Corporate IdiocyComedian Al Murray recounts a run-in with industrial-scale stupidity: "Car insurance company rang, without having sent me a renewal letter, asking for money. Made them answer security questions." In the same vein, tell us your stories about pointless paperwork and corporate quarter-wits
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 23 Feb 2012, 12:13)
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Passport ironyWhile in Hungary, my bag was stolen. Since it contained my passport, I had to do the consulate shuffle to get a replacement. After completing the paperwork, the passport guy told me that they should be able to generate a full 10-year passport, but unfortunately they couldn't get the link to the London computer working.
The irony is that I was in Hungary for a conference on international interoperability of computer systems...
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