Given the behavior of the current administration and it's supporters, I'm seriously considering changing the format of this blog to "All Ass Clowns, All the Time." As hard as it is to pick one every other week, along with an occasional special award, I could make my life a lot simpler by just naming a winner every day.
But that would take all the challenge out of it, and where's the fun in that?
I was strongly tempted to dip my net once again into the swirling cesspool of Der Furor's mob operation administration, but it's been a while since we've picked a worthy ass clown from outside the halls of government, and so it is that we blow the flatulent trumpets to announce
The Left-Cheek Ass Clown for March, 2025
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and the tinfoil and toilet paper crown goes to
Joaquin García
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Mr García, a 62 year old engineer employed to oversee a wastewater treatment plant in the city of Cadiz, Spain, was due to receive a long service award on his 20th anniversary with his company when it was discovered he had not reported for work in six years.
Mr García actually worked for two different departments, each of which assumed the other was overseeing his work: the city Water Board believed he was the responsibility of the City Council, which thought he was working for the Water Board. His absence went unnoticed until the decision to present his award, and the deputy mayor who originally hired him was unable to find him at work ... where his co-workers admitted they hadn't seen him in years and thought he'd quit. Mr García apparently drew his full salary of €37,000 (about $40,500) for the entire period of his absence, which he spent at home studying philosophy.
After his lengthy absence was exposed, Mr García was ordered by a court to pay a fine of €25,000 (about $27,000) - the equivalent of one year of his annual salary after tax.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Readers, the Left-Cheek Ass Clown Award for March, 2025, is presented to Cadiz city employee Joaquin García - the poster child for Der Furor and President Musk in their unrelenting war against the federal employees they claim never show up for work.
Have a good day. Do your job.
More thoughts coming.
Bilbo
Supplemental Comment: when I discussed the draft of this award with my wife, it occurred to us that the bigger ass clowns in the story might be the people whose lack of managerial competence let Mr García get away with six years of absence from work. It's a compelling argument, but I decided to stick with Mr García, if only to honor his towering degree of chutzpah.
B.
2 comments:
I agree, it is important to not ignore these other Ass Clowns. Hadn't heard abut him. Certainly an interesting work ethic - he still made money! The officials who let him get away with it aren't Ass Clowns.They're incompetent idiots.
We had people almost like that at the phone company. Come in at 10. Go home at 2.
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