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Amazon Prime users know what a great deal the program is for frequent online shoppers, but the civilian benefits pale in comparison to the windfall government workers can reap. Take the US Patent and Trademark Office. It has an “award winning” teleshopping program for both full and part–time patent examiners.
Employees, AKA personal shoppers, can browse from the comfort of their home while still claiming a 40–hour week.
working-for-the-governmentSure they call it “teleworking” but we know what’s going on. The Commerce Department’s Inspector General does, too. It found employees with the highest number of “unsupported” working hours — can you say Amazon Lightening Deals? — also had the highest number of overtime hours claimed.
How’s that for a cashback bonus?
It’s true these employees may not have been shopping while claiming to work. They might have been watching porn. That’s such a problem among government employees rumor has it when California porn sites shut down to protest a law requiring condoms, productivity in government offices skyrocketed.
We do know whatever these patent examiners were examining during the so–called workday, it usually wasn’t patents.
Sure there was an investigation and you'll never guess what happened! Only you'll have to click on this link to find out.
It's worth it because you'll also learn what happened when I contacted the investigating office to learn the final outcome.
Michael R. Shannon is a commentator, researcher (for the League of American Voters), and an award-winning political and advertising consultant with nationwide and international experience. He is author of "Conservative Christian’s Guidebook for Living in Secular Times (Now with added humor and available on Amazon.com)."
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