Morning E-mail Brings the Funny.

Got this in the morning email from Memail.com: Joke of the Day. Note that a lot of this is also true when you work for a big corporation, like I used to. Bolded entries indicate things I have experienced firsthand.

You know you work for the government when:

The process becomes more important than the product. Note: while this is not always a bad thing, it certainly is when your job is to produce something!

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

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

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

You fly first class across the country to attend a conference with 100+
people to discuss the fact that the project does not have enough money.

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

You understand the rationalization of an acronym composed of acronyms.

You know that the location of a meeting is directly related to its importance:
(1) A meeting at Fort Hood requires a subordinate or a contractor.
(2) The same meeting at Lake Tahoe requires your personal attention.

You've sat at the same desk for 3 years, done the same thing for 3
years, but have had 3 different business cards.