Arts as Astra

This week, I have managed to get:

• internet access at Nearby University (NU)
  
• an email address at NU
  
• a key to my office at NU
  
• temporary (5 days), limited wireless access at Big Government Center (BGC)
  
• a request for furniture for my office at BGI from surplus, to be delivered in 30 days
  
• lots and lots of forms filled out. In some cases, several copies of the same form
  

I have still not managed to get:

• my NU ID card
  
• a parking permit for NU
  
• a picture ID badge for BGC
  
• a key to my office at BGC
  
• real internet access at BGC
  
• an email address at BGC
  
• necessary software licenses
  
• paid
  

I think the bureaucrats are winning.

I feel like I've been running around in circles, being told contradictory things from various administrators, particularly at BGC, about how to get the things that I need, and each one redirects me to someone else I need to talk to and half those people are not in and then I lose track and my introverted self wants to hide under a rock and cry.

It makes me think that maybe the Republicans are on to something about government inefficiency...