Red Tape Renegade Pillows

'I'm not here for committing a crime - I'm here for failing to comply with a guideline.'

'This report is damning about lack of leadership in the department...I think we should consider having a conversation about the possibility of setting aside some time to think about forming up a group to look at considering our options going forward...'

"All this talk of 'putting out top-heavy management' is ridiculous!"

DMV Hours.

'Right so we're agreed then, no one ever reads these reports so there's no point writing them anymore...and while we're at it we can stop filling out these forms, they're a waste of time.'

If you're concerned about the amount of paperwork you have to do then fill out a C-435d complaints about paperwork form and I'll have a look at it!

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

"OK team, what are we not going to accomplish today?"

"It's the paperwork you need to complete to prove that you're committing your time to focusing on your client's needs."

Diabolical bureaucratic management

'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."

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!"

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

European Union Health and Safety Direcorate rules

"I thought that modern communications systems were meant to be more efficient...That they would cut down on waste and duplication."

Bureau to cut back on bureaucratic paperwork...

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

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

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.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of insurance forms.

"It drives me mad when people act as though we had nothing to do except write moronic memorandum..."

'I hope you have planning permission for that?'

"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.

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

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

"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."

"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."

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!