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Old 12-12-2009, 02:54 AM  
kane
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A friend of mine is a cop in a small town. They have a guy that works for the city as the "city planner". His job is to issue building permits, if there is digging to be done he has to go out and mark the ground where the underground lines are so they can dig around them and then he also has to look into any code enforcement complaints (like if you call to complain that your neighbor's yard looks like shit).

He has a full time secretary and makes around 75K a year and brags that he maybe works 20 hours a week. He takes 2 hours lunches, surfs the internet, goes and talks to other city workers and generally fucks off. His secretary does all the filing work for any permits, he just approves them and she actually makes and returns most of the calls. Her job is completely unnecessary and his should be a part time gig or much lower paying, but the city forks over about 150K a year for his department.

Last year when he had money left at the end of the year for a budget he bought five new computers. New desktops and laptops for he and the secretary and another desktop that he only uses to run the office fantasy sports and social calender on. Just a total waste of money.
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