"It is the normal custom in this company to take the team out for a treat at CCD/La Terrace on birthdays. It is quite possible that a particular person might not be in a financial position to afford such a treat. What does the person do in such a case?"
The following is a comment I made on Slashdot: That is a pretty accurate description, especially Our educational system itself is a joke. If you were painting or washing cars (the euphemism I use for outsourced IT work) and some guy in a poor country across the world offers to do the same for half or even quarter [...]