Red Tape Dodger Mugs

"Sorry, this is the Department of Wrong Places. You want the Bureau of Missed Appointments way-y-y-y-y-y-y down the hall."

'Let's not go by the book.'

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

"You created a robot to do your homework for you? Apparently, laziness is the mother of invention."

Quality Control

'So do you want me to minute that George is dying of boredom and Nigel will rip my head off if I don't stop boring him with my blather?'

Moses holds up new federal regulation guidelines.

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

'We built this city on Rock 'n' Roll, yeah baby. Is not an accurate assessment of our town's history.'

'Should be home soon. I'm just clearing away the usual paperwork.'

European Union Health and Safety Direcorate rules

'He's kind of a rescue dog. He points to where the hardest work is, so that I can run into the opposite direction!'

"Your top 10 list of reasons why you didn't do your homework is creative, but not acceptable."

Bureau to cut back on bureaucratic paperwork...

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

'I'm afraid we can't deliver your baby until your CRB check comes through.'

The worker/the man who monitors the worker/the man who wrote the draft policy guidelines on how to monitor the man monitoring the worker.

Tied up in red tape.

An astronaut sees a sign saying zoning in force.

Homework flavored dog food

"We need warning stickers on this side warning not to ignore all the other warning stickers on the other side."

He waited for the next wave of regulations to arrive.

'I hope you have planning permission for that?'

Fed up with unnecessary bureaucracy?...what people don't appreciate is that if they don't fill out their C90D then how can we POSSIBLY know how many C90ds there ARE!

"I'm afraid that due to a recent reorientation of forward facing customer resource functionality you're going to have to make the complaint to yourself... in triplicate."

"It's hard being a TV viewer trapped in the body of a student."

"All right, what's it going to take to make this homework go away?"

Painter removes 'wet paint' sign from park bench and replaces it with a 'dry paint' sign.

If the NHS designed cars...They'd probably be the worst cars in the world.

"I told my manager that I couldn't cope with the endless mind numbing paperwork. I said I'd had enough of the bureaucracy, that I had to get out."

Distractions: Work Disputes

"My dog ate my homework. Then the backup files were hacked by Russians."

"I'm afraid you neglected to submit the proper development permit application."

'The government is keen not to interfere with private enterprise.'

"I'm sorry, but you'll have to get approval from the offices of Terminology, Evidence, Proof of Demand, Documentation, Measurement and Predictions before I can even think about signing off."