Once Upon a Time

Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a
desert.

Congress said someone may steal from it at night; so they created a night
watchman, GS-4 position and hired a person for the job.

Then Congress said,
"How does the watchman do his job without instruction?"

So they created a planning position and hired two people, one person to write
the instructions, GS-12 and one person to do time studies, GS-11.

Then Congress said,
"How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?"

So they created a Q. C. position and hired two people, one GS-9 to do the
studies and one GS-11 to write the reports.

Then Congress said,
"How are these people going to get paid?"

So they created the following positions, a time keeper, GS-09, and a payroll
officer, GS-11, and hired two people.

Then Congress said,
"Who will be accountable for all of these people?"

So they created an administrative position and hired three people, an Admin.
Officer GM-13, Assistant Admin. Officer GS-12, and a Legal Secretary GS-08.

Then Congress said,
"We have had this command in operation for one year and we are $280,000 over
budget, we must cutback overall cost."

So they laid off the night watchman.