I feel at home. Bonjour tristesse, as we say in St. Tropez.” When the subway pulls in shortly followingwards, she doesn’t react and doesn’t take a step back.
direction is correct
“Finally, the U6 towards Floridsdorf, the direction is right, because I have to go to Hietzing.” But the doors of the wagon don’t open. “Please step back, please step back,” echoes through the station. “The woman with the red Valentino scarf and the permanent grin, yes, that’s exactly what you mean, please step down.” Rendi-Wagner turns around and yells at a commuter from Burgenland who is sitting on a bench. “Stand back please, aren’t you listening? You are meant.”
Quarrel between waiting
Cursing, the Burgenlander pushes past Rendi-Wagner and falls into the subway shaft. He keeps the entire subway set for four years. When the police arrive, he blames the foreigners, the city of Vienna, and tells the subway driver that he might do much better.
Rendi-Wagner looks spellbound at her cell phone. “33 missed calls?” She wonders, “So many congratulations for the success in Carinthia?” Touched, the SPÖ leader and permanent optimist dries her tears of joy with a Today newspaper lying around. The cover shows herself, a burning SPÖ party logo, a manically laughing Hans-Peter Doskozil and the current Sunday question.
Lost time
A young student approaches Rendi-Wagner and wants to discuss the skyrocketing rents, the food price cartel, the climate crisis and record inflation. Rendi-Wagner smiles at her and declines with thanks: “Young lady, I have problems that are much bigger than yours, we just can’t find any good topics for our party. So I don’t have time for her private misfortunes, I have to get to my Uber – no offense and good luck!”
On the way to her Uber Porsche, the SPÖ boss is approached by an employee of Wiener Linien. “Tell me, are you looking for a new job by any chance? We still need someone to help us build the tunnel. You would then come into contact with real workers for the first time in your life, but you would be our ideal candidate. I heard her work is underground…”
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