New Meaning to "Econom"

Locals will tell you that whenever possible you should "econom"...save money wherever possible.  This includes shutting off lights that you don't need, rigging repairs on automobiles, only having one light bulb in a chandelier having 4 sockets, unplugging all the power strips at the office at night, using the river as your car wash, etc.  In the midst of rising prices, econom is important.  So when we came home in the evening the other day it wasn't unusual to find that we didn't have electricity since the city seems to "econom" it as well.  



After awhile though it seemed odd that it wasn't coming back on so I decided to investigate further.  Going to the control box outside our door I noticed that the lights in the stairwell were on...hmm, how DO you examine a box that looks like this?  I knocked on the neighbor's door to see if she had electricity...yep.  After closer examination I noticed that one of the wires connecting the "knob" was broke, took the wire connected it together and wow...electricity!