I mean this in the nicest way possible: this paragraph, with all the repetition and constant use of the word "expert", is completely unhinged. I really recommend re-reading what you write.
Anyone above the lowest pay grades gets categorized as some type of "expert". As the gov tries to justify higher pay to keep up with inflation and compete with private job markets, more people become categorized as "experts" to fill higher pay grades. (For perspective, you can't afford to live independently in the DC metro area unless you're in the top 1/3 of pay grades) I can totally see how someone throwing the term around could appear unhinged to an outsider, but the reality is that the US government as a whole lives in it's own unhinged little world.
I am not OP and I see nothing of the sort you are implicating. The writing is dry humor and funny. The expert repetition of the word "expert" for the obvious non-expert expert delivers a good bit of the story.
It's a bit dramatic, but "unhinged" is excessive. I imagine the repetition is a stylistic choice. It builds up the conclusion, and turns a one-line anecdote into a story.
