There was a book fair held in the Atlanta Fed today. Seeing as it involved books, I decided to check it out, despite previous bad experiences with Fed book fairs. This one took the cake for bad, however. Whoever planned it must have sat around with the New York Times Worstselling list and picked out only books that guaranteed a lack of interest and of sales. There was not one single book in that place that I would ever pay a cent for, and I've paid cash for some pretty ridiculous books before. It was pitiful, and though I applaud efforts to make the Fed employees feel like a part of a family or community or whatever, wasting our time with crap like this shows contempt for our time, just like the computer security test that we are required to take every year. I don't think I am allowed to mention specific questions, but let's just say the whole thing was riddled with nonsensical answers, questions without the complete information one needs to pick the answer, and a lot of bad grammar. I get to waste 15 minutes taking it, the least they could do is find someone with an IQ over 80 to spend five minutes making the test logical.

And just so you know, I did write a rather harsh, exhaustive, and detailed analysis of the test last year and sent my findings to the people in charge. Needless to say, I did not hear back from them. I can only assume they didn't want to admit that they are being paid tens of thousands of dollars a year solely to create a retarded test. I could do better with my eyes closed, but without several years of experience, it's hard to get transferred to one of the jobs that requires no mental ability.