The Overkill Games

I know the Beijing Olympic Games is a huge thing for China, but talk about overkill.

Beijing has hired 8,000 toilet maintenance staff just for the Games. Each is responsible for a specific public restroom in the city and all are trained in hygiene standards and techniques, Olympic knowledge and English expressions. There are even inspections every week to make sure they are up to standards.

8,000? Is the city so dirty they need to hire 8,000 toilet maintenance staff? I don’t know if I should laugh or cry when I read this. And the funny thing is that while we find this funny, the Chinese seems very proud of their 8,000 toilet maintenance staff.

Now that I will laugh at!