Thanks for the great laugh!
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 at $18,000 a year 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 for $22,000,
and one
person to do time studies for an additional $22,000 per year.
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 for $31,000 and
one
to write the reports for an additional $31,000 per year.
Then Congress said, “How are these people going to get
paid?” So they created the following positions, a time keeper for
$35,000 annual salary, and a payroll officer for an additional
$35,000, 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 at $155,000 per year, Assistant
Administrative Officer $125,000, and a Legal Secretary for an
additional $100,000 per year.
Then Congress said, “We have had this operating for
one year with a budget cost of $574,000.00 and we are $18,000 over
budget. We must cutback overall cost.”
So they laid off the night watchman.