In 2005, after a 58-year-old legislator in Germany left office, she rejected two job offers from insurance companies. The reason was that "I don't want to find a job from my network of personal contacts; such an action would be detrimental to the public interest." Finally she took a job as a cleaner.
2005 年，德國一名 58 歲的女國會議員弗立德禮希下台後，拒絕了兩家保險公司的邀聘，理由是「不想靠關係網謀職，此舉將有損公眾利益」，她最後選擇當清潔工，一時傳為佳話。