Mr. Diva Posts...A Bedtime Story

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.