Bureaucracy Wrangler Gifts

'I've been here for 30 years. I've forgotten what my exact role is, but I do finally know how to fill out all the forms.'

Nowadays most farming was farmed out - but there was still plenty of BS.

'Management think staff need to use their common sense more...and this is how we want them to use it!'

'I don't suppose you remember me, do you?'

"I'm still not sure whether you've offered me a job!"

A paperwork machine spews endless paperwork

'Ok, I'm in a paperwork mood. Let 'er rip.'

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

Tug of Negotiation and Conciliation.

"I find it so stimulating to learn new software."

Deskboxes: 'LATE' and 'NEVER'.

The Buck Never Stops.

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

Bureaucracy gone mad!

Bureau to cut back on bureaucratic paperwork...

Dave cut costs and now realizes that in order to pass inspection, he may have to arrange a marriage between his daughter and the building inspector's son.

How Many It Takes

Doctor surrounded by notes.

NHS targets.

'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.'

'There's no need for confusion. Part 935 of Mining Regulation 823, Section 323 in Article L clearly states . . . '

'Forget it lads. We've been refused planning permission for this one!'

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

'A willingness to sacrifice yourself to bring 'peace and succor to the suffering' is all very well Mother Theresa but I don't think it makes up for your lack of knowledge of current hand sanitisation protocols.'

GPs could be forced to switch IT systems onto new NHS digital contract

IN, OUT, NOT WORTH THE EFFORT.

'In... out... in... out... in... out... in...?!'

'Hi this is Brussels - we're going to need to order some more red tape.'

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

'The trouble is not with your set -- the station just got hit with a new batch of politically correct Federal regulations.'

'And the 4 years it took him to get the permit teaches him a lot about doing business in the U.S.'

Bureau of Red Tape

'All these stupid forms! -- You self-employed guys make me sick!'

Department of Dot Connection

"I handle chatty people for him."