Polish police officer fines self to avoid pay cut

[GRiM]

BIALOGARD, POLAND (BNO NEWS) -- A Polish police officer was forced to give himself a fine or risk getting a pay cut, a local newspaper reported on Saturday.

The Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper reported that police officers in the northwestern town of Bialogard are required to write at least one fine every day or risk getting a pay cut. When he recently failed to meet the quota, the officer decided to give himself a fine.

The paper said the police officer, who was not identified, handed himself a $6.50 ticket for walking on a railroad.

edit: better source.

Sgt. Andrzej Tymanski, from the northwestern city of Bialogard, wrote himself the £5 ticket for walking on a railway line because he was trying to respect the rules laid down by the local police chief.

He said: ‘I was not prepared to fine someone who had not broken the law just to meet the quota - so I walked on the railway line – and fined myself.’

But the Polish policeman isn't the only one to make a personal sacrifice in the name of work.

Last month it emerged 51-year-old boss Lola Gonzalez had decided to fire herself for the good of her company.

She needed to save money within the company, so decided to sack herself rather than fire one of her employees.

Just one more edit :)

Boss decides to save employees and fires herself instead
Boss Lola Gonzalez needed to fire someone to save her company – so decided to sack herself instead of firing any of her employees.


The 51-year-old realised she needed to fire a member of staff to save her firm, which runs background checks for employers, after it suffered the effects of the global recession.

But after deciding she couldn’t face firing any of her hard-working employees, Gonzalez fired herself instead.

She told a US TV show that she was ‘angered’ when she realised she had to fire someone, so after consulting with her lawyer the selfless lady decided to fire herself and leave her employees in charge.

She said staff, who initially thought she was joking, were shocked when they heard her decision.

But the kind-hearted boss does not regret her decision.

‘I told them that I trusted them – I hired them. As I hired them, I was confident I was doing the right thing.’

‘They’ve taken ownership, and I do not regret what I’ve done, for a minute.’

Gonzalez now earns half her old salary in her new job as a social worker, which she describes as ‘a blessing.’

As usual its not clear-cut "tickle me", but I guess this would fit to some degree.

 

[shijing]

As usual its not clear-cut "tickle me", but I guess this would fit to some degree.

I thought it was funny -- kind of sad at the same time (and instructive about how the system works), but funny. He solved his problem rather creatively :)

 

[samii]

Can someone fire himself? Maybe resigned yes