Red Tape Commentator Mugs

'Failure is not an option. But inaction due to foot-dragging and red tape is a definite possibility.'

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

'I think we'd be more confident about meeting our targets if we could work out what they were!'

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

'...and at this point I'm afraid the tax laws become totally theoretical.'

European Union Health and Safety Direcorate rules

"No, it's no mistake. There is no out."

How Many It Takes

'I was just ringing to see if you'd got the email about my letter.'

"Staff are always complaining about supposed bureaucracy, but if no one completed form M74/cd3 then how would we know how many M74/cd3’s had been filled out!"

"UK government aren’t budging boss. Sole supplier or not under the new procurement regulations our new contract has to have three KPIs..."

"Ah, you'll be wanting our red tape department, third door on the left!"

Bureaucraze...

Bureau of the Budget. If we serve alphabet soup, we can count it as a lunch program and a literacy program!

"Yeah, but no progress in meeting..."

IRS agent to lady: 'Your refund was delayed because of shredded paperwork ... but we're putting it all together with red tape.'

Industrial Injuries Benefit.

'Before I grant you your wish you have to fill out an environmental statement.'

Man sees Creative License Bureau

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

"...I thought I was too smart, too idealistic to end up this way, but LOOK at me! I've become an entrenched bureaucrat!"

Book Store. Information. In what section would I find guides to government regulations? "Books on Red Tape".

"It can cut through anything ... well, almost anything. There still is governmental red tape."

'Does he mean before or after the needs survey?'

A day at the UN.

No Out Box

"No, this is the department for obfuscation, hindrance, confusion and prevarication...you want the department for sophistry, incomprehension, fudging and evasiveness!!"

'Ruddy european labelling legislation'

'Building Inspectors During Their Off Hours.'

'Its reading Health and Safety Regulations that make me feel sick!'

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

Bureaucratic speech

"Jenkins, rumor has it there are people outside this meeting who are doing actual work. Go find out."

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

The Sleep of Reason Produces Bureaucracy