The efficiency expert – Sadly, there are efficiency experts just like this – as well as government workers just like this
An efficiency expert walked up to two clerks in a Government office in Washington. “What do you do here?” he asked the first man.
The clerk, fed up with years worth of red tape, buck-passing, meaningless forms, office politics and especially efficiency experts, snapped back “I don’t do a thing around here!”
The efficiency expert nodded and made a short notation in his notebook. He then turned to the other clerk and asked, “And what’s your job here?”
The second clerk, just as fed up as the first clerk, also replied: “I don’t do a thing around here either!”
The efficiency expert’s eyes brightened as he made another note and said, “Aha! Duplication!”