Once again the fine State of MO is wasting more of my tax dollars on bureaucrats who collect statistics that no one but political pundits and politicians will use to formulate the swill they preach back at us to try and influence our vote.
Several months ago I get a form from the Occupational Employment Statistics office in Jefferson City. They want me to fill out the job description and salary for each of my employees. I have a good chuckle and I toss it in the trash. You see if they can't toss me in prison for not filling it out, it goes in the trash. Therefore if it doesn't come from the IRS or Dept or Justice it generally gets recycled.
Well they have sent me two more of these forms in the mean time explaining how the first one must have gotten lost in the mail. Those two forms met the same fate
So a guy from this office actually emails this morning and ask me for the information. My response
"I am a one man shop and have no employees. I would have to contact my accountant and pay to recover the info you are looking for for myself. I don't have the time or the extra cash to deal with that. Every moment I'm not working is time I don't get paid for.
Go bother someone else."
So he emails me back and says well we really don't need your salary if your not comfortable giving that but I need something to write in the box for your job description. As if my little one man operation is going to have any affect on the statistics they make up anyway. :beatup:
I hope he has a really big box to fill in. Here is my list so far. Help me finish it out guys. There has to be some things we engravers do in a one man shop that I am not thinking of.
Here is my job tittle for a self employed engraver:
I am a one man shop, I am laborer, administrator, secretary, janitor, troubleshooter, security, packer, shipper, receptionist, artist, gunsmith, photographer, maintenance man, advertising agent, graphic artist, purchasing agent, teacher,
I need ideas guys I want to give Mr Mack a complete and accurate list for his statistics.
Ray
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Several months ago I get a form from the Occupational Employment Statistics office in Jefferson City. They want me to fill out the job description and salary for each of my employees. I have a good chuckle and I toss it in the trash. You see if they can't toss me in prison for not filling it out, it goes in the trash. Therefore if it doesn't come from the IRS or Dept or Justice it generally gets recycled.
Well they have sent me two more of these forms in the mean time explaining how the first one must have gotten lost in the mail. Those two forms met the same fate
So a guy from this office actually emails this morning and ask me for the information. My response
"I am a one man shop and have no employees. I would have to contact my accountant and pay to recover the info you are looking for for myself. I don't have the time or the extra cash to deal with that. Every moment I'm not working is time I don't get paid for.
Go bother someone else."
So he emails me back and says well we really don't need your salary if your not comfortable giving that but I need something to write in the box for your job description. As if my little one man operation is going to have any affect on the statistics they make up anyway. :beatup:
I hope he has a really big box to fill in. Here is my list so far. Help me finish it out guys. There has to be some things we engravers do in a one man shop that I am not thinking of.
Here is my job tittle for a self employed engraver:
I am a one man shop, I am laborer, administrator, secretary, janitor, troubleshooter, security, packer, shipper, receptionist, artist, gunsmith, photographer, maintenance man, advertising agent, graphic artist, purchasing agent, teacher,
I need ideas guys I want to give Mr Mack a complete and accurate list for his statistics.
Ray
Ray Cover