Stories of people- Stránka 2

Stories of people are short texts sharing life experiences of people around us. They make you wonder. They make you feel sense of belonging and sympathy. They share life paths and plights of a life. The stories have the power to take you to another time, environment and convey complex characters and arouse your curiosity.
In 1977, he found old documents of his grandfather. An idea of creating his own family tree crossed his mind.

I’ve created my family tree back to 17th century

In 1977, he found old documents of his grandfather. The documents were proof of purity of origin. It was necessary to have such documents during Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. People had to prove three generations back that they weren’t Jews to satisfy the German Reich. He found them very
24/07/2026
Restaurant service sucks.

Restaurant service sucks

He studied hospitality. He works as a cook for a catering company. Me: “I am not satisfied with the quality of service in restaurants.“ Him: “I don’t pay attention to it and I understand them. It’s a demanding job for not so much money.” During the Corona period they carried
25/08/2021
ČD bunkhouses are worse than Pakistani prison.

ČD bunkhouses are worse than Pakistani prison

He worked for ČD (Czech railways) as a train driver. He said it is more convenient to drive a passenger train to a high-speed train for long distances. It is due to the fact that a rail for the passenger train keeps turning right or left all the time and
19/07/2021
Unexpected encounters.

Unexpected encounters

An owner of a fine arts equipment shop M-art-y in Prague-Dejvice. This district is full of artists and alternative people. Once a small boy entered the shop. A woman got in the shop quickly afterwards. The woman began chatting with her about children and painting. After meeting each other for
18/05/2021
I’m happy when she asks me if I am alive.

I’m happy when she asks me if I am alive

He graduated at transportation secondary school. He worked for the Czech railways (ČD) only for a short period of time. He worked for a cement plant in Mokra-Horakov near Brno most of his working life. The cement plant changed owners four times during his lifetime. Last time the owners became
16/05/2021
Czech Steve Jobs.

Czech Steve Jobs

He studied electronics and was one of the first ones who began working with computers during the communistic era. He repaired both western IBM machines and soviet and polish copies of PC AT/XT standard. He played noughts and crosses with colleagues on them. He came across Fortran and Cobol programming
18/12/2020
Two sides of socialistic coin.

Two sides of socialistic coin

She visited Soviet Union around 1985. She was surprised with a level of development and what she saw there, an ice-cream machine for example. The ice-cream machine wasn’t available at that time in the Czechoslovakia. She had the same experience at least from 3 cities, even smaller. She had an
30/11/2020
Salar, Tabriz, Iran

Good man soul

Salar from Iran. “What would you do if you had unlimited amount of money?” “I would improve educational system. I believe better education is a step towards brighter future.”
26/11/2020
Nassim, Tabriz, Iran.

Good woman soul

Nassim from Iran. “What would you do if you had unlimited amount of money?” “I would improve the ecological state of the planet so as to keep the Earth sustainable.”
24/11/2020
Thick-skinned conductor.

Thick-skinned conductor

He was on the train when a van crashed into it from a side. The van was sprung forwards and outwards from the train. Neither he nor a conductor nor a train driver noticed they were hit by the van. It is a feeling as if you run over an
23/11/2020
Served as artilleryman under KFOR mission

Served as artilleryman under KFOR mission

A former soldier of the Czech Army. He served for 15 years. He was returning from a veteran reunion at that moment where he met fellow fighters who he served with in Kosov. He served in 2009 in Kosovo in the KFOR unit. He was an artilleryman. He drove a
16/07/2020

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