tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788608596414024125.post8751020452943790050..comments2017-12-31T23:43:40.382-08:00Comments on Bemused Boomer: Daily Work AbsurditiesBemused Boomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782757742063345171noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788608596414024125.post-31395148919161686872007-11-15T14:19:00.000-08:002007-11-15T14:19:00.000-08:00OK, Finnboy, now I know who you are. You're that g...OK, Finnboy, now I know who you are. You're that guy in the little office across the hall creating obscure paper trails and laughing maniacally as employees fall to the floor one by one, having various sorts of fits, aren't you?<BR/><BR/>No, don't try to hide under your desk. I see you! I'm getting the fire extinguisher now...Bemused Boomerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12782757742063345171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788608596414024125.post-7992543413387378542007-11-15T14:12:00.000-08:002007-11-15T14:12:00.000-08:00Ah, my dear MJP. If you're still in the mood for s...Ah, my dear MJP. If you're still in the mood for some fights, please come to the Pacific Northwest and stand in for me. Of course, you'd be standing in the rain, not the sun!Bemused Boomerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12782757742063345171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788608596414024125.post-12905995001543644952007-11-14T16:23:00.000-08:002007-11-14T16:23:00.000-08:00Wonderful....Life is full of surprises the other w...Wonderful....Life is full of surprises the other way round, too. I have worked in various Gulf countries (That's Gulf of the Arabian/Persian variety...) and one becomes inured to the kind of petty bureaucrat who thinks up different requirements every time one wants "x" done. "No, you need 4 copies of your grandmother's birthcertificate now". I once visited the main post office to obtain a PO Box and went armed with a veritable shopping trolley full of copies of this, photos of that. After, oh, 2 minutes during which time I handed over a sum of money and he gave me a key, I was flummoxed. "Is that it? You don't want all this stuff? I don't have to stand in line in the sun for over an hour?". In a way I was disappointed. I WANTED a battle!MJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087708673617805405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788608596414024125.post-87965875447181354612007-11-11T01:27:00.000-08:002007-11-11T01:27:00.000-08:00Did you complete the MR-2501 Material Requisition ...Did you complete the MR-2501 Material Requisition form required to transfer the ream of yellow paper from the mail room to your department? No? I think I have a form here . . . oops, there's only one left. Looks like you'll have to make copies.Finnboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13689675821764427153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788608596414024125.post-42296977595169073412007-11-10T12:12:00.000-08:002007-11-10T12:12:00.000-08:00looky, i am your first comment! lol! as i was rea...looky, i am your first comment! lol! as i was reading, a commercial for 'the office' came on the television, so the appropriate music was playing while i read this! really! it really did! how funny is that!?cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331689337299062712noreply@blogger.com