REAL BUT AIN'T EXACTLY THERE: M E T A L L I C A ( 8 )

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

M E T A L L I C A ( 8 )

HEY, IF I WERE FROM THE GOVERNMENT, I'D JUST SEND SOME HALF-BRAIN TO THE MAIN SSA OFFICE IN SF AND HE WOULD BE ABLE TO SPOT THE PROBLEMS I MENTIONED IN THE LAST POST,
SCRIBBLE THEM DOWN IN A NOTEBOOK, AND NOTICE ANOTHER TEN I DID NOT MENTION
WHAT WOULD THAT DO, YOU ASK?
ANY COST-CONTROL IDIOT COULD TELL YOU, SETTING THE 'CLIENTS' STRAIGHT WITH ONE OR TWO
PROMINENT SIGNS (THAT WEREN'T MISLEADING) WOULD SAVE YOU, THE TAXPAYER, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, I KID YOU NOT
IT WOULD ALSO 'STREAMLINE' SERVICE IN ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICES WHO WERE INTERESTED, IT WOULD SAVE THE GOVERNMENT A HEAP OF DOLLARS
IF EACH WEBSITE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE GOVERNMENT OFFICES MADE ITSELF PLAINLY UNDERSTANDABLE, AND ELIMINATED CONFUSION, ALL THOSE AGENCIES COULD DO SO MUCH MORE ONLINE,
IN A SIMPLER WAY, SAVING THE TAXPAYER FURTHER MILLIONS
YOU CAN'T JUST GET SOME LOP TO DESIGN YOU A MESSY WEBSITE, TELL THE 'CLIENTS' LOOK HOW
MUCH BETTER WE ARE, EXPECTING TECHNOLOGY ILL-DESIGNED TO TRUMP REAL PROBLEM SOLVING, WHEN NOTHING GETS RESOLVED, BECAUSE THE FORMS ASK FOR UNRELATED OR UNECESSARY DATA, AND WE EXPECT TO GET CONFUSED AND SPEND WASTED MONEY TO GET THINGS 'RIGHT', OR 'CORRECT'
HEY, WE MIGHT AS WELL GO BACK TO DOING THINGS LONGHAND, AND FACE TO FACE, THAT WAY WE CAN CORRECT MISTAKES AS THEY ARE MADE, INSTEAD OF COMMIT MISTAKES ONLINE AND NOT BE ABLE TO CORRECT THEM AT ALL
ONE MAKES MISTAKES WHEN ONE IS HUMAN, THAT IS A FACT
TO DENY WE DO, AND PRETEND ALL WE DO IS PERFECT IS JUST THE STUPIDEST, IF NOT THE CRAZIEST THING IN THE WORLD
AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT, MEANS WE MAKE MORE MISTAKES THAN USUAL, UNFORTUNATELY, AND SPEND INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO CORRECT MISTAKES
GET A GRIP, GUYS, THIS AIN'T NO BACKWATER, BUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SUPPOSEDLY THE FOREMOST TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED NATION IN THE WORLD, WTF?