More government ineptitude !

[Nick_UK]

"Two satellite phones stolen in Iraq cost the Foreign Office almost £600,000 in bills, a spending watchdog says.

It took about 18 months before the phones were cut off, despite a junior staff member in the Foreign Office telephony unit querying the huge bills.

The National Audit Office said neither senior staff nor the Iraq Policy Unit bothered to look into it and continued to pay the itemised monthly bills.

One bill included calls to a South Pacific number totalling £289,991 - made to a £5.95 a minute number in the Wallis and Futuna Islands. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5201748.stm

No wonder we pay so much tax, when government departments squander our money like this

 

[Mep]

I was going to say 'unbelievable'........but sadly it is all too believable

 

[hottstuff]

PMSL.
Sexy Sue must've made a fortune out of that phone.

 

[Greg Hook]

You gotta laugh at this sort of thing, else you would just cry at the continuing ineptitude of people in power

 

[klr10]

I used to work for an American company that sacked a colleague and didn't notice he still had his company car until almost a year later. They got the car back but didn't get any money out of him

If that was the Government they'd probably keep quiet for political reasons.... how much do we not hear???

 

[zmoosa1]

Although this story is funny it makes you think how many other stories like these there we don't hear about

 

[General Skanky]

I know of many people having been made redundant from my previous employer, who continued to be paid full salary for many months after their final day. Nice.