Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A friend of mine had the sad duty to tidy up a dead sisters afairs. The deceased sister belonged to a cd club in the uk - one of those that sends you a cd everymonth unless you say cancel. They are notorious for never giving up. She wrote to them telling them that her sister had died and couldn't cancel the subscription. She got a standard-form letter back asking for proof of death! Julian - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Schofield" <tdschofield@email.msn.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Persecuted for using tripod in public > I saw a news program on Brazil's bureaucracy a few years back. People would > actually have to prove they were not deceased and not married to get welfare > benefits! The program stated that an incoming President cut out a lot of > this nonsense by ordering that the bureaucracy was not to presume people are > lying unless there is evidence to that effect. > > Tom > > > You win that one! Mindless bureaucrats!!! > > > > Frank Filippone > > red735i@earthlink.net > > > > > Making the taxpayer prove a negative (no pun intended) seems to be an > > > ingrained habit of mindless bureaucrats. > > > Oliver Bryk > > > > > Before I can get married in spain, I have to prove that I am single... > > > > Julian > > > >