Bureaucracy is fun!

I love spending all morning on the phone with the regional director from the Department of Labor.

He was actually very helpful for someone who kept reminding me that he was "technically" my adversary. Don't worry, I won't bore you with the details. I do find it ironic (in the real, non-Alanis way) that two months ago the government decided to close the New York City Unemployment office. The workers were told they had the choice to move to Troy or some equally bum-fuck town, or they could stay here and lose their job. And because they were offered "reasonable employment" elsewhere, none of them are eligible for unemployment.

Let's hear it for Government In Action!