Red Tape Escapists Mugs

"Why didn't we think of this?"

'Let's not go by the book.'

'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?'

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

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

European Union Health and Safety Direcorate rules

Bureau to cut back on bureaucratic paperwork...

'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.

'I hope you have planning permission for that?'

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

"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!"

Distractions: Work Disputes

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

How many workers does it take to put up a Christmas decoration?

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

"Before we test this, do you know how to fill out an accident report?"

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

"Please fill out these forms. We don't need them for anything, but you're making me nervous staring at your watch."

Diabolical bureaucratic management

Planning permission REFUSED...

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

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

"So we are four days into the new Procurement Act. How are you feeling?"/"I am ok and everything seems to be fine, but I miss the anticipation."

Happy holidays from the IRS! To celebrate we've switched our usual red tape to red ribbon!

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

"Ambitions... to finish on the winning side for a change."

Bureaucrat Walking his Pet

A day at the UN.

'It's an EIEIO!'

'Of course there are more bureaucrats than field workers! It's more fun to create regulation, than to actually enforce it!'

'Of course it's a lengthy process. We feel hiring you should be as difficult as firing you.'

'Building Inspectors During Their Off Hours.'

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

"What do people mean when they say the recruitment process was 'opaque'?