"I haven't worked in 14 years"

[Lulu]

For anyone who thinks there isn't incredible waste in govt.

A retiring German public employee thought it’d be a good idea to email his 500 coworkers and let them all know he had been paid to do nothing for the last 14 years. "Since 1998, I was only present but not really there. So I'm going so well prepared to retire," the former public employee wrote in his farewell letter. He also made sure to mention that during all those years he did nothing, the city of Mendon (in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia) paid him about $975,000. The retiree says that because of constant reshuffling at his job, he managed to get away with never having to work. Of course, according to Die Welt, he never mentioned any of this to his supervisors while, you know, he was being paid. Naturally, many people, most especially the mayor of Mendon, are furious (or in a “considerable pinch of rage,” as the mayor puts it) over the letter. “This kind of behaviour is very telling,” the mayor said, according to the Local. The retiree wasn’t expecting the farewell letter to get the type of attention it has received from the German press. So instead of it being a satisfying Johnny Paycheck moment, he has managed to tick off an entire county. “The 65-year-old thought he had had the last word before heading out of the office door for the last time -- except his email was leaked to the regional media and he is now the focus of some attention,” the Local report adds. “I do not wish to say anything else,” he told his local paper. “That email was not intended for public view.” Well, that public money wasn’t intended to be wasted, so let’s call it even.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/reti...d-in-14-years/

[Mrmint]

And here I was thinking you were talking about my step-father.

[Jim Colyer]

I haven't had a job in 27 years.

[IFF]

so his position is now available
i could do his job for 40 years until retirement

he got roughly $70,000 a year for his job of doing nothing

[GanjaFreebird]

I haven't had a job in 27 years.

Snouter? Is that you?

[Šñøü†ê®]

Snouter? Is that you?

Gaga: Age 27.

Eployment status: Never has been employed.

So if we add that up Gaga, YOU have not had a job in 27 years.

You are what those of us in the psych profession refer to as "projecting."

[Malcolm Wright]

For anyone who thinks there isn't incredible waste in govt.

He hasn't pooped in 32 years. For anyone who thinks he's not completely full of shit
Seriously though - I doubt it is possible to not work at all in 14 years. The guy was probably shuffled around a lot and had a lot of down time. Enough to feel like he wasn't respected or valued, so he wrote that parting letter.

Of course there is waste in government though - no argument there.

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[Misteria]

lol idiot thought he could get away with it.... am glad to see how someone must have leaked it to the press in fact they should be given a medal and a bonus for that

[IFF]

lol idiot thought he could get away with it...

he'd have got away with it if he didn't send that stupid e-mail

[GanjaFreebird]

Gaga: Age 27.

Eployment status: Never has been employed.

So if we add that up Gaga, YOU have not had a job in 27 years.

Lady Gaga is actually 26 and she does have a job being a musician, just like myself. You should try that sometimes too.

[Ratbag]

he'd have got away with it if he didn't send that stupid e-mail

would like to see where he HASN'T gotten away with it, in trouble perhaps, unliked certainly, but they can't say "give it back"now can they? Even if he was still employed there, in these wonderful modern times, they'd still have to give him two weeks notice *insert massive unladylike eyeroll and sigh here *

[jwreck]

Yeah, also trying to figure out how he didn't get away with it.

[Freedom&Liberty]

Employees in large corporations do shit like that too. At least they aren't being paid by taxpayers.

[9ball8]

Employees in large corporations do shit like that too. At least they aren't being paid by taxpayers.

Yes, their slackers are being paid by the consumers. A bit is being paid by taxpayers, to the extent a given lg corporation receives subsidies or pays no tax.
We had an audit done of our operation, which should be done for all gov't agencies at least once every 5 years. A good audit easily pays for itself a few times over.