The invisible hand of rejection

Posted By Michael H. Cognato Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 4:51 PM Share

A German economist, evidently too depressed by the strictures of his own discipline, has found a way to apply his talents at the dismal science to a new vocation: being a break-up messenger. Bern Dressler, of Berlin, claims that he's delivered the final blow to 200 relationships in the last 11 months:

I almost never get invited in for a coffee," he told the Berliner Morgenpost newspaper on Monday. "Most of the time they're totally surprised."

Breaking the bad news only takes about three minutes and often leaves the message recipients in a state of shock, said Dressler.

It's not a pretty business, but at 50 euros a pop, Dressler's got a good racket going.

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