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Census workers caught sleeping on the job
Washington Post ^
| 9/28/2011
| Ed O'Keefe
Posted on 09/28/2011 1:44:33 PM PDT by detective
Workers are sleeping on the job at the U.S. Census Bureau and the agency is asking employees to stop napping in public areas of its Maryland headquarters.
A memo sent Tuesday said officials are fielding an increased number of complaints about colleagues “sleeping in public areas.”
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TOPICS: Government; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: broadbrush; census; taxdollarswasted
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To: detective
Well considering they don’t really have to do anything for another 8 years they might as well take a nap.
To: detective
They became tired on the job, so why not sleep on the job?
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posted on
09/28/2011 2:36:29 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: detective
Isn’t “Government worker” an oxymoron?
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posted on
09/28/2011 2:38:00 PM PDT
by
shoff
(Cuomo is going to change the NY state motto from Excelsior to elixir (cause we bought it)
To: shoff
“Isn’t “Government worker” an oxymoron?”
When someone said to me the other day I work for the federal government I said I thought federal government worker was an oxymoron. He just laughed. And he's a big liberal.
There are federal workers who do good work. I know contractors for the defense department who intelligent, hard working and conscientious. I know workers at NIST who are very intelligent and work very hard.
And don't forget the employees at the DOE who refused to approve the Solyndra loan guarantee and accurately predicted the company would go bankrupt.
There are good federal workers out there but so many of them do little or nothing and nothing happens to them.
To: ml/nj
The Census gives crime stats, unemployment, housing data, poverty data, etc...
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posted on
09/28/2011 3:06:11 PM PDT
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the chariot wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: ml/nj
In this case, I defend them. It would WASTE government money to train survey takers for every government agency (HUD, Dept of Labor, etc...)
Why not use trained survey takers for year round work rather than hire (and train) monthly survey workers to gather statistics in their area they live. Just sayin...
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posted on
09/28/2011 3:10:40 PM PDT
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the chariot wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: boomop1
I had mexican for lunch and it was all I could do to stay awake!
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posted on
09/28/2011 3:17:25 PM PDT
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: TheConservativeParty
Maybe so for Wisconsin state, but Dept of Commerce does not have a union.
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posted on
09/28/2011 3:17:47 PM PDT
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the chariot wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: ml/nj
Yes, it’s intermittent work. Meaning no benefits, no union, etc...
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posted on
09/28/2011 3:19:32 PM PDT
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the chariot wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: boomop1
If it's around Census headquarters in Suitland, there are a couple of chicken places and not much else. Are you sure they weren't food poisoned?
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posted on
09/28/2011 3:40:47 PM PDT
by
GAB-1955
(I write books, love my wife, serve my nation, and believe in the Resurrection.)
To: detective; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; cindy-true-supporter; ...
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!Maryland "Freak State" PING!
To: detective
I guess sleeping at your desk is fine. 
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posted on
09/29/2011 3:12:33 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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