7.04.2003

Idle hands

The unemployment rate in Washington is lower than in the rest of the country. That might be because people are paid to do nothing.

No, I'm not exaggerating. I mean literally nothing. This guy is an NIH scientist, and he's basically had nothing to do for the past several years; the government is paying him $100,000 a year to serve coffee at meetings.

I'm sad to report that my duties are largely the same... although I do get the occasional project thrown my way, it's generally not enough to keep me busy for more than a week or two. And I'm not being paid nearly as much as that guy. I should ask for a raise.

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