Working at the European Parliament

This wonderful video (the fun English part starts at 5:00) shows two Members of the European Parliament, one from the Italian Il Populo della Libertà, and the other from the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, clocking in 6 pm at the European Parliament, collecting €300 for "expenses," and clocking out at 6:05. 

All in a day's work! What's particularly exciting is that both MEPs start to get just a little feisty with the Dutch reporter, refusing to answer his questions, and they start slapping his mic -- and him -- as they try to get away. 

This should be required viewing for MEPs, as well as Members of Congress in the US. When elected representatives, even at such a talk-shop as the European Parliament, act that contemptuous to reporters, no matter how obnoxious they are, it's small wonder that citizens question what exactly these folks are actually doing as "public servants," especially when caught red-handed with their hand in the till.