...because despite of huge oil reserves, the country is so thoroughly messed up that you don't have enough electricity to work.
The country in question is, of course, Venezuela -- the 21st century incarnation of a socialist utopia.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/venezuel...tor-1461718411
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36145184CARACAS—Venezuelan bureaucrats will work two days a week to save electricity in the country facing a deepening energy crisis.
Public employees, who account for more than a third of Venezuela’s formal labor force, will have Wednesday and Thursday off, adding to an earlier decree which made Fridays a holiday, President Nicolás Maduro said on state television. Primary schools will also shut Fridays to save power.
Not long ago, Venezuela ran out of toilet paper. For more triumphs of socialism, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortages_in_Venezuela.