It seems that the Head of the Department of Culture in Vrancea county, Romania- Paraschiv Usturoiu, has come up with a unique way to save the government money.

Romanian civil servents were recently told to use newspaper and magazines instead of toilet paper. Usturoiu stated “I can’t afford to buy toilet paper any more, so I cut some local newspapers into pieces and placed them in the toilets. I’m sure they’ll work just fine.”

Employees are offended and outraged, claiming that it’s degrading and that they could hurt themselves or get infected from the ink used for printing the newspapers and magazines. Employees have asked their boss to reconsider.

This kind of government cut could really hurt.