The word in English is "Kafka-esque" actually.Barang_doa_slae wrote:These are called kafkaiene situations and can be found in every state administration but communist or former communist states are the undisputed champions.
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Mate, you just aren't familiar with the system there. You tell the guard on the gate what you want then ask him how much.
He then gives a price of about $20 - $30 per document then hand delivers them to your house the next day. I shit you not, that was my last experience there. It was like a drive through, I didn't even get out of the car.
He then gives a price of about $20 - $30 per document then hand delivers them to your house the next day. I shit you not, that was my last experience there. It was like a drive through, I didn't even get out of the car.
Perhaps stories from the 80s. Registered two cars this year in LA, one at the DMV (which works on appointments unless you're really stupid), one through the auto club, five minutes each.vladimir wrote:Sounds like the civil service in most countries, an American friend told me tales of horror re the Department of Motor Vehicles (MVA?) reg in
LA.
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I always had an easy time with the MOFA. It helps that my wife knows someone there. We meet him for tea near the national museum, drop off our documents, he handles everything, and we meet for tea in a couple of days.
Guessing yours was a fairly standard requirement that they handle everyday ?starkmonster wrote:Mate, you just aren't familiar with the system there. You tell the guard on the gate what you want then ask him how much.
He then gives a price of about $20 - $30 per document then hand delivers them to your house the next day. I shit you not, that was my last experience there. It was like a drive through, I didn't even get out of the car.
Mine isn't. Hence the tardery.
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An Australian friend of mine, whom I taught a long time ago, resigned from the public service after a substantial career and formed his own company-Red Tape Busters-in 2002. The company's slogan was:
If you have a problem with the bureaucracy, call us and we'll fix it.
Shane has a quite intimidating presence, being a former rugby league tough guy, though he claims to have used me as a role model. The company was an enormous success and he sold it in 2009, as sole owner, for $40 million and retired in his mid 40s, though he remains as media spokesperson.
There is a crying need for companies such as Shane's in every country on the planet. I certainly regret knocking back his job offer in 2002.
If you have a problem with the bureaucracy, call us and we'll fix it.
Shane has a quite intimidating presence, being a former rugby league tough guy, though he claims to have used me as a role model. The company was an enormous success and he sold it in 2009, as sole owner, for $40 million and retired in his mid 40s, though he remains as media spokesperson.
There is a crying need for companies such as Shane's in every country on the planet. I certainly regret knocking back his job offer in 2002.
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