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Please leave shoeshining to shoeshiners
By Qianjiang Evening News |
May 25, 2012, Friday
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WHEN civil servants "volunteer" to be shoeshiners in the streets for one day, they may be doing less good than they imagine.
On May 15, civil servants from 25 government departments in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, offered free services to citizens, including giving haircuts and polishing shoes.
But hey, were you really doing these for free?
May 15 was a Tuesday - a workday. You said you polished shoes for free but actually you were paid with taxpayers' money to work that day. And in offering a "free" shoe polishing service, you crowded out those poor people who eke a living as professional street shoeshiners.
My dear civil servants, let ordinary people polish their own shoes. You would do better to devote your workdays to making sure that our food is safe and migrant workers' children receive a proper education.
On May 15, civil servants from 25 government departments in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, offered free services to citizens, including giving haircuts and polishing shoes.
But hey, were you really doing these for free?
May 15 was a Tuesday - a workday. You said you polished shoes for free but actually you were paid with taxpayers' money to work that day. And in offering a "free" shoe polishing service, you crowded out those poor people who eke a living as professional street shoeshiners.
My dear civil servants, let ordinary people polish their own shoes. You would do better to devote your workdays to making sure that our food is safe and migrant workers' children receive a proper education.
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