by Ewa Kochańska

Picture, or most likely - look back to, a situation where you stopped at a red light and your car wouldn't move on green.

The instant response (after few choice words and perhaps some futile attempts at fixing what's under the steaming hood) is to call a towing service, then a mechanic, and then to pray there's enough money in the bank account to cover the costs.

Now imagine that the entire scenario is something you'll tell your grandchildren one day as an example of the "unspeakable" hardships that our generation had to endure, much like our grandparents' suspiciously dramatic tales of braving 10-meter high snowdrifts to get to school with no shoes on.

 

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