[...] Better an hour of slavery and prison, than forty years of slavery and prison. Thousands of young people lining up for a three-month job as a telephone operator at OTE. We, fine lads, like cold water, give our all, humiliate ourselves, just to become telephone operators for three months! It's beyond belief! Such power this cursed herd possesses! Take your girl, my boy, and relax on a beach collecting seaweed, turning them into silk ribbons and selling them. Become a flower seller in Andrabida by night. Beg to become a hired servant and have them make you a conk, while you stand there, in line, with your caps? They find them and make them.[...]