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OK.

@ BethAnnBitt: I'm curious to know whether Copeland also charged the faithful for this blessing/cure. Or did he merely request donations?

I happily stand to be corrected but I thought "Mobbing" (bullying) was already a criminal offence in Germany.

Keep your flat. At some stage in the future you will not be doing this job and you will need somewhere to hang your hat on a more permanent basis.

@ murphaph Of course we are all online. But I bet we're not (all) socially isolated the way this rooster was. I also believe he had psychological - if not psychiatric - problems.

@Keleth The perpetrator was - among other things - socially isolated, especially as he seems to have spent long periods online. He can therefore hardly be said to have belonged to some sort of extreme right-wing organisation or other group.

The only person responsible is the perpetrator, nobody else. He and he alone is guilty. To blame Merkel or even the EU is completely ----ing insane.

I have just ordered a Nokia C2-03. Thanks for all the advice. onemark

@lisa13 As I said in my introductory request, I am - essentially - looking for an ordinary "steam-powered" "Handy" (dual sim & slider; not a smartphone) with which I can make and receive calls and text messages. That's it. (I realise the phone I get may have some features I don't need but I can live with that.)

Are the phones available at the two links above 4G-compatible?

@ Lorelei & El Jeffo: Generally speaking, I said all this - and somewhat more succinctly, too.

Am looking for a new mobile telephone for calls and text messages only. 1. no smartphones, just an ordinary "steam-powered" mobile; 2. dual sim; 3. flip or slider (preferably the latter); 4. no cameras; 5. no data; 5. priced under €100.00. Admittedly not an easy ask but suggestions still much appreciated. Thanks. onemark.

Just call it "standard English". But be careful about calling Plattdeutsch/Low German a dialect. German linguists cannot to this day agree as to whether Low German ist a dialect of High German or whether the one is merely a variation of the other (I suspect it's probably the latter). There is a similar debate concerning English and Scots. And then there's Ulster Scots, but I digress...

Summing up: 1. Tie the boss/Supervisor down a lot more specifically on what he /she means by "culture fit". 2. See your works council representative immediately! 3. Get legal insurance immediately if you don't already have it! 4. Whether you have legal insurance or not, get a specialist lawyer for employment law immediately! Good luck.

"Schadenfreude" is quite simply deriving personal pleasure at someone else's misfortune/s.