Sunday, December 1, 2013
Italian
News Agency reported yesterday that, for currently unknown reasons, a former
employee of the Italian Senate, although 76 years old, is openly challenging
the mandatory retirement. After being notified by his HR office that, despite
two decades of brilliant career, he was no longer fit to serve the country,
S.B. decided to challenge the decision and to show up regularly the next
morning.
The man,
who is not unknown for his extravagant behavior, was spotted in front of the
Senate of the Italian Republic, waving his badge and yelling at younger
employees things like “you are all a bunch of communists!” and “Inter Milan
sucks! While police have been alerted they have decided not to intervene because, if arrested,
the number of trials which the man will be simultaneously subjected to will be
constitutionally illegal and mathematically challenging to calculate.
The
presence of this peculiar character right in the heart of the Italian political
headquarter is generating curiosity: “I am a bit puzzled here” – a lard-arse German tourist commented – “we make jokes about Italians being lazy and stuff. This one is making a fuss because he wants to work more.” “Today, on his first day of retirement,
he got here in the early morning” - a janitor said - “he spent almost two hours
trying to unlock the Senate building main door with a strange key-shaped
electric toy he found at home”. It was also reported that when
Senators began to show up late in the morning, he approached them, one by one, with
a bunch of flyers and invited them to what appeared to be a big-ass party at his
place in the evening.
With his
tireless shouting, running around and yelling, the man's behavior attracted attention from important political personalities as well. Russian Prime Minister Medvedev, who
happened to be in town to discuss the future of gas supplies with Italian PM
Letta, called the meeting off after being informed by his delegation of what
was going on right outside the door.
“Gas supply
is not a priority when tragedies like this one happen every day” he answered
to a journalist. “I wonder whether there is anything I can do for him” he said.
“I talked to him already. He confessed he is afraid no one will show up to his
parties anymore. I think I’ll go, just to cheer him up. Plus, Vladimir said it is worth it.”
