Government is a load of crap everywhere.

[i am herdman]

Getting some electrical work done. Cost is 2k. 200 bucks of that is getting a permit. Aperitif ok but 200 bucks? That is bullshit. I am writing the freaking mayor. 200 bucks to get a permit because the contractor has to by law. OK. But 10 percent of my cost is getting a damn permit. What a load of crap.

We are taxed and regulated to no end. 10 percent of the cost is a damn government paper shuffle.

 

[greengeezer]

Our mayor was looking around my street not long ago. He asked me who put the drainage pipes under the street. I told him, “I did.”

He said to me, “Those pipes don’t meet code, they will have to be removed.”

I smiled and said to him, “Fine, then I’ll sue the Town for not taking care of the drainage, not maintaining the street, using incorrectly sized culvert, and not cutting down dangerous trees on what is technically their frontage.” I also told him I had receipts for decades of buying gravel to be put on the road and I expected to be reimbursed. Haven’t seen him since.

 

[i am herdman]

Our mayor was looking around my street not long ago. He asked me who put the drainage pipes under the street. I told him, “I did.”

He said to me, “Those pipes don’t meet code, they will have to be removed.”

I smiled and said to him, “Fine, then I’ll sue the Town for not taking care of the drainage, not maintaining the street, using incorrectly sized culvert, and not cutting down dangerous trees on what is technically their frontage.” I also told him I had receipts for decades of buying gravel to be put on the road and I expected to be reimbursed. Haven’t seen him since.

Good job

 

[-CarlHungus-]

My favorite is when one city inspector says all clear then when you go to close the permit a new guy comes out and tells you the last guy was wrong and you need to do it a different way.