Former Prime Minister George Papandreou has been doing some Greek island hopping and, as expected, he still thinks he is royalty. Last week he wanted to travel by flying dolphin to the Greek islands without paying for his ticket, but the captain bravely said no. And guess what? The captain lost his JOB!
According to an article in Patmos Times the event took place on the island of Samos and specifically on the “Flying Dolphin Erato” which was ready for departure for the route Samos, Patmos, Leros, Kos when a car suddenly stopped and two men walked out, announcing that two more passengers wanted to get on board for the island of Patmos. The two passengers of course were none other than Geroge Papandreou and his wife. But surprise surprise they had no tickets so the captain did what he was instructed to do and told them that passengers without tickets cannot be accepted on board and that they were on a tight schedule and had to leave. Good old George insisted, even if this meant that they had no tickets (in other words he wanted to travel for free) so the captain simply sailed off leaving behind poor Papandreou at the docks with a dumbfounded look on his face, luggage and all!
When the ferry arrived at its last destination on the island of Kos, the company quickly briefed the captain that he had lost his job and they had already hired a new captain. In other words, the poor man was FIRED. It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that the poor man was sacked because he refused to allow Papandreou on board for a free ride. You see, the former PM still gallivants across the world thinking that he is royalty and for some strange reason he and other members of his family still expect people to bow to them.
The news went viral on the Internet, and totally ridiculed Papandreou who can afford to pay for a haircut in the northern Greek suburbs that costs more than an average monthly salary, but refuses to pay for a speed boat ticket because he is simply "Papandreou".
In fact the news has just given Greek citizens one more reason to shake their heads in disgust over the actions of the former PM and the political elite as a whole who truly think, act and believe that they are above and beyond the average Greek citizen. So much so that over the past few days the former captain decided to change his story (obviously because it was too degrading for Papandreou) and he is now saying that he resigned voluntarily.
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