Bureaucracy Breaker Prints

"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.'

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."

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

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

UK/US Free Trade Deal

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

"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."

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

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

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

Time for More Paperwork

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!"

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

Moses holds up new federal regulation guidelines.

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.

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

"We should have taken the cubicles."

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

"...our Annual Report has been criticised for lack of clarity - well done!"

'Item 56, we need to schedule a series of meetings to discuss whether we should have meeting to look at whether we're having too many meetings.'