Political Small Talk

Outside the building of a government ministry, during a smoking break, a conversation goes between an old employee who has been there for 30 years and a fresh intern...

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Veteran: I have been here for 30 years and everytime I leave this door, I clock out, even for short smoking breaks. Without clocking out, even 15 minutes unaccounted for is the same as stealing from the ministry.

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Intern: I don't understand. Out here you are honest with these 15 minutes. Inside those doors, you are not doing anything a good part of 8 hours a day you clocked-in for! Isn't that stealing too?

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Silence.

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