1 definition by Abortionator200
When trying to accomplish a task in a bureaucratic environment (the DMV for example), the typically lazy civil servants will refer you to an office, who's occupants will refer you back to the same office, until you proceed to either lay on the floor in fetal position, or pull out a .357 and try to kill as many people you can so the dogs stop barking.
A typical workaround:
You: Excuse me, is this the transcript office?
Officious Prick: Yes it is.
You: I need this error on my transcript repaired.
Officious Prick: Oh, I see, that needs to be fixed by the transcript error department, it's 3 blocks down and across the highway.
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...30 minutes later
You: Hi, was referred here by the transcript department, I need this error fixed.
Visibly Bored Mixed Ethnicity Clerk: Oh, we only fix errors within the system, not outside. You need to see the transcript department. bureaucracy
You: Did you just hear a dog bark?
You: Excuse me, is this the transcript office?
Officious Prick: Yes it is.
You: I need this error on my transcript repaired.
Officious Prick: Oh, I see, that needs to be fixed by the transcript error department, it's 3 blocks down and across the highway.
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...30 minutes later
You: Hi, was referred here by the transcript department, I need this error fixed.
Visibly Bored Mixed Ethnicity Clerk: Oh, we only fix errors within the system, not outside. You need to see the transcript department. bureaucracy
You: Did you just hear a dog bark?
by Abortionator200 July 17, 2008