TV licenceing authority

[baloonworld]

Inspired by an associate's tales of inadvertent tax evasion, I present you with my conversation with the TV licancing authority (ongoing since I moved to Scotland)

FINE OF £1000!
I don't have a TV
FINE OF £1000!
FINE OF £1000!
I don't have a TV
FINE OF £1000!FINE OF £1000!FINE OF £1000!FINE OF £1000!
I don't have a TV
ah! but do you have a mobile phone? FINE OF £1000!
what the fuck?
FINE OF £1000! hahahah! we don't care about mobile phones-fooled you! FINE OF £1000!
I don't have a TV
Yes we know, we'll contact you to check in person one day. We'll stop sending things until then.
Oh good. Thanks.
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FINE OF £1000!FINE OF £1000!FINE OF £1000!FINE OF £1000!FINE OF £1000!
I still don't have a TV
oops sorry, it just sliped out

Comments

[marmaladecat]

LMFAO!

God, I love bureaucracy!

[john-hobbit.livejournal.com]

My new job job buts me in a postion to actually view the full retardedness of bureaucracy in action.

There are crisis loans, for those people have come across the situation when they have no money. This could be for any reason, have had stuff stolen/just moved out of prison etc.
In general this is money given when you need it to remain alive. I mean this very very literally. The people who request it tellme off how they have no food and no electiricy.

Now to the bureaucracy.
If you you require a a crisis loan, you call a number.
I say hello, i then attempt to connect you to one of FOUR telephone that attempt to cover the ENTIRE SOUTH WEST. This may take you ages as you can imagine.
If you are lucky enough to get though you will be given a brief interview with regards to your situation. You will then be given a time when you will be called back withe result.
Of course the calls never come.
You are expected to wait by the phone until you get a call. This may mean waiting by the phone until tmoro, and in many cases, some time next week.
If they call you and you are not there to answer you request for permision to live, uhm i mean crisis loan is automatically denied and you have to reapply once more. Assuming you get the call you then have to pick up the money at a precise time. If you fail to do so you will be denied the money. One gentleman was late by 5 minutes (be mentioned a car crash and his bus being caught behind it) and he was denied his payment.

Welcome to our welfare system.
So much retardism

[baloonworld.livejournal.com]

I have no words. Sad now.