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'That's not my child': Mother says bus monitor tried to give her wrong child... twice (wgme.com)
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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That somebody requires profit to do it, school can do this at cost....

Again, theory is decent in practice this is how corruption gets done. It is cute to assume that this company is providing a better service and for cheaper.

Who ever got this contract is giving kick backs and sucking out profit... That's a lot of overhead in of itself.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 0 points 6 days ago

“at cost” can sometimes be far more expensive than paying someone else to do it