The Bureaucrat

His job means more to him than anything on this earth. What is his job, anyway? His job has a title and a classification. But his real job title is " I keep my job." I can't blame a guy for wanting to keep his job. Especially if the job has good benefits, ie, good salary with periodic raises, health, dental, and optometric benefits, overtime, vacations, holidays and a very attractive retirement plan. Who can blame him? Nobody, really. Unless you are the type of person that believes in a "day's pay for a day's work." He works for the government. Ask him a question. He will quickly respond by saying: "Thats' not my department, the guy who knows is on vacation, sorry." He is the bureaucrat. He is afraid of getting in trouble so he can't help you. He is afraid of violating policy so he will do nothing to help you. You mean nothing to him. There is no room to help you. His interest lies only in keeping his beloved job and possibly advancing to a higher position. He can't take chances because he operates with the mentality of "worse case scenario." WCS may never happen but he is sure to make his decisions based on WCS. Things can't get done because of WCS. The public will not be served. But that is okay as long as his job is safe and he takes no chances. The bureaucrat has acquaintances, possibly even some friends.........other bureaucrats. That is his world. He is afraid to wander far from it. Service is not his motto. "I must keep my job is his motto." "I must adhere to policy," is his motto. It is hard to fire him. He has seniority. He is a hard-core bureaucrat. He is thinking of his next vacation.