Red Tape Reveler Mugs

Data entry will make surgeries longer.

'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?'

Distractions: Work Disputes

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

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!"

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

'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?"

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

"Why don't you ever do any positive stories about government dysfunction?"

Diabolical bureaucratic management

Planning permission REFUSED...

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

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

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

"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."

Bureaucrat Walking his Pet

A day at the UN.

Bureau of Red Tape

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

'It's an EIEIO!'

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

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

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

'Building Inspectors During Their Off Hours.'

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