How the Guvmint works ...

[Hagar]

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.

NOW slowly, let it sink in.

[Rex]

Good one. The original joke was based on a rowing team, where they
replace all the rowers with management and end up firing the last guy to
use an oar.
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[Clave]

"Rex" <rexdudeREMOVEA...@liam.ur> wrote in message
news:hdeo06$kue$2...@news.eternal-september.org...
> Hagar wrote:

<...>

> Good one. The original joke was based on a rowing team, where they replace
> all the rowers with management and end up firing the last guy to use an
> oar.

Haggy thinks everything that shows up in his inbox is original.

Jim

[Dr.Smith]

I work for a local 'guvmint'. This is the way it really works. I have seen
several times in my career, for budget reasons, they will transfer the
workers (or not replacing workers when the leave) somewhere else but keep
their supervisors in the same position despite no longer having anyone to
supervise. These supervisors become the highest paid 'lunch featchers' that
have ever held a job.