Today I have had an experience that re-enforces my belief that our systems of government are bloated and wasteful.
Recently we got a complaint about our dogs barking during the day - presumably when we are at work because they are fine when we are around. The plaintiff is obviously a completely gutless wanker because she left an anonymous note in our mailbox then called the council rather than come and speak with us like an adult. Here’s where the make-work scheme comes into its own.
Firstly we get a letter that we need to register our dogs after they recieved an official complaint. This is of course designed to make more paperwork and fees designed to keep a bunch of twats employed at the council managing a list of pooches so that on the rare occasion a dog bites someone they can identify its owner without having to get off their arses and do some investigation work. The letter states that we need to register our dogs within 14 days.
Seven (7) days have elapsed since the letter.
The council guy rings me up today as he is sitting outside my house and says he has lobbed around to tell me to register my dogs. My first question was why bother sending the letter if you are going to come around in 7 days? Just routine Sir! More like just routine to make sure that they can write on their reports that they did X number of house visits for non-registered dogs in 2008 and therefore justify their useless existence.
But no! There’s more.
He happens to notice that Jesse’s car is out the front of the house neatly parked on the kerb broken down but otherwise looking tidy. Unfortunately it is unregistered. This is illegal, of course, to have an unregistered car on the side of the road and he can issue me a fine. The fact it is on eBay and about to sell is irrelevant.
My point in all this is that when you have so many laws and those laws are “policed” so aggressively there is a self-fulfilling situation going on.
More Police = more crime is found
More social workers = more problem children/families
More Homeland Security = more things are classified as impacting security
People working these jobs FIND work otherwise their budgets will get cut. If you put more police on the road you will get more fine revenue but you won’t get anyone to respond when your car is stolen.
Its cause and effect around the wrong way in my opinion and I’m sick of it.
5 comments:
Hers my gutsy reply. I'm sick of people like you who own a dog that think its ok to fuck off to work and let the dog bark without checking first. The neighbour should not have to come to you to be gutsy and talk it out. If you own a dog its YOU not the neighbours responmsibilty to ensure its quiet.Likewise you know the road rules. Even i know that if you leave an unregistered car on the payement, council land, they will ticket you. Reason..Every poor bastard that wants to walk unhindered home on the pavement will have to dodge car wrecks. Who needs pavements then. May as well walk on the road.
Now i do agree its revenue earning . That is a no brainer. But then why is your dog unregistered.Have you ever been really bitten by a dog badly?.unfortunetley the wandering un registered dogs are the leaders in attacks and that is why they have registration. The day a pack of cats are seen killing sheep or mauling a baby's face is they day cats will be require to be registered.Speaking from a fair share of breaking the law offences I can honestly say that I had plenty of opportunity to avoid them. It was my own fault that I broke them. It is however the authorities financial gain that I did. But then if it was not financial what else do you want...community service with all the other P add loosers. Na me thinks not/
OOO i should have said the reason why dogs bark when their owners go to work is lack of attention to their social needs...ie walking the dog. The dog is actualy saying..hey come back..I'm borred as hell here.I only seen you for a second then you sod off. As much as dogs are lovely creatures they do actually require lots of attention and if they don't get it they let everyone know.If you bare unable to pay the dod the attention it should get( walks ) then its time to give it to someone who can...hense why we have a cat...
Get stuffed.
Just lovely.
I'[ve been walking the dogs regularly so we shall see if that solves the problem.
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