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General Discussion => The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit => Topic started by: ben ji on March 10, 2010, 10:10:45 AM
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So my lady friend (recent emaw graduate) works as a city planner for a local government.
In between chatting with friends and watching hulu for hours at a time she estimates she actually works about 2 hours a day. She doesnt want to ask her boss for more work because she's afraid he will realize how little time she actaully spends working.
When I asked her why they hired her if they didnt have any work for her to do she said "Well they if they didnt staff the position they would lose that money in their budget".
Granted she has a masters and is good at her job so she probably gets the work done quicker than the last person they had. At the same time I cant imagine a company in the private sector keeping someone around at full salary and benefits if they only really work about 2 hours a day.
Gotta love the government. I can only image what goes on at a federal level....
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At the same time I cant imagine a company in the private sector keeping someone around at full salary and benefits if they only really work about 2 hours a day.
You see this all the time in the private sector. I've had jobs where I probably only did 2 full hours of work in an 8 hour day. I'm busier now, but I see plenty of people like this at my company, despite going through lik 4 rounds of layoffs in the last couple of years.
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In between chatting with friends and watching hulu for hours at a time she estimates she actually works about 2 hours a day. She doesnt want to ask her boss for more work because she's afraid he will realize how little time she actaully spends working.
That describe 99% of the working public, not just gov't bro. If you're still in college, you'll figure that out pretty quick. :cool:
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In between chatting with friends and watching hulu for hours at a time she estimates she actually works about 2 hours a day. She doesnt want to ask her boss for more work because she's afraid he will realize how little time she actaully spends working.
That describe 99% of the working public, not just gov't bro. If you're still in college, you'll figure that out pretty quick. :cool:
Graduated bra, and working in the real world. Difference is my money is taken from me without my consent and spent on a job that isnt necessary. Completely different if I voluntarily spend the money on a product that is supported by people working 2 hours a day.
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So i'm guessing that 2 hours of work really must not be that important then, right?
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So i'm guessing that 2 hours of work really must not be that important then, right?
She goes on "sign runs" at least once a week. By "Sign run" I mean she drives around and picks up those cheap garage sale signs on the side of the road that say "Lose 40lbs in 2 weeks!" "Stay at home mom makes 100k" "Lawn and Leaf care".
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sounds important to me. would you like for those to clutter up?
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That's the norm for government jobs. No joke. I've known several people who quit their super cushy government jobs because they ran out of ideas of things to invent for themselves to do and were simply bored out of their minds. The part about spending money in the budget so that you don't lose it the next year is the norm, too. That's just how the government functions. I've seriously heard all of those exact things from people who experienced it first hand many, many times before.
But none of that has anything to do with politics.
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sounds important to me. would you like for those to clutter up?
Absolutely not but I do think the city could put that service up for bid and save thousands.
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I think your lady friend is just lazy.
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I think your lady friend is just lazy.
and BOOOM goes the dynamite.
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I think your lady friend is just lazy.
and BOOOM goes the dynamite.
Yes, lazy and overqualified. Its a bad combination for any job
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I think your lady friend is just lazy.
and BOOOM goes the dynamite.
Yes, lazy and overqualified. Its a bad combination for any job
Did she have to join a union?
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That's the norm for government jobs. No joke. I've known several people who quit their super cushy government jobs because they ran out of ideas of things to invent for themselves to do and were simply bored out of their minds. The part about spending money in the budget so that you don't lose it the next year is the norm, too. That's just how the government functions. I've seriously heard all of those exact things from people who experienced it first hand many, many times before.
But none of that has anything to do with politics.
yeah. i can't get on here at work anymore. absolutely lost in trying to find things to fill time. have thought about crocheting or knitting or maybe writing a book or something. it's painful some days.
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I heard about a dude at my work who was fired because he wasn't doing any work and they discovered he was writing a book. :)
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I heard about a dude at my work who was fired because he wasn't doing any work and they discovered he was writing a book. :)
what was the book about? i am 99.9% unfireable.
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I think your lady friend is just lazy.
and BOOOM goes the dynamite.
Yes, lazy and overqualified. Its a bad combination for any job
Did she have to join a union?
No
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I cant make this crap up.
well i've finished my work for the week
might go take some pics later of illegal signs
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I heard about a dude at my work who was fired because he wasn't doing any work and they discovered he was writing a book. :)
what was the book about? i am 99.9% unfireable.
Yeah, I wasn't suggesting that you might get fired. Didn't ask about the book. I am not a reporter or private investigator or anything like that.
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I heard about a dude at my work who was fired because he wasn't doing any work and they discovered he was writing a book. :)
what was the book about? i am 99.9% unfireable.
Yeah, I wasn't suggesting that you might get fired. Didn't ask about the book. I am not a reporter or private investigator or anything like that.
you prob could be though. sounds like you might have some free time during the day if so desired.