Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert.
Congress said, “Someone may steal from it at night.” So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.
Then Congress said, “How does the watchman do his job without instruction?”
So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies.
Then Congress said, “How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?” So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people, one to do the studies and one to write the reports.
Then Congress said, “How are these people going to get paid?” So They created the following positions, a time keeper, and a payroll officer, then hired two people.
Then Congress said, “Who will be accountable for all of these people?” So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.
Then Congress said, “We have had this command in operation for one Year and we are $18,000 over budget, we must cutback overall cost.” So they laid off the night watchman.
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Did you hear the story about the opinion writer who contributes nothing to society but creating discord amongst the different segments of the workers, private versus government and gets paid handsomely? You just read a story by one such opinion writer.
I have noticed this on every visit to a government office, over staffed and always unable to complete their tasks to the satisfaction of the Client ( public )
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“You Can’t Polish A Turd” – This is the current unofficial manual for all public servants…you may find it educational. It can be found at
http://www.governmentandbureacracy.blogspot.com
All the best in your dealings with Bureacracy.
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