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Monday, April 04, 2011 ( 12:51 PM ) shut up christine on patience... i've been trying to volunteer with a certain hospital since january JANUARY "meet with Mrs. X at 11:00 on this day" "where is her office located?" -no reply- *looks up information in directory* FEBRUARY *comes 30 min early for appointment* *waits* *waits two hours* "didn't you know we rescheduled your appointment?" "oh no one told me" "come back tomorrow" "can i fill out the volunteer paperwork?" "no, come back in two weeks for the orientation" "TB test needs to be from the last six months. get it, then come back in two days to have it read" MARCH "come back to get fingerprinted" "call back in a week to see if your fingerprints have cleared" *this alone took 1 month to verify, i called almost everyday for 2 weeks* APRIL "you're clear. in order to get your badge, you need to give us this paper" "i did it back in february, it should be on file. i can do it again, can i email or fax it to you?" "no, Mrs. X has to sign it and you need to hand it to me in person." Mrs. X: "why did they need me to sign this? i've never signed for anyone before" me: sigh. i don't know. "come back to be entered into the database" "come here to get your badge photo taken" "we can't accept this form of id, come back tomorrow" fuck. fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *end rant*
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I'm glad you ranted, C.
The idea that you are trying to VOLUNTEER at a hospital and are being given a hard time is about the perfect example of bureaucracy. It's not a political-party thing; they're all guilty of creating situations where people are employed for no obvious reason other than to make things difficult. Level after level of job justification on many people's parts adds up to nothing except paychecks for them and frustration for you. Everything is backwards...the "Come back tomorrows" give it away; anyone who gave a shit would try to fix it NOW. I'm sorry you're going through this stuff. What you're trying to do is admirable...maybe that's why they're being difficult; they haven't got "admirable" in them, usually. I really am sorry it's so tough. Hang in there and please rant anytime you feel the need. If nothing else, you can say it knowing at least one more person gets the ridiculousness of it all. That's a good thing to know sometimes. :) # posted by
 : 4/04/2011 5:56 PM
thanks M. you're a great friend. i hope to be as good a friend to you as you've been to me. your comment made me smile on a day when i didn't feel like smiling. thank you. ps i went back yesterday and they told me to call on fri -- crossing my fingers! haha
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