A Deplorable Example

A Deplorable Example / Fernando Damaso
Posted on December 3, 2015

Fernando Damaso, 2 December 2015 — Once again we residents of Nuevo
Vedado have had to suffer the incompetence and irresponsibility of the
"Tree Destruction Brigade" from the Electric Company. Without the least
knowledge of what it means, they "prune" them, leaving just a trunk with
two or three branches that look more like arms with their hands
amputated, raised to heaven begging for mercy.

As if that weren't enough, they drop large branches over the electrical
wires, caused them to break and even causing the badly anchored poles to
fall down, interrupting service for twelve or more house, until they can
make a repair, which generates the use of unplanned for resources and
extra expenses paid for by hapless citizens… you and me.

The responsibility for this debacle lies with the Electric Company —
which, despite the constant criticisms from the population that is
subjected to its poor service, the worst possible administration, faulty
meter readings, and the presentation of inflated bills and the bungling
of every kind of task, such as replacing the posts, leaving stumps
across the sidewalks as obstacles to pedestrians — seems to enjoy a
status of official privileged, and they never take action against it nor
against those who run it.

Without a doubt, the Electric Company is a magnificent example of the
inefficiency and bad work of a "great socialist state enterprise," where
the citizen is a simple and defenseless user, and must mourn, those of
us who know it, the vilified Cuban Electrical Company that repairs,
maintains, prunes and does all its work without blackouts and without
annoying the citizens, who are its clients.

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