I've seen a lot of entries on a lot of articles overemphasizing the importance or difficulty of school. I've kept quiet but this one crossed the line:
Hell, even school can be like this sometimes. You're sometimes expected to do so much homework you're bound to forget something.
Being a Beleaguered Bureaucrat is nothing like being a student. A bureaucrat is beleaguered because he has a lot on his plate thanks to many different bosses and regulations from many different agencies (and even levels of government), none of which were aware of each other or the bureaucrat. Also the public and other public officials are all counting on the bureaucrat to do his work. If we fail to what we're supposed to do, it could mean someone doesn't get their child support, or unemployment check, or taxpayers get billed incorrectly, etc. It can have an immediate impact on people's livelihoods.
And while its true that government wastes a lot of money, the bureaucrat still lacks resources because the inkstamp budget is depleted while the chocolate bunny rabbit budget is still fully funded but inaccessible. Nevermind you why we have a chocolate bunny rabbit budget, the people who made that decision will never meet the people who have to live with it. I know you can find some parrallels between what I described and what you have to go through but its not the same, trust me. Its not even the same "sometimes."
Now, your teachers are often Beleaguered Bureaucrats. They have to deal with these same pressures because they also operate in a bureaucracy and are often the victims of the unintended consequences of the budget and policies that govern their operations, while still being held directly responsible for the students in their charge. And in both cases, the public is ready to bite our heads off because we are the face of these unhappy accidents.
This, by the way, is often the reason a Beleaguered Bureaucrat becomes an Obstructive Bureaucrat. After being yelled at for ten years by an ungrateful public for problems you can't fix, it can have a hardening effect on you.
I've seen a lot of entries on a lot of articles overemphasizing the importance or difficulty of school. I've kept quiet but this one crossed the line:
Being a Beleaguered Bureaucrat is nothing like being a student. A bureaucrat is beleaguered because he has a lot on his plate thanks to many different bosses and regulations from many different agencies (and even levels of government), none of which were aware of each other or the bureaucrat. Also the public and other public officials are all counting on the bureaucrat to do his work. If we fail to what we're supposed to do, it could mean someone doesn't get their child support, or unemployment check, or taxpayers get billed incorrectly, etc. It can have an immediate impact on people's livelihoods.
And while its true that government wastes a lot of money, the bureaucrat still lacks resources because the inkstamp budget is depleted while the chocolate bunny rabbit budget is still fully funded but inaccessible. Nevermind you why we have a chocolate bunny rabbit budget, the people who made that decision will never meet the people who have to live with it. I know you can find some parrallels between what I described and what you have to go through but its not the same, trust me. Its not even the same "sometimes."
Now, your teachers are often Beleaguered Bureaucrats. They have to deal with these same pressures because they also operate in a bureaucracy and are often the victims of the unintended consequences of the budget and policies that govern their operations, while still being held directly responsible for the students in their charge. And in both cases, the public is ready to bite our heads off because we are the face of these unhappy accidents.
This, by the way, is often the reason a Beleaguered Bureaucrat becomes an Obstructive Bureaucrat. After being yelled at for ten years by an ungrateful public for problems you can't fix, it can have a hardening effect on you.
Edited by gibberingtroper