Barb's Burblings

My life as a bureaucrat

I had scoffed at people's ideas about working for the government. I've worked for the government for almost 4 months, but haven't really run into many of the stereotypes. There are a couple of people entrenched in their positions who could use the heave-ho, but most people aren't like that. It's a lot larger than anywhere else I've worked, but doesn't seem terribly different.

And then came this afternoon. I needed to FedEx something. Not far; just to another government agency. It seriously took multiple hours. Oh, how I miss just walking next door and grabbing a mailroom guy. This FedEx involved two different forms and chasing down someone for a signature. I seriously had to go 2 or 3 levels above me to get this approved. It was nuts.

Ah, bureaucracy in action.