Unless something has been lost in translation here, one of the major problems faced by the profit-making federal railroad in Switzerland–Europe’s most punctual railroad, no surprise–is that its finance team is being forced to come up with strategies for counteracting the effects of the incredibly strong Swiss franc.

I have spent some happy hours on SBB trains–no wifi, so those Facebook updates will have to wait!–but really good coffee.

We outsource government services from time to time; maybe we could hand the entire public-sector mass-transit business to the Swiss.