So
the Italians are staging a strike to protest the increased prices of
spaghetti & bread!! The nation with the highest number of strikes
than any other has at last thought of something new to strike about. It
doesn't look like the activists have much support though, even by
giving out spaghetti & bread free in their attempt to capture the
public for their campaign.
The
government department of statistics of food products & consumption
argued that the prices from original source had been only 2 point
something percent up, but before it got to the table of consumers, it
had to go through an endless list of intermediaries, with the final
price bordering on at least 20 times increase; certain items even up
more than that!!. Such explanations is certainly no comfort for the
shop or supermarket customers.
A
pensioner interviewed by the press said that spaghetti & bread
were his daily food, like every other Italian. Not only it's the most
nutritious at the cheapest prices, it's also the only basic food he
could afford. He can't afford the alternatives which would have cost
far more. Being the national food, it's also the question of a life
long habit as well as tradition.
I
can well understand the rather cold response from the public to the
banner that says " No spaghetti nor bread for one day ".
If, say, I can't have rice for just one day, I would feel as though something is lacking however well I have eaten other food; for a whole week, I would most likely die! Not bodily of course, but no doubt dying of deprived & depraved emotion & starving spirits. I would be so very frustrated, miserable, & totally lacking interest or energy for anything, with my mind dwelling on rice day & night. However much it's price should go up, it'd still be the first item on my shopping list.
There
seems to be a song in an old movie, which might carry the title, or in
the lyric that goes: " Life gets tasteless, don't it? "
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