Around 6000 employees of a government organization in country X (you may guess) have been drawing their salaries regularly every month, even though they never reported for duty. This news naturally became a matter of concern and an enquiry was made into the rate of absenteeism and why salaries were disbursed even though thes employees had not reported for work.
Are you turning away with a shrug “That is fishy. Perhaps they have an explanation?” You bet they do.
The Department insisted that the news was erroneous and the employees had reported for work. The attendence was being maintained manually because they could not use the biometric system.
The reason for non use? They do not have fingerprints.
What?
Oh me! Where have their fingerprints gone???
Senior members of the management say, “Several of these employees have diabetes melitus and the disease has destroyed their fingerprints. Hence they were unable to report for duty using the biometric system.”
Really, this is perfectly logical. If they don’t have fingerprints how can they report for duty on the biometric system?
While you laugh uncertainly with the crowd about the explanation, you are perhaps entertaining a sneaky little thought about the scientific plausibility of the explanation? Does diabetes really erase fingerprints?
You can say, this is news to the medical world. Doctors are baffled and scientists are stunned. This observation should be made the basis for a honest scientific enquiry. Or shall we entrust the research to a student and get him a PhD on the topic? He would have a readymade clinical evidence on which to base his reasearch! After all, someone needs to gain something out of this new understanding.
One doctor has hastily and vociferously denounced the observation. He is reported to have exploded loudly with a single word–”Nonsense!” The larger medical world is yet to validate or deny the findings of the organization. After all we did not believe Copernicus when he said that the earth was not the center of the universe and even imprisioned him as a heretic.
The question remains: What happens next?
Let us wait and watch. Do remain tuned in on the developments.
