Plum Crazy

I am reviewing headcount projections here at work. First, we need one whole person to maintain just over 1,300 light fixtures that are being installed at our Jamaica Station facility. (I work for the Long Island Rail Road.) At 1,600 hours of productive time per year, that’s basically an hour per fixture per year. An hour per fixture? What the hey? Then, for a new circuit breaker house, we need 1/10 of a head (can you actually hire 1/10 of a person) or 160 hours of work per year to support maintenance every six weeks. Ok, folks, that means we’re doing 9 maintenance cycles per year. . . or 18 hours worth of maintenance per year cycle. 18 hours to do what? Is it any wonder we have budget problems here?