Sometimes I like being self-sufficient but there is a price to pay when dealing with a mountain of paper work.
Although many banks, and other institutions, now have English-speaking staff, most do not and as I now know the paperwork must be 100 percent correct.
I remember the drama when I applied for my Chinese driver's license. The checklist included a passport, residence permit, original driver's license, medical certificate, and five photographs.
I now know to get the pictures first. I had gone to the hospital for my medical certificate first only to be sent away to get the photos.
Then I discovered the 2.5 cm by 2.5 cm pictures required white backgrounds. I had selected blue, because it was my favorite color, but this was a mistake.
I also selected the wrong photo size. I thought passport size was standard but the license photo needed to be smaller.
Paper work can be baffling, but it can also be used to your advantage, especially if you don't want to be bothered by the boss.
My Sydney buddy often decided by mid-afternoon he was done working for the day so he used paperwork as a cover for his shirking.
Barry would walk to the printer, take out whatever was in the in-tray then walk quickly past the managers, reading the thick wad of papers in his hand.
Sometimes he would take out a pen and write something on the blank papers, as if he was correcting something.
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