Stuff – Chained to a jo… er recreational activity they absolutely love

Stuff – Chained to a jo… er recreational activity they absolutely love

By Andrew Gunn – Stuff – 14/05/2022

OPINION/SATIRE: 215 BC, the Mediterranean Sea. A ROMAN GALLEY SHIP glides across the water. Inside, the GALLEY MASTER presides over a hundred sweaty, half-naked rowers, all toiling to pull their heavy oars to the beat of his drum.

GM: Heave! Heave! Heave!

There is a KNOCK KNOCK at the door.

GM: Who’s that? Heave!A LABOUR INSPECTOR enters.

LI: Hello I’m from the Labour Inspectorate of Employment New Zealand.

GM: The what of where? Hold on… alright you lot, keep rowing, or I’ll cut your hands off! Sorry, you’re from the what?

LI: The Labour Inspectorate of Employment New Zealand.

GM: Listen mate, we’re right in the middle of the Second Punic War. Do you have any authority here in the Mediterranean in 215 BC?

LI: I do for the purposes of this satirical column. Now we’ve had a tip-off about the unsatisfactory pay and conditions of your workers.

GM: Workers? Sorry, there are no workers here.

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