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The Office Party



The Director in charge of the office was fond of food and always invited a pool of miners to bear the cost of food ordered for the day. The miners did not complain as the funds for expenses came from their office funds and everyone had a chance to host these meals. These parties were welcomed by everyone and there were no grudges as all present enjoyed the variety of cuisine. 


Some miners felt that they should include liquor for office parties in the future. As there was no unanimous agreement on the proposal to include liquor; a vote was taken to decide on the inclusion of liquor. The liquor fans won the ensuing vote with a slim majority much to the disappointment of the teetotalers.  And so the next few rounds of office meetings were held with a lot of beer and cheap liquor. The participants did not envisage that their attitude of leaving traces of beer and liquor bottles in and around   the waste paper basket would cause unhappiness  among the cleaning staff who felt it was a sin to touch beer and liquor bottles - the consumption of which they believed was forbidden by their religion. 


An anonymous letter of complaint was sent to the Public Complaints Bureau. An inspection was caused by Bureau officers on a monday morning.With evidence overflowing  from the waste paper basket the Director was given a dressing down in front of everyone. He could not protest in the face of evidence staring at him. To add to his woes the officers had caused a complaint to the Anti Corruption Agency  that they suspect an offence had been committed against the Anti corruption laws and an investigation should be carried out to ascertain if there were reasons for intervention. 


The Director was worried about repercussions and sought the help of the Deputy Public Prosecutor(DPP) (who is the Head of Prosecutions)  to help him out of the mess. He apologized profusely for his oversight  and assured the DPP that he would not repeat his offence. The DPP took pity on the Director and assured him that no further action would be taken against him, provided he stopped this unsociable practice.   That put an end to the Director’s Office parties.


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