Dear God (whoever and wherever you might be),I turn to you because I know that you are supposed to do miracles. Please give me a sign that for the next 6 months I am not going to fill out another form.....Please?
Yours
Mia
"Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status".
Applications for banks, for grants, for passports, for visas, for NHS, for Universities, for credit cards, for taxes, for, for for....!Imagine how much time we spend on every administrative tripe we come across and how much we torment our heads about 'which box to tick' and which word to cut out. I surely need vacation!And this is just the beginning, grmx!
LUE: Here. (she takes out a form). This isnt the form. This is the form you need to fill out the form. This is the pre-form. Here look. (She reads.) 'Section One. FormC1.A. One. Please keep these notes until you receive your passport. Note 1a, subsection one-birth after 31 december 1982 in the UK.Tick yes if you were born after 31 december 1982 in the UK or if you entered the country on or before December 31 1989, or after July 1992, unless a) you were already a temporary citizen in which case refer o note 2a subsection 7....'
Jez Butterworth, The Winterling.
2 comments:
Solution: National ID cards
I know that it gives most people bad vibes because they belive they are giving up their privacy.
But you can't loose something you don't have. Most citizens in the UK are spreading their personal details everywhere. Hospital records, School records, Dentist records, Banks, Credit cards, Library member cards, Company records, Bank records, Phone records, Gas-, eletricity company records, Gym card, TV license, Insurances, Letting agencies, Other Member cards... I can go on and on.
Our personal details are everywhere and very easy to find. The only people who would loose on having national ID cards are the ones that lives outside "normal" society. The ones that never went to school, don't have a job, don't vote, don't have a bank account, don't have a telephone, don't have TV and have never been to a hospital or a dentist. (I wonder who many they are?)
With a national ID card you are given an unique number. Everytime you apply for something that needs your personal details, you give them the number and that's it.
OK... sometimes you might have to fill in a couple of extra questions but in the end it would reduce the number of forms you fill in.
A real life example. It takes about 10 minutes to open a bank account in Sweden. You show them your national ID and then it's done. Compare that to 4 weeks in the UK!
that is very cool!dont remind me about banks!i have to open a new account and it scares me how long its gonna take!
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