Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Kitchen of Mr and Mrs Timeus in Greece circa 2007

Setting: Kitchen of Mr and Mrs Timeus in Greece circa 2007
Mrs Timeus: I was just talking to my sister
Mr Timeus: She called from US?
Mrs : Yes, its morning there still
Mr: How's she like her new job?
Mrs: She gets only 2 weeks of vacation
Mr: What???
Mrs: And she won't even be able to take a day off for months and months!
Mr: Is that legal?
Mrs: I guess. She said that theres no retirement, and she has to wait till shes 65 to collect what they call "Social Security" and its hardly anything.
Mr: What will she do?
Mrs: They have a personal investing system called 401J or something, and she has to save her own money.
Mr: Whats going on with that country! So what is she going to do? Is she really going to put up with such a backwards system?
Mrs: Probably not. She's thinking about moving back because at least our economey shows that our system is better.

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