• mack7400@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Somewhere in the Reichstag: “Mein gott! A gartenlicht ist kaput somewhere! Hans! Schnellschnellschnell!!!”

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      1 year ago

      Dude,that is not done in the Reichstag,that is far too inefficient.

      We of course have our own government department for that, the Bundeswegbeleuchtungsreparaturamt (Federal footpath lighting repair authority) which is part of the Bundesimmobilienverwaltung(Federal real estate authority).

      There are of course similar institutions on the state level (besides Saxony/Sachsen, it seems they like to live in the dark) like the Landesweglichtverwaltung (State path light administration) of Baden-Wurttemberg.

      Some larger communities have similar agencies,but most simply have a commissary for it (Dorfweglichtbeauftragter), and yes, they are mostly named Hans, Dieter or sometimes Horst.

      This is actually a very sensitive topic as the people suffered a lot during the war time black outs and therefore wanted to make sure that never happens again. (Besides Saxony, as I said,they prefer to keep it like 45 in some places).

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        1 year ago

        Can’t even tell if you’re messing with us or if this is completely true.

        • philpo@feddit.de
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          What? Messing with you? That would imply humour, which is inefficient and therefore forbidden by law!

          This is scandalous!