Friday, May 13, 2011

Bureaucrats from around the world

An interesting photographic survey. Note what practically all of these helpful government types have in common.

Interestingly, there are no pictures of a U.S. federal government bureaucrat, so I’ve decided to correct the deficiency, myself.


Hmm. Must have gone outside for a smoke. Let’s poke around his office and see what it’s like.


Perhaps he likes to keep in mind that Brazil doesn’t have an extradition treaty with the U.S. (you know, just in case).


Map’s a little out of date. Isn’t that the Austro-Hungarian Empire?


Some interesting books; although they don’t all seem to be work-related...




What have we got here, emergency supplies? A bottle of Maker’s Mark and a box of…Happy Balls??? Let’s take a closer look. Hmmmm… “Guaranteed Genuine Handmade Kentucky Bourbon Candy”…

I wonder what some of those foreign bureaucrats would think of all this?


"%&!#@ gringo!

10 comments:

JeffS said...

Those foreign bureaucrats would be jealous of that Federal bureaucrat, Paco, I'm sure of it.

Especially because of the candy....

rinardman said...

That's curious. The U.S. federal crat has a nice, soft, padded leather chair. His visitors seem to get an old, unpadded, hard wooden chair.

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Paco said...

I - or, rather, the bureaucrat in question, heh - probably likes to discourage long visits.

bruce said...

Gee, when I was a federal bureaucrat we were lucky to have our own cubicle.

Merilyn said...

Hmmmm, think the cigars may have given you away Paco.

Minicapt said...

How many other fed offices were raided to supply sufficient 'paper' for that photo?

Cheers

Boy on a bike said...

Wooden chair? Luxury. When I had an office, I got rid of all the visitors chairs. It's amazing how short meetings are when there's nowhere to sit. People tell you what they want, then they get lost.

Paco said...

B on a B: I believe that chair usually has a stack of papers in it.

Bob Belvedere said...

Maker's Mark, eh? I knew I hitched my horse to the right bandwagon.

mojo said...

Well, at least the "bureaucrat in question" has decent taste in booze and smokes. Mes compliments au chef!
(puff, puff)