If there is one thing in life I hate more than anything else it is red tape. Actually, I might need to place oxtail soup higher up on my list of things I hate but you get the point. If you don’t then the point is that I need to renew my visa again and the list of bits of stupid paper I need to collect is bigger than ever before. Is there any help at hand?
Since I need to get up at 4 in the morning to start queuing in various government offices I might need some good tempurpedic pillows to give me a good night’s sleep. Actually, would I maybe sleep too well with these and struggle to get up in the morning? I have never had a problem getting to sleep but wakening up can sometimes be tough.
I was thinking about skate sharpening so that I nip down to the local immigration office quickly but I can’t guarantee that I won’t try and use one of my ultra sharp skates in anger if they give me any of the usual nonsense about photocopying everything three times and then waiting hours before they tell me that I need to get some more copies.
I might also need some agility training to let me cope with all of the folders I need to carry about and queues I need to try and skip past. Speaking of queues, I really miss the great British queuing system, as I get fed up with waiting around only for someone to come barging in and try (usually successfully) to jump to the front of the queue.
Will I need some shoe repair work done after all the walling about I need to do? Quite possibly, as I need to walk all round to get my photo taken, get a certificate from the police saying that I am not a dangerous criminal, get a letter from a lawyer saying that I would quite like a new visa please and jump through all sorts of other hoops. I suppose it gets me out of the house at least and doing a bit of exercise.
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Vernon Cooke wrote:
More Red Tape?, rated 4.5 out of 5, based on 1 ratings.You touched on a very interesting subject I have been researching lately. I stumbled across this site by accidently looking for something else like trees and landscaping but I am awfully glad I found it.
Who are these purveyors as I call them of red tape. Courts? You don’t think so? Oh yes. If there is a dispute when someone bends the rules or a law if you know what I mean by that, the courts if I am correct always like to rule in favor of the hated law.
Who else? Those who believe there should be such and such a law. They are not in government but they can be pushy. They think there should be this such and such a law or that such and such a law. Lots of them around. They like to push the lobbyists. Maybe I am wrong on this. They don’t have any consideration for people like you and I. The above is just my point of view. There is a lot more I can add to this but my mind is blank right not.
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