It wasn't because we were leaving, just because she was overwhelmed that we'd paid her almost the exact equivalent of her life savings for three days work.
It turns out that for most citizens the U.S. government, and the same is true for much of the developed world, spends more money on them than they collect in taxes from money earned during fair days work.
For example, she said, the agency could shave an hour off some employees' work days or make some controllers work two half-days though such scheduling could present big logistical challenges.
At the high end of the spectrum, assuming 1, 280 hrs of time to get a minor degree, that equates to 160 eight hour work days, i.e. 32 weeks of full-time work experience assuming 8 hour days Monday through Friday.
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Ongoing care and lost days of work also add to the cost of the operation.
Forensic scientist Edward Jarman found the stain after two days of work with a microscope.
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Stress - and bad days at work - were the most common reasons for drinking.
An estimated 18 million days' work are lost each year as a result, the study found.
Why else would someone work days on end doing highly technical work for a cash-strapped startup?
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Despite New Labour's revolutionary talk, these days the work is all sordid accountancy, and patching.
Her life became long days at work, long hours in night school, and grueling hours buried in books.
"We've had a few days to work on it, " Mr. Curtis stated as he proudly surveyed the ice.
And because she had to miss days of work, she was let go and lost her health care.
And then, after another few days of work, he was sitting in a taxi, stuck in midtown traffic.
Before the cartels used his town as their battlefield, he spent the majority of his days at work.
Poorer shoppers from nearby villages make money from a government scheme that guarantees 100 days of work a year.
"We should be concerned about how many more days of work we can provide to our constituents, " he said.
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Bulgarian experts were expected to travel to the Netherlands in the coming days to work with Europol, it said.
The automatic budget cuts could s hut down the whole meat industry as inspectors have to take days off work.
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He routinely gives a few days desirable work experience in his own respected and high-paying firm to the children of chums.
Our team was delighted: three days' work had been justified after all.
Another 4, 723 workers in Wales suffered injuries which required at least three days off work last year, compared to 4, 898 the previous year.
Some 42m poor households toil for a government scheme that guarantees them up to 100 days of work at the minimum wage each year.
She said the costs ranged from property damage to lost days at work and people not being able to visit shops and businesses in flooded areas.
The Politics Show has discovered that council workers in Cumbria and the North East took a million days off work with sickness in the previous financial year.
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The French squad have returned to their clubs for this week and will reunite at Marcoussis on Sunday, for four days of work ahead of the Wales match.
Ms Harvey said that the following day, she went to hospital because her neck was stiff and sore and had to take several days off work due to shock.
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Once Curiosity returns to normal, it'll only have a few days to work before a planetary alignment limits radio communication between Earth and Mars during most of next month.
When pressed for those solutions, Ms. Mitchell asked for 180 days to work with the people in the room that day, study the problems and come up with ideas.
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