Unrelated Ghostwriting Anecdote

I worked as a summer school teacher where at the end of each two week session the teachers were supposed to write a brief comment for each student. A week or so after each session it would become apparent that one or two of the teachers (not me!) had skipped town without writing their comments. At that point some poor summer school office assistant (again not me, thank goodness) would have the privilege of ghostwriting those comments, not having ever attended the class, met any of the students, or even the teacher. All this in the name of the continuity of the comment record and, more importantly, making parents feel good about having signed up their kids.