Way Down the Totem Pole: Overheard in the men's room

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Overheard in the men's room

"This is not a rational decision. It is a decision that will be rationalized, with science and engineering, but let's not start with the science and engineering and see where that gets us. We know where we want to be."

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Name: John Bishop

Location: Washington, DC

When I got my job deep in a regulatory department of the U.S. federal government, one of my soon-to-be co-workers described the position as "way down the totem pole" in terms of importance. (Actually, I think his exact phrase was "low down the totem pole", but that name was taken, I think calling this "down the totem pole" would have sounded bad, and who cares about the exact words of an off-the-cuff remark from more than two years ago?) This is the government from the perspective of... not an insider, really, but maybe someone below the walls, stuck in a drainage ditch and not quite certain that I'm supposed to be there.

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Overheard in the men's room

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