[Skipton]

Careful!!!!​

A government employee sat in his office, and out of boredom,
decided to see what was inside his old filing cabinet.
He poked through the contents and came across an old brass lamp he's never seen before.
"This will look good on my mantel," he said, and took it home with him.
While polishing the lamp, a genie suddenly appeared. "Noble sir," he thundered.
"You have three wishes you may ask of me." "Alright," said the government clerk.
"I would like an ice-cold Coke right now." He gets his Coke and drinks it.
Now that he can think more clearly, he states his second wish.
"I wish to be on an island with beautiful women, who find me irresistible."
Suddenly, he's on an island with gorgeous women eyeing him lustfully.
He tells the genie his third and last wish. "I wish I'd never have to work again."
Instantly, he was back in his government office.

 

[Gazman]

As an ex-employee I would agree that a large number of employees would be unable to work in an iron lung!

 

[Luckyus]

Many a truth, spoken in jest.

 

[Crestwood96]

Like the Council employees one has a shovel to lean on 3 others are standing around watching him

 

[Mrtnst]

Yes, and when the guy with the shovel finishes he gets laid off, while the rest get promoted.


Doesn't just happen government work.


A major aircraft manufacturer building bombers for the USAF, motivated their staff by setting up separate teams to compete for bonuses.

The final part of the work was installing the wing assemblies to the fuselage.

The Left-wing team won, completing the last plan 3 months ahead of schedule, then all members were immediately made redundant.

The bonus paid was exactly the amount of salary they would have been paid for finishing on-time.

(This was at a time when the US President had just cancelled several projects making thousands of defence workers unemployed.)

The Right-wing team then took another 4 years to complete the rest of their installations. A massive drop in productivity from what they had previously achieved.

The company couldn't find anyone else wanting to take on the work and was having to pay $30,000 per day, liquidated damages for the undelivered planes, after the scheduled delivery date.

So they just had to keep paying the Right-wing team until they finished.

[This is a true story]

 

[novezar]

99% of the time I drive by a road sign to slow down, men at work, they are hard at work sitting on their eskies have a chew on their tucker with their thermos flasks close by. I suppose that they are entitled to a meal break.