Friday Funnies - A Penchant for the Obvious

I worked for the municipal government, back in the day, and I remember the Region investigating a change in their drug benefit provider, a kind of how do we give less to the employees and make them think they're getting more kind of exercise. Anyway, the new provider in cooperation with the Region launched a 3-6 month study on drug usage of employees. They looked at all of the prescriptions which were used etc., and made a recommendation as to the route which should be followed.

All employees were brought into a large meeting room to have the findings, recommendations and course of action rolled out. I remember this like it was yesterday. The report outlined and presenter offered, "Prozac, Ativan, and Imitrex use had increased dramatically and these were the prescriptions which were filled at the greatest frequency by staff at the Region". That was the statistical data, and the conclusion they came up with was this,

"________ Region is spending too much money on prescriptions and staff needed to be encouraged to use the generic brands of the drugs."
DUHHHHHHH!

Here's another conclusion the staff below middle management offered...The findings? "Drug usage for depression, ulcers and migraines is increasing at a rapid rate, and remain the most prescribed drugs for employees of this Region." Our conclusion? "People who work at the Region are stressed out." Go Figure...talk about not seeing the forest for the trees...