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Exactly. I work in a government town (although not for the government), and the fear of "gotcha" is the single biggest inhibiting factor for getting things don
by rodgerd 13y ago
Exactly. I work in a government town (although not for the government), and the fear of "gotcha" is the single biggest inhibiting factor for getting things done. There are hordes of politically-motivated eyes waiting for the smallest chink in your armour, so they can blow it into a huge story. It literally doesn't matter what people try to do - if there are checks and balances it's "waste"; if they try to do something innovative and interesting it's "recklessness" and so on.
The people have the government departments they deserve.
- bdunbar 13y ago> The people have the government departments they deserve. Yeah - and they inflict it on the rest of us.
- Aloha 13y agoYeah, I second this, I've learned to phrase questions in such a way when dealing with government employees, where they can give approval, without having to either say yes or no - in other words phrase it in such a way that they dont have to say no - No with the government is the default answer.