Heard in the news yesterday that Bangladesh still has over 400 telegram centers, and 800+ people are still employed by the government to run these centers. So who are the Bangladeshi people sending telegrams to? The answer is 'no one'. The centers have not been operating for many years, what with the advent of fax, e-mail, mobile phones, SMS....Nevertheless, over 800 people have been happily receiving their monthly government salaries for doing absolutely nothing. And here I was, thinking that the Cypriot government and municipality staff had a good deal going with their half-day working hours, endless benefits and a life-time job guarantee regardless of their (un)productivity. Apologies to Bangladesh: they beat us fair and square, and with hardly any effort!
