Bureaucracy Breaker Gifts

"I share your concern about excessive spending on administration, in fact, I've taken on some more people to look at the problem!"

'Take this and make it much more difficult than it needs to be.'

Town Planning Department

'I'll need the S.A.T.'s, G.E.D.'s and A.C.T.'s, ASAP...'

Rules and procedure

'Bureau to cut back on bureaucratic paperwork.'

F&E International. I miss the days when the import/export business was easy come/easy go.

But it is an offence to use a hosepipe without permission from the local authority.

Process my passport today and I'll take you with me!

Department of Who's Your Daddy?

Decision makers: 'Out for...maybe 2 hours, who knows?'

"My inner child just turned 62. Where's his money?"

Busy work

"The good news is you’re the only one we’re not firing ... the bad news is you’re the only one to run the department."

"You've got to fill in these forms to join the 'How to reduce bureaucracy' seminar."

'It seems every time my business grows so does my paperwork!'

"So we are agreed then, most of the targets we've set staff are completely unreasonable and we should just scrap them."

UK/US Free Trade Deal

Come in, minion. What's up, boss? I'm writing a novel. It's a thriller about an intrepid caf

"If we can just get beyond this 'I'm the boss' mentality and concentrate on a simple 'What I say goes' outlook, I think this will all work out."

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

"That report on corporate redundancy... I'd like it in triplicate."

Time for More Paperwork

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

Food Chain, Inc: 'UP...DOWN'.

Tug of Negotiation and Conciliation.

"It's a new target to target a time to reduce targets so that we'll be less target driven!"

Moses holds up new federal regulation guidelines.

'Yes, sir, what can I do for you?'

Businessman sees door sign 'Department of Mismanagement and Overbudget'.

"Of course it's a stupid sign, but you wouldn't believe how much money it brings in for city hall!"

The Buck Never Stops.

"We should have taken the cubicles."

"‘Click’, you have reached the White House, press 1 for shameless groveling, 2 for presidential pardons, and please have your credit card details ready..."

"I'll be honest... there are books by James Joyce that are easier to follow than these bad boys."