Horst, Well said!
Kick some butt and more! :) Sickle rather than honey works - unfortunately. The thing to do is to educate the doctors and nurses and other medical staff, get them to use OSS, collect some documents from here and there to the beurocrats and "show them" that others are using them too, harp on the advantages and refuse to dodge issues. I like that style too. People fought many wars and killeed many people for the sake of religion. We fight for a just cause and kill no one! That is a JUST fight! Nandalal ----- Original Message ----- From: Horst Herb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 08:47:53 +1100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Options for Argus, Re: Argus correction > On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 08:04, Tim Churches wrote: > > > There really isn't any point in being nasty about the civil servants. > > > > Thank you Adrian! Bureaucracies can sometimes act in surpringly positive > > ways in response to encouragement and even well-argued, polite > > exhortation, but always bunker down or harden their position in the face > > of outright criticism and dismissive epithets. > > For four long years I tried with gentle persuasion and providing a continuous > flow of easy-to-read educational material. Achievement? Close to zero. The > inertia of bureaucracy apparently takes more than just a smile and gentle > words to overcome. > > Recently I started involving taxpayers / consumers association, the press, and > direct attacks against particular bureaucrats personally. As soon as they > feel their taxpayer funded comfortable nest is shaking, they suddenly spring > into action and things actually do happen. Surprise, surprise. > > I dislike such methods, especially since dealing with the bureaucrats I got to > know some in person, and once you establish personal contact you realize we > are all humans, with the usual fears and longings and families to feed. > > OTOH we have a situation where a whole nation suffers, health is more > expensive than it needs to be through bureaucratic overload, and positive > development either doesn't happen at all or is delayed in a most unacceptable > way through the incompetence or inertia or both combined of these same > bureaucrats. > > Furthermore, as a busy full time medical practitioner, I simply haven't got > the time to linger around in Canberra and smear honey around the mouths of > these sloths. This financial year, I may end up paying a six figure sum in > taxes. I can damn well demand some action for that money, and it is my damn > right to kick some shins to achieve this. Public servants are employees of > the public after all. > > Horst > -- > Parkinson's Fifth Law: > If there is a way to delay an important decision, the good > bureaucracy, public or private, will find it. > -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze
