the deepest depths

I had a morning shift with Frank on the carousel yesterday. It was cold, blustery and on the verge of rain. As soon as we opened a guy and his young daughter stepped in. They did two rides. As he left a woman and her son came in. They did a total of three rides. Frank was then dispatched to the train for additional training and NY Joe joined me at the carousel. As soon as Joe arrived the rains came. About 10:45 or so. That was the end of our work for the day. Not a soul came in. Around noon JayCobb came in and told us one of us could go home. I had to pick up Erica at two so I stayed as Joe left. JayCobb said if we had any customers to radio him and he would be the second person at the ride. There was no need. I sat on the carousel until 2 o’clock rolled around and my relief showed up. I did literally nothing from 10:30 until 2PM except earn a paycheck. Standing around, not working and getting paid. Is that not the truest essence of working for the government?