TEARS OF A CLOWN

Political correctness is still alive and well in the public service....

Take this odd tale ..

The Department’s Christmas Party is around a Carnival Circus theme and the poster created by the social club that is hung up all around the building depicts, among other images, a clown.

Today we received an email from an employee who tells us she has a severe phobia of clowns and cannot bear to look at the posters. She would like the design of the poster to be changed ASAP. Until then she is going around with post it notes and sticking them up over the face of the clown on the posters. Of course, someone else is going around and taking the post-it’s off.

This employee is taking her complaint to the Chief Executive’s office and we have to put black stickers over the face of the clown on all the posters.

So do all public servants who have phobias of bullshit and procrastination and verbosity get to plonk sitckers over anything that offends us too? - We wish....

PUBLIC SERVICE SHAKE UP - NEEDS MORE THAN THE WILL OF THE BOSSES

We are home with the snuffles after a 12 day break in Oz( party up with about 30 under fives and you are bound to get a bug!) so we were all ears and snuffles as we listened to the Treasury boss John Whitehead on RNZ this morning give the Public service a prod about productivity.

He is right and now Bill English has followed up saying the govt has given the public servants a year to get their shit together and deliver some efficiencies and productivity.

Anyway, we have been talking to others in the civil service and we are all of the same opinion. The boys at the top have been making some interesting decisions but its apparent some of them have lost touch with their departments and Ministries and its time they got out of their offices , walked the floor and had a bit of a chat with some of the staff who would be able to give them some pointers of how to improve things.

Most of the staff in the public service are well aware how well lubed the machinery of state has become and it is time that they be given the chance to add their two cents worth as to how savings and efficiencies can be made. Have a little faith guys and listen to people who work for you. They will give you answers you are looking for.