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* In ''Prison Romance'', this occurs with a ho who is told "I don't pay you to think, I don't pay you to talk..."
* In ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'', Directive 10-289, the "moratorium on brains," chains all existing employees to their jobs, with a potential penalty of jail for any that quit. If any do quit, anyway (or lose their job for other reasons), that job is then assigned to someone else by a government committee, regardless of that person's ability to actually do the job.
* Dr. Cruces gets Lord Downey both coming and going in ''[[
{{quote|'''Downey:''' Doctor, I think--
'''Cruces:''' Think? You're not paid to think! Heaven knows where the idiot has got to. I ordered the Guild searched! Why didn't anyone force the door?
'''Downey:''' Sorry, doctor, Edward left us weeks ago and I didn't think--
'''Cruces:''' You didn't ''think''? What are you paid for? }}
* Similarly in ''[[Friday (novel)|Friday]]'' by [[Robert A. Heinlein]]. The Chief of the [[Divided States of America|California Confederacy]] tells one of his minions that
* This is the attitude of many of the vermin commanders in the ''[[Redwall]]'' series of books.
* Used in the 1960s children's adventure novel ''Manxmouse'', by Paul Gallico. A group of hounds is hunting for a fox and a young Private states "I think he's in there, under that hedge, sir." A General replies "Quiet! I'm the one here who's paid to think."
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