Skyviper 1,101 Posted November 20, 2013 A city pays alcoholics with beer to keep its streets clean. http://now.msn.com/alcoholics-paid-in-beer-to-clean-streets-in-amsterdam?ocid=ansnow11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+JonathanRL 974 Posted November 20, 2013 I feel this is a Win-Win. They get what they would get anyway; and probably in a worse way and I bet they are loads cheaper then actual employees for the task. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capitaine Vengeur 263 Posted November 21, 2013 No wonder, I feel like most of democracies are run already by alcoholics. And we pay them much higer fees. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derk 265 Posted November 22, 2013 You forgot to mention that it is Amsterdam, that explains everything. And everything is possible here, but it simply looks like a workable slution and there is a lot of strange situations anyway over here (though not the sort of things some people in right wing USA seem to think )... . And by the way the people running democracy in this town may not be alcoholics but indeed, they sure behave like drunks now and then .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
