Hacker and Sir Humphrey in “The Economy Drive”

Hacker

How many people do we have in this department?

Sir Humphrey

Ummm... well, we're very small...

Hacker

Two, maybe three thousand?

Sir Humphrey

About twenty-three thousand to be precise.

Hacker

TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND! In the department of administrative affairs, twenty-three thousand administrators just to administer the other administrators! We need to do a time-and-motion study, see who we can get rid of.

Sir Humphrey

Ah, well, we did one of those last year.

Hacker

And what were the results?

Sir Humphrey

It turned out that we needed another five hundred people.