The Snohomish County Public Utility District (in Washington State) settled a 5 year lawsuit with Enron. (Snohomish PUD Settles with Enron, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 13, 2007.) After so many other scandals, no one even noticed. Or rather I did. There was one comment by a PUD official that caught my attention and that I’ve been chewing on ever since.

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Last Sunday while reading the comics, I laughed out loud. The Dilbert comic strip was right on point.

Job seeker ~ “I just need a job offer at a higher salary so I can use it to negotiate for a raise. My boss is an irrational dipwad who is easily manipulated by bogus comparisons and the illusions of scarcity. Your offer will make him think my value is much higher than it actually is.

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