Despite his evident anguish at the current state of affairs, Mr Osman's prognosis for the imminent post-Mubarak era is not entirely bleak.
As long as this pathological state of affairs persists, questions of global growth and social welfare will continue to depend on Wall Street and the enduring fallacies of free-market finance.
Their duty is to ensure that the directors are reporting correctly on the state of affairs of the company.
Although a little wistful, Grandpa didn't seem overly upset by this state of affairs.