Here’s a great conversation starter at parties: I was let go at my last job because I hired a clown. [WaPo]
The chief of the General Services Administration is resigning and two of her top deputies have been fired amid reports of excessive spending at a training conference at a luxury hotel that featured a mindreader, a clown and a comedian.
If it seems the terminations were a bit harsh, continuing reading.
Organizers spent $835,000 on the event, which was attended by 300 employees. The expenses included $147,000 in airfare and lodging at the hotel for six planning trips by a team of organizers. Among the other expenses were $3,200 for a mind reader; $6,300 on commemorative coin set displayed in velvet boxes and $75,000 on a training exercise to build a bicycle.
Alright, so the coin set was a bit much, but the training exercise to build a bike? That seems reasonable, especially for $75K.
h/t LH