this documents a very well know situation here, you may have the same things in your countries....

There are 3 kids, an american, a japanese kida and a Greek kid, bragging about their fathersa and their countries technological achievements:

"My dad", says the Jap kid, "is a automotive engineer, works 100 miles away, gets off work at 16.00 and by 17.30 is on the table eating dinner, thanks to the super fast train we have developed..."

"That's nothing" says the american kid, "my dad is an astronaut, and gets off work at the space station at 17.00, and by 17.45 is at home, thanks to our super duper carrier missile."

"Whow" says the Greek kid, "my dad is a civil servant, he gets off work at 15.00, and usually by 14.15 he is already at home."

sad but true....