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Old 08-16-2010, 04:05 AM   #1
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Does this sound familiar?

I'm guessing that if you work in a public administration, you may have experienced something like this.
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Old 08-16-2010, 04:12 AM   #2
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Very funny and eerily accurate. My agency just bristles with an advisory board and various specially-named committees which churn out basically nonsense or what we all know already.
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Old 08-16-2010, 05:08 AM   #3
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Thats exactly the way it works. Thanks for posting!
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Old 08-16-2010, 06:45 AM   #4
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I was assigned to chair a few of those.
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Old 08-16-2010, 12:58 PM   #5
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Our big boss, dept head, is in meetings all day. No kidding. You can't even pop in to say hello, she is never there.
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Old 08-16-2010, 01:43 PM   #6
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Oh my gosh, that's so true to life and a good laugh.
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