Government Bureaucracy
It is a common knowledge that government by its very
nature is an inefficient entity. Never
let a government agency run anything or operate anything, it will always be
hounded by inefficient system and redundant processes. Nobody wants to take responsibility and its
personnel have the tendency to be lazy.
Delay is always inevitable and mindless procedures and protocols are the
constant rulers.
Stupidity, like a moon, is always hovering around when
there is scent of irrationality in any government transaction. Except for some notable exceptions, such is
the very state of Philippine bureaucracy.
The Philippine educational system, which is supposed to
be the bastion of hope and intelligence, is also not immune to this mindless
monster. It is supposed to educate
students, but instead – the reverse is transpiring and defeating the very
source of its existence. While there are
over 100 state universities and colleges, only handfuls are worth mentioning,
the rest are mediocre and downright corrupt.
The same is true for the other branches or agencies of
the government. I stay clear of
government offices and institutions.
They are greedy, they are ridden with corruption, and they are stupid
and downright inefficient.
Last week, I had a brush in with a government
entity. I was supposed to deliver a
check payment for an affiliation fee.
The check is in the name of the agency, and surprisingly, the government
hospital refuses to accept the check since we cannot establish the name of the
student. From the billing department, I
was told to go to the accounting office, and from the accounting office, I was
told to go to the psychiatric office and from the psychiatric office, I was
told to proceed to the administration office and all to no avail. At the end of the day, the check was not
accepted and I was told to go back when I already know the identity of the
student.
Now this is wrong on so many levels. I was bearing a check which is potential
revenue for the government hospital. But
I was pointed to proceed to different offices and ended up wasting time with my
transaction still not satisfied. Here
you are, with a check on hand and still refused the simple service of accepting
the customary payment for a simple service.
If the transaction was with private organization, it
would have been a simple deal. But since
it was with the government, trust them to make it complicated and a waste of
time procedure.
All in all, it was a classical government transaction
that is inherent in all government agencies and offices. Inefficient and full of bureaucratic
redundancies. I am supposed to go back
this week and I do not relish the thought of towing their line of stupidity.
May 7, 2019
