fredag 15 augusti 2008

Löneökning

Idag fick jag löneökning! Eller jag fick den egentligen den 4e Juli men saker tar som bekant lite tid där jag jobbar (undrar hur lång tid det tar innan de upptäcker hur lite jag gör på jobbet...) så det syntes inte förrän idag på kontot. Jag fick aningens mer än inflationen här och det är ju alltid bra. Det är en av de få sakerna som är bra på jobbet, de betalar bra. Och skulle jag nu säga upp mig och hitta ett nytt jobb så kan det hända att jag får gå ner lite i lön men det är det nog värt tror jag för jag spenderar en hel massa tid på att gnälla och klaga över jobbet och det blir ingen gladare för.

Och idag så fick jag mail från immigrationsverket, 5 kg pappersarbete var inte tillräckligt så de ville ha 2 till formulär inskickade. Efter att ha laddat ner dem och läst igenom så insåg jag snart att 90% av frågorna har jag redan besvarat och skickat in och de kvarvarande 10% finns på båda formulären de vill ha. Det måste vara aningens förståndshandikappade på immigrationsverket här! Nedanför har jag kopierat ett roligt mail som Stephen skickade till mig som han trodde att jag skulle känna igen mig i med alla papper jag höll på med till visumet och det gör jag! Jag har censurerat det lite för det var en del fula ord...

Dear Mr. Minister,
I'm in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot believe this.
How is it that K-Mart has my address and telephone number, and knows that I bought a Television Set and Golf Clubs from them back in 1997, and yet, theFederal Government is still asking me where I was born and on what date.
For Christ sakes, do you guys do this by hand?
My birth date you have in my Medicare information, and it is on all the income tax forms I've filed for the past 40 years. It is on my driver'slicence, on the last eight passports I've ever had, on all those stupid customs declaration forms I've had to fill out before being allowed off the planes over the last 30 years, and all those insufferable census forms that I've filled out every 5 years since 1966.

Also..would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother'sname is Audrey, my Father's name is Jack, and I'd be absolutely f*cking astounded if that ever changed between now and when I drop dead!!!...

I apologize, Mr. Minister. But I'm really p*ssed off this morning. Between you and me, I've had enough of all this bullsh*t! You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my f*cking address!! What the hell is going on with your mob? Have you got a gang of mindless Neanderthals workin' there!

And another thing, look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? Ican't even grow a beard for God's sakes. I just want to go to New Zealand and see my new granddaughter. (Yes, my son interbred with a Kiwi girl). Andwould someone please tell me, why would you give a sh*t whether I plan onvisiting a farm in the next 15 days? If I ever got the urge to dosomething weird to a sheep or a horse, believe you me, I'd sure as hell not want to tell anyone!

Well, I have to go now, 'cause I have to go to the other end of the city, and get another f*cking copy of my birth certificate, and to part with another $80 for the privilege of accessing MY OWN INFORMATION!

Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spot, to assist in the issuance of a new passport on the same day?? Nooooo.. that'd be too f*cking easy and makes far too much sense. You would much prefer to have us running all over the place like chickens with our f*cking heads cut off, and then having to find some high society w*nker to confirm that it's really me in the goddamn photo! You know the photo..the one where we're not allowed to smile?!

Signed - An Irate Australian Citizen.

P.S Remember what I said above about the picture, and getting someone inhigh-society to confirm that it's me? Well, my family has been in this country since before 1850! In 1856, one of my forefathers took up arms with Peter Lalor. (You do remember the Eureka Stockade!!)I have also served in both the CMF and regular Army something over 30 years(I went to Vietnam in 1967), and still have high security clearances. I'm also a personal friend of the president of the RSL.. and Lt General Peter Cosgrove sends me a Christmas card each year.
However, your rules require that I have to get someone 'important' to verify who I am; You know.. someone like my doctor; WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN F*CKING PAKISTAN!!!......a country where they either assassinate orhang their ex-Prime Ministers, and are suspended from the Commonwealth for not having the 'right sort of government.'
You are all F*cking idiots

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