I want people who are already employed but frequently at loose ends to do something useful during their paid time--sweeping streets is just an example that seems appropriate for gov workers like myself, since streets are handled by the govhttps://twitter.com/FARTRON/status/1036980479394807808 …
not quite what I'm getting at--consider eg the grocery store analogy; while there was always extra stuff I could do when my main tasks ran dry, that extra stuff was always directly related to the successful operation of the department (and, in turn, of the store)