I can’t resist the temptation. Especially as the office of the Prime Minister felt the need to issue a press release on Antonis Samaras statement and his party, Nea Dimokratia, uploaded the relevant video on YouTube. Both gave an utmost importance of this statement.
Video: outside Samaras’ office
embedded by Embedded Video
YouTube Direkt
Reporter: “Saturday afternoon at the office?” a reporter asks Samaras
Samaras: “There are no Saturdays. There is a lot of work and little time. And we will succeed.”
PS There has been a lot of talk about Troika pressuring to overthrow labour rights, among them increasing the number of working days from five to six, i.e. considering ‘Saturday’ as normal working week day in order to avoid additional payment to employees. Many Greek internet users could not help but ironically comment: “Samaras initiated the 6-day week” with this statement.
The silicon chip inside his head
Has switched to overload
And nobody’s gonna get to stay home on Saturday
He’s gonna make them go to work
And the people don’t understand it
They always thought he was good as gold
But he can see no reasons
‘Cos there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be show-ow-ow-ow-own?
Tell me why
I don’t like SaturdaThe silicon chip inside his head
Has switched to overload
And nobody’s gonna get to stay home on Saturday
He’s gonna make them go to work
And the people don’t understand it
They always thought he was good as gold
But he can see ys
Tell me why
I don’t like Saturdays
Tell me why
I don’t like Saturdays
I wanna shoo-oo-woo-woo-woo-oot the Troika down
The Twitter machine is so kept clean
And it tweets to a waiting world
And people feel so shocked
Their world is rocked
And their thoughts turn to a 78 hour week
for jobs nowhere to be seen
Now that ain’t so neat to admit defeat
They can see no reasons
‘Cuz there are no reasons
What reasons do you need?
Oh Oh oh whoa whoa
Tell me why
I don’t like Saturdays
Tell me why
I don’t like Saturdays
Tell me why
I don’t like Saturdays
I wanna shoo-oo-oo-woo-woo-oot
The whole Troika down, down, down, shoot it all down
And all the working’s stopped in the country right now
We want to work, anything, with a smile
All our money is now gone, and soon we’ll be learning
And the lesson today is how to live
With nothing, and an ever changing tomorrow
While he pretends to tackle
Yesterday’s problems of the how’s and why’s
And he can see no reasons
‘Cos there are no reasons
What reason do you need to die, die?
Oh Oh Oh
Tell me why
I don’t like Saturdays
Tell me why
I don’t like Saturdays
Tell me why
I don’t like
I don’t like (Tell me why)
I don’t like Saturdays
Tell me why
I don’t like
I don’t like (Tell me why)
I don’t like Saturdays
Tell me why
I don’t like Saturdays
I wanna shoo-oo-oo-woo-woo-woot the Troika down
(Thanks to the BoomTown Rats)
Here’s an idea for Samaras.
The Belgian employers organization Unizo is up in arms about the cost of employing people and is looking for measures to employ people cheaper for longer working hours.
The Belgians were shocked beyond belief when Karel Van Eetveld, spokesperson for Unizo, even HAD THE NERVE to mention
meaning, the guy had THE AUDACITY to suggest people should work a 39 to 40 hour week for the same wage!!
http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20120918_169
I think Greece stands a good chance of getting Belgian employers to look at the “Special Economic
campZone” the EU is mapping out for the country.