Pissups in Breweries
At my Chinese university, organisation is of a pisspoor standard; examples include no campus tour on arrival in September, being given the handbook for settling into this remote city about a month after arrival, by which time we'd figured most of it out by word of mouth, the timetable for this semester changing almost weekly because one teacher is away or another has replaced them, and class outings to culturally interesting places planned with almost no warning whatsoever (yet they are surprised when no one can make it).

At the Chinese post office I can't send items if I've written the address in red ink, you can't pack a parcel at home it must be done in the post office in front of them because theyve never heard of X-rays, there's only an "international" counter in two post offices in a city of 3 million people, and you can't send anything other than letters inside an envelope (I tried sending two slim felt pens once but was told I would need a box). They say these are their "regulations" but I've never seen them written down anywhere.

Oh and the woman sneezes down herself and any mail in front of heron a regular basis but apparently *that's* allowed.

What tales of bureaucracy and epic mismanagement have you encountered?

(if this gets chosen feel free to shorten it a bit, i went ranty. ta)
(zenmeban thinks the weather could be better, Thu 26 Mar 2009, 6:53, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I like this!
having dealt with some of the best in the business!
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 11:43, Reply)

nice!
reminds of my mate Joe.

me: "You coudn;t organise a pissup in a brewery"
joe: "What pissup what pissup? what brewery what brewery?"
( Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 12:59, Reply)