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Working for the Government Date: Sent Wednesday, July 8, 1998 Category: None

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You know you have been working for the Government too long when:

The process becomes more important than the product.

Meeting minutes become very important to you.

You understand the reason for different colors of money.

You don't see anything wrong with attending a meeting on a subject you know nothing about.

You feel you contributed to the meeting by simply being there.

You realize that a paperless office is impossible. Actually you believe it is possible, just not yours.

You keep documents/manuals on projects that have been long since canceled.

You stop raising issues/problems because you know you will be the one answering them.

You understand the rationalization of an acronym comprised of acronyms.

You believe that 40 hours charged to one code is lazy, but 40 hours charged to multiple codes is initiative.

You know the proper number of blank spaces that should follow a roman numeral index.

You often use the word SHALL while writing.

You work for an acronym, on an acronym, and your job title is an acronym.

Knowing that a squeaky wheel gets either oiled (good) or replaced (bad), you remain silent.

You've sat at the same desk for 3 years, done the same thing for 3 years, but have had 3 different business cards. (change in: chain of command, job title, command or division renamed)

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