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 work 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 timekeeper and a payroll officer then they 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 finally said We have had this command in operation for one year and we are 780 000 over budget our funds are low and we must cutback overall cost So they laid off the night watchman

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