Bureaucracy Battler Gifts

'The assistant to the physician's assistant will see you now.'

Insurance co. claims department.

Tug of Negotiation and Conciliation.

"In principle we're happy with the trust idea...as long as it's properly monitored and regulated!"

Skills and experience held back by bureaucracy and protocols.

'When I die, please cremate me and send my ashes to the tax office. . .Write on the envelope, 'Now, you have everything.''

Do yo remember when ALL we had to worry about was the patients?

'Do you remember when all we had to worry about was client care?'

'Colin was beginning to realise he should have gone to XXXXX.'

"I don't know how you managed it madam, but you have got though to someone in authority."

Skills and experience being dragged down by bureaucracy and protocols.

'And you've written to the council on this one.'

'Your HMO isn't convinced that you need surgery. When I say 'action!' start writhing and moaning wildly.'

"I'm applying for a grant to be able to apply for more grants."

'...But first, this a job for litigator-man, who needs you to sign some release forms.'

It's a new government directive requiring us to be 56% more cheerful within 18 months

The straw that broke the camels back!

Complied With All Government Regulations

Still Stuck in Phase I of Meaningful Use...

Man at desk says: 'Bloke here wants to complain about our complaints procedure.'

"I never dreamed it would be so difficult to give away money."

'It's not so much the distance to your proposed mini-mall site, but that I'm not as familiar with your galaxy's zoning laws as I'd like to be.'

'You want a building permit, do you?- What makes you so special?'

"So...apart from a new contract, less bureaucracy and reduced workloads is there anything else you want?"

"The money to help save your small business is at the end of this bureaucratic hallway. Good luck."

'You have a good chance of recovery, if you can make it through hospital admissions.'

"Give it to me straight, Doc - Is there gonna be more paperwork?!"

He may have a PH.D in elementary particle physics, but he's having an awful lot of trouble with the application form.

'I came in early to get a jump on the day, but it jumped me first.'

'...or you could fill out this Form 666 and get a filing extension for all eternity.'

"What's this? Now we have to hunt, gather and collate?"

"This is to apologise for the delay in internal mail that you wrote to us about in 1997"

"Isn't there anything the government can do to help?"

Planning Department.

Bureaucracy gone mad!