Here are some of the stranger things that happened in the workplace (and out) during 2008.

这些是2008年在工作场所发生的的荒诞离奇的故事。

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My mother was putting her groceries into shopping bags when a stranger came up to her and said, "Here are the things that you put back." handing her the rubbing alcohol and the soap.

我母亲正在把她的杂货装进购物袋里，一个陌生人走过来对母亲说：“这是你放回去的东西。”同时递给了母亲医用酒精和肥皂。

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Where as the American or Chinese will willingly discusstheir salary with a stranger, along with the exact monetary valueof possessions, few from Britain would mention such things outsideclose family.

尽管美国人或中国人会欣然与陌生人谈论薪水，以及个人财产的确切价值，却极少有英国人与家人之外的人提及这些事。

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On the other hand, much stranger things have been known to happen.

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In the event that there is a proper banking union in the eurozone, and that the eurozone's crisis subsides - which may seem an absurd idea, but stranger things have happened - international investors would at that point note that the eurozone's banks were in effect insured or guaranteed by the collective resources of all eurozone countries, including mighty Germany.

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Awareness means making choices and trade-offs, finding compromises among all the things one wants instead of remaining a stranger to oneself and realizing sometimes life just says no.

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