You've got to hand it to the South Americans.
When the going got tough, the tough go on strike. Not just any old kind of strike, but a hit-you-where-it-hurts-most kind of strike. That's right: the women of Barbacoas, a town in south-west Columbia, withheld sex until officials finally caved and paved the old horse trail to their isolated town.
When the project failed to materialize, instead of taking the news sitting down, the local women "crossed their legs" in protest, e.g. their men didn't get any until something was done.
"The desire was great and we took advantage of it," said Luz Marina Castillo, the leader of the protest.
Incredibly, the strike, which began in June, only concluded last week when transport minister German Cardona promised to invest $21 million to pave the first 17 miles of the route.
Initially the men laughed, then "reality set in" as they realized the women weren't kidding.
"The day we saw the machinery arrive, we couldn't believe it..." said Castillo. "It was very special, not just for the movement, but for all Barbacoans. Imagine, it was decades of oblivion."
I'm thinking this strategy may work wonders in the GTA, or at the least, my own household.
Fess up. Do you ever use your feminine wiles to get a job you want done?
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