There used to be a popular joke about the quality of civil servants -- all the ROC's first rate people went into business, the second-rate people went into academic life, and the third rate people joined government agencies to work as civil servants.
說到公務員素質，過去有一個流傳甚廣的笑話﹘﹘中華民國第一流的人才在企業界，第二流的人才在學術界，第三流的人才在公家機關當公務員。