[HPforGrownups] Re: GoF CH 4-6 post DH look/ Cauldrons' thickness

[Marion Ros]

No: HPFGUIDX 181760

> Alla:

> Is it Ministry business to make their employees to write report on 
> cauldron's thickness? Not in my opinion. I am trying to find a 
> suitable comparison - say that Ministry was making Percy to write 
a 
> report on whether the ice cream that Fortesque makes is tasty 
enough 
> or whether it has enough calories.
> 
> Does it make sense? I do not think that cauldron thickness is 
> something that government employee should be concerned about, 
sounds 
> as if it is cauldron manufacturers' business to me.


Marion:

Yes, this makes sense. One of my friends from University had her first job at our (Dutch) Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Wares. More especially, she worked for the department which supervised, checked and established the European standards on Food and other imports. Suppose some shop or supermarket imported, say, toy cars from some country where leadpaint was still permitted? Or cheap electrical appliances which have a higher risk of exploding or electrocuting the user because the legislation, safetymeasures or even just standards of use are different in the country of manufacture were different? Believe it or not, but the fact that you, the reader of this post, is sitting safe at home without a high risk of being poisoned, electrocuted or blown up by the stuff in your house is a direct result of thousands upon thousands of Percys, who may seem very boring to you with their anal attention to detail and there deskjobs (not as dashing as chasing dark wizards about, I grant you) but who are probably saving more lives as a result of their finicky paperpushing than any auror you could wave a wand at.

If you'd like to see the website of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture which deals with these kind of things, here's the link:

http://www.minlnv.nl/portal/page?_pageid=116,1641283&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

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