Form-filling Foe Prints

Buy on-line - Fill in form, Fill in form again, And again, Lose form, Fill-in form a few more times, Give up and go to shop...

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

Online form - Submit.

Deskboxes: 'LATE' and 'NEVER'.

"These are just the guidelines, the forms are in the truck outside!"

"Providing great customer care is of course important, but shall we start with how you manage forms TG-45S through to NSD-89b."

"So from the top. If they need urgent help it's form AC/765c, criticl interventions are CV/U657's and..."

'Giving you eternal life was a hard enough problem! Don't expect me to know how to save enough for it, too!'

Sue's job involved a certain amount of paperwork.

"People whinge about the irrelevance and duplication of paperwork, but if the forms aren't filled out how are we supposed to know how many forms have been completed?"

"Where would we BE without the right DOCUMENTATION...?"

"And when my head hits the dashboard, I want you to pass me a compensation claim form."

Bureau of Red Tape

"Oh I don't work here, I just love filling out forms."

Federal Center for the Study of your Tax Return.

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

"Hope you know how fortunate you are...next year's tax forms get complicated..."

Roller skater see a sign: Nightmareville Pop. 5679 Beware Of Government Red Tape

"Now, there are just a few more forms for you to sign, and then we're done!"

'A lot of it about - repetitive strain injury caused by ticking boxes. . .'

"Please fill out these medical forms, which are identical to the ones you filled out earlier online, and have the exact same questions your doctor will ask you later in the exam room."

"These are the forms you need to fill out to show that our primary focus is client care."

'Press hard, sir -- You're making thirty-seven copies.'

"It drives me MAD when staff complain about filling out 'pointless' forms. . . I mean if they DON'T fill out pointless forms when asked HOW are we supposed to know how many forms have been FILLED OUT?"

'Open wide.' 'Your wallet.'

'It's the paperwork you need to fill out to show that we're focussing on patients needs.'

"You didn't fill in the part that would make it incredibly easy to steal your identity."

'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.'

"In my experience, there's nothing good at the end of a trail like this."

"Simplified application form? This IS the simplified application form..."

"If you can fill these out before you pass away we can move on to stage two of your claim."

Bureaucracy.

"Fill out these 'new patient' forms, but leave 'age' blank, as you may age a year before you're done."

"NOTHING has changed from your last visit here? What do you people do?"