Some years ago I was hired by the Census Bureau to administer tests to applicants for census-taker jobs. They said I had to drive about 25 miles every day to pick up my pay. This sounded crazy to me. I told them I was unwilling to spend my time and the price of gasoline doing that. They insisted, and so I said I wouldn't take the job. The end result was that they hired me—and hired a delivery service to drive my pay to me every afternoon.
Granted, this is crazy spending on a small scale. But does this mean large-scale government spending makes more sense? Unlikely.
You have given me yet another reason to go back to bed and pull the covers over my head!
ReplyDeleteI am glad you stood your ground.
ReplyDeleteWho gets paid on a daily basis? And did you have to tip the delivery guy?
ReplyDeleteHelen's questions are my questions. Who besides day laborers and teenage babysitters gets paid daily?
ReplyDeleteYes. What they said.
ReplyDeleteI was producing a show a while ago and got someone who was a recently retired lifelong government employee to stage manage. She immediately started making endless charts and memos and protocols (WTF?) for the various actors/set dressers/costumers etc. I spent ages telling her to dial it back. She just kept saying "this is how we do things in the government." And I kept telling her that no one ever said they wished community theatre could be run more like government. She never gave an inch. What a interesting show that was.
ReplyDeleteHa! Again, I hope you write a comedic tragedy about your experiences in the theatre (dah-ling).
DeleteLOL Ditto Helen.
DeleteI have NO idea why they insisted on paying me every day. I'm sure I must have asked, but I'm equally sure their response was less than satisfactory. That wasn't the only crazy part of the job. I think I wrote about my experiences during that period, but I don't know where it might be. Quite possibly in the journal I kept on my computer at the time--the one I can't open because I don't have the password. The one that used a weird file extension not viable any longer.
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