Czech writer Irena Obermannová (63) retired in mid-January. She had no idea how hell it would be to settle the pension, which she wrote about on social networks. “I always said that I like the state. That I like to pay taxes to it. That the state will then be like our garden. It will return it to us. And if not to us, then to our children. Ho*no, I have*well, three times*no” she began sharply.
“I applied for a pension, which I’m supposed to be entitled to. How could I not, when I’ve been paying like a ‘checkered’ all my life. My pension will be small because I am SZČO. I expected that. But I would like to know how small. So I’ve been waiting for this sweet secret for 85 days now.” explained Obermannová to fans in January.
The indignant author criticized the institution for the endless bureaucracy, ignoring the pre-agreed deadline and the absolute unpreparedness of the staff. After two hours of waiting and zero communication, according to her own words, she ran out of patience.
A few days later, the ice moved and the well-known Czech found out the amount of her pension. “Thank you to everyone who overwhelmed me with so many beautiful messages. I apologize to everyone who flooded me with a lot of hateful messages and I was also surprised by the huge difference between Facebook and Instagram. While I only received nice messages on Instagram, it was full of hate on Facebook. My guess is that Facebook is full of bitter retirees“, she noted.
She admits that she was in a terrible state from waiting, but in one breath she added that she was happy for him. “We too are snowflakes and we should know that we can too. The state apparatus sometimes seems like a menacing Kafka. I kept imagining how I would come there and ask, so what, and they would answer me that I don’t exist. I just wanted information on how much I can expect,” explained the bestselling author.
Fans advised her that there is an app for that. Obermann wondered why they didn’t tell everyone at the window this sweet secret. “However – judging by the number of views of my post – well over a million – I touched a sore spot,” she added in conclusion. In the end, the writer kept the exact amount of her pension to herself and did not share this information with her followers. They can only guess whether she really got as little as she expected.
