Soon after his appointment as leader people had started gathering outside the presidential palace wanting to speak to Jakarta personally. So far, he had spoken to about fifty people for no more than a couple of minutes each. The live broadcast of such meetings had, it seemed, put quite a lot of people off, but the crowd of people waiting to speak with Jakarta steadily grew.
"We need to have some sort of system," said Falkland, "so that people can have access to you but at the same time not waste too much of their time waiting without knowing if they'll get to meet you or not."
"I agree," said Jakarta. "Any ideas?" he asked.
"Here's what I propose. Any person waiting outside the palace will be issued a ticket stating a time slot in which the bearer of the ticket is entitled to speak with you. If you are unable to attend they will be entitled to some compensation. The ticket will be fully transferable so someone who is unable to attend can give or sell the ticket to someone else."
"That sounds good. It will, I think, reduce the number of people wanting to see me in order to ask for small sums of money."
"Yes. And we can roll out the distribution of such tickets across SA so that people outside of the capital need only make one journey here in order to speak with you."
"Thank you, Falkand. Can I leave it to you to organise the ticket system and an associated web site?"
"Of course," said Falkand.
"Wait a minute," said Jakarta. "Let's not waste money on issuing tickets. Just give out existing low-denomination bank notes and use the serial numbers as the link between specific appointment slots."
"We need to have some sort of system," said Falkland, "so that people can have access to you but at the same time not waste too much of their time waiting without knowing if they'll get to meet you or not."
"I agree," said Jakarta. "Any ideas?" he asked.
"Here's what I propose. Any person waiting outside the palace will be issued a ticket stating a time slot in which the bearer of the ticket is entitled to speak with you. If you are unable to attend they will be entitled to some compensation. The ticket will be fully transferable so someone who is unable to attend can give or sell the ticket to someone else."
"That sounds good. It will, I think, reduce the number of people wanting to see me in order to ask for small sums of money."
"Yes. And we can roll out the distribution of such tickets across SA so that people outside of the capital need only make one journey here in order to speak with you."
"Thank you, Falkand. Can I leave it to you to organise the ticket system and an associated web site?"
"Of course," said Falkand.
"Wait a minute," said Jakarta. "Let's not waste money on issuing tickets. Just give out existing low-denomination bank notes and use the serial numbers as the link between specific appointment slots."
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