If You Think We're In A Recession...

Sure, the economy's bad here in South Florida. Workers are getting laid off, salaries slashed, homes foreclosed upon. But have some pity for the poor Deutsche Bank employees in Germany. According to the London Independent, senior executives of the German Bank can no longer expense brothel visits or porn channels...

By Tamara Lush

April 25, 2008

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Sure, the economy's bad here in South Florida. Workers are getting laid off, salaries slashed, homes foreclosed upon.

But have some pity for the poor Deutsche Bank employees in Germany. According to the London Independent, senior executives of the German Bank can no longer expense brothel visits or porn channels in hotel rooms. According to one anonymous bank employee:

"In the good old days, you could pass off a trip to a knocking-shop as a restaurant if the name wasn't too obvious. But we're in an uptight, locked-down new puritanism now."

-- Tamara Lush

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