tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post6864581724981243440..comments2024-02-24T08:45:36.112+00:00Comments on TheFatBigot Opines: Blank - the bureaucratic default positionTheFatBigothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17255526385076528633noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-52100903445092186402009-06-20T08:47:58.825+01:002009-06-20T08:47:58.825+01:00This is the modern way. I run my own business, and...This is the modern way. I run my own business, and have realised what matters when dealing with the forces of the State is not the reality of whatever they wish to inspect, but the paperwork. As long as my paperwork all looks OK, what is really happening on the ground (as long as its not blatently obvious) is irrelevant.<br /><br />The reason for this is that a trained monkey can look at paperwork (and the product of our schools nowadays struggles to get to trained monkey level), whereas to actually inspect things and work out from knowledge whether something is being done correctly/safely/within the law etc etc, takes years of training, on the job experience and the exercise of that bete noir of modern life, JUDGEMENT.<br /><br />No public official ever wants to have to exercise his or her judgement, becasue they can be liable for said decision. Far better to design forms for people to fill in, and check said forms, and prosecute people who don't fill them in, or do so incorrectly.sobersnoreply@blogger.com