Or brother or son-in-law or nephew or daughter. When I questioned the gentleman at the post house about how long they took to train these people he explained that he had paid his dues and others needed to do likewise.
I completely agree about paying dues in certain lines of work.
There were a couple of us competent and capable types that knew how to do most jobs there. However, none were in any of the ruling cliques therefore nothing mattered.
Only when there was a disaster or someone responsible was required were C&C’s acknowledged at all. At most after whatever was over, an atta-person email was the most that could be expected. That was rare except for one executive PD. He was a great guy to work for and the most organized person there was.