A Unique G-20 Perspective: Let Them Eat Cake

Around the Adlib water cooler today, there was lots of talk about what happened at the G-20 Summit this past weekend in Toronto, just 30 minutes down the highway from the Adlib head office.

The G-20 was the global meeting of political minds comprised of 19 country and European Union (EU) leaders. While at the water cooler, this got some of us talking about our company’s contribution to international governments, including the European Parliament which uses the Adlib Express solution for converting, recognizing and publishing PDFs.

During a lunchroom chat about the G-20, it was discovered that some Adlib employees headed to the Summit location where there were also all the protests being held in downtown Toronto. Great photos were taken, such as the ones shown here, and some unexpected discoveries were made.

Most Unusual ‘Protest’:
While it wasn’t certain if this person was protesting anything in particular (world hunger? obesity crisis?) he certainly drew attention, including from a lot of media. An Adlibber ‘correspondent’ snapped this picture of the mute performance artist (showcased on the right), appropriately garbed in mime-stripes as he prepared to dig into a large chocolate cake. He did not even break fork-stride as a huge wave of people approached him, pouring down the street and diverting into two human streams around his little table!

Most Interesting Attire:
The back of one protestor’s shirt stated: “Don’t Tase Me Bro”.

Most Discouraging Sight:
As the non-protesting Adlibbers moved southward, trying to get a glimpse of the famous security fencing, they found something of an obstacle: a wall made up of our brave men and women in blue (below). However, they were but a few out of an estimated 20,000 police and a security budget rumoured to be approximately $1 billion.

The G-20 Toronto Summit concluded yesterday in a legacy of almost 1,000 arrests and substantial property damage.