Amadeus

I've just got back from Crete - had a lovely time.

We eat out every night (obviously) and a main course was 8 euros ~£5. So when you compare that to the wages you cited, it doesn't sound as if someone would starve to death.
I heard something on the radio (I think - might have been radio 4, but might have been BBC news website) and they were saying that it's usual/expected for public sector workers to not come into work at least one day a week - it's got so endemic, there is no attempt to sweeten it up.

I don't know how accurate this information is, but if it is true, I don't have a huge amount of sympathy, even tho it may be so endeminc people don't realise that they're doing something wrong (I work in a company where lots of people have been here for so long they have no idea how lucky they are).
The bottom line is that the country is living in a way that is unsustainable and something needs to happen - it can't go on. But then, the same applies here - people still have massive mortgages that they can't afford - it will only be sorted once the interest rates go up.