Ghost man terrorizes village, IT workers chuckle
Posted on 2006-01-17 at 13:58
According to Reuters, An Indian man in prison was reported dead to his family by a distant relative who saw him admitted to the prison hospital. Not so interesting right? It gets better.
Turns out he never died. Indeed, he came home and his family and friends, who thought him dead were shocked to see him still alive. Good news, you say? Sit back down. There's more.
Shock turned to fear as children screamed "Ghost! Ghost!" and ran away from him. Villagers locked their doors and hid. His own brothers fled from him when he showed himself. Just a poor first reaction? No. Not in India.
Villagers have continued to ostracize him under the assumption that he is an apparition come to haunt them. The ghost felon in question has filed a complaint with the local police who have stepped in to mediate the confusion. Can the situation take a rational turn now? Not quite. There's yet more insane-in-the-membrane left in these people.
The village council has determined that they are reasonable men of science. They will accept his claim to life if he can but prove he is not a ghost. To quote the modern sage Napoleon Dynamite, "Idiots!"
The next time your employer mentions outsourcing work to these guys, remember this. And laugh.