I promise this is my last UW-Bitching post.

R. says:
your name has come up more often lately than you'd imagine

R. says:
c. keeps saying how much more productive you'd be than you know who...

Here's the thing. There is someone working in the office that has worked there for more or less 30 years. She came there the day after she graduated high school. She has never worked another job in her life. She is not bilingual, and has no computer skills (the last time I was there, I asked her to move a window, and she didn't know how to do that). Not only that, but she just refuses to learn new things. This woman is neurotic. Clinically. She thrives on routine. If a new challenge comes up, she becomes very uncomfortable. She's never in a bad mood. She's creepy.

So, she works about 15 hours a week. What's that? No, she's not there part time. She's there at 7am, and least at 5pm. She's paid for full time hours. She's paid well. She's paid more than the office manager, who does a helluva lot more than her. But, as far as *actual* work, goes, it's 15 hours (this is actually fact, I'm not guessing at this).

Why not get rid of her?

They can't afford it. They would have to buy her out, and they simply do not have the money. She's got them by the balls, and she knows it.