This is SO true
Apr. 16th, 2002 06:42 pm'The British civil service allows a man to rise to his highest level of incompetence; I had already been dismissed from three or four such positions, but they were perfectly willing to hire me on again and see how long I might last at this one. They knew vaguely that I was intelligent and could type, and my work history showed that I would perform the job flawlessly right up until the moment I told some petty supervisor or other to stuff it as far as it would go'
From Exquistite Corpse by Poppy Z Brite
From Exquistite Corpse by Poppy Z Brite