Grr. Argh.

[hummingwolf]

Because I don't mention this often enough: I really, really hate bureaucracy.

If anyone has been wondering what to get me for Christmas, the answer is food*.



This post has been brought to you by the people who repeatedly tell me there is no need to come into their office until I get a letter, then send me a letter saying I get no more food stamps because I didn't go into their office.**

I wonder what movies the dep't of social services is showing in their lobby this December.



* Decent medical care would also be a lovely gift, but food is much easier to find.***

** And no, based on past experience, this was not unexpected (that's why I'd been calling the office in the first place). Yet this stuff still manages to be simultaneously infuriating and discouraging after all these years.

*** Other good gifts would be electricity and phone service. Yeah. Those are generally good things.****

**** Footnotes are addictive.

Comments

[meretia]

Oh, man. I forgot to ask the other day, for my own nefarious reasons: Are you nearby a big Wal-Mart or Target, any of those super-department stores that have grocery sections?

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

It is in fact pretty easy for me to get to a Target from here (am pretty sure I could get to a Wal-Mart or K-mart too, but I can't remember where those are or how long it would take to get to them). The main grocery store chains around here are Safeway and Giant Foods, if that matters any.

[meretia]

Yeah, I was pretty sure that you'd have different grocery chains from the ones I can get to, since these are pretty much southern Midwest ones. Things like Target were the only stores I could think of that would probably be in both places.

I would say "now I must scheme some more," but that's too grand for spending more time trying to figure out how to get things to you from all the way out here.