You've just described a "junior"; I had mistakenly thought your "lame duck" was referring to the "salt" in TFA, who, on a useful timescale, do not get better.

You've just described a "junior"; I had mistakenly thought your "lame duck" was referring to the "salt" in TFA, who, on a useful timescale, do not get better. Remember, for us the machine already plays the gofer role: handling menial tasks.