Funcionary English

Do you get worn out with the fight with bureaucracy?
Do you always have a form missing?
Do you feel lost when applying for a government subsidy?
Well now you can practice with the latest game:
Funcionary… the bureaucracy game
Fun for all the family… and packed with paperwork.

- Come on, let’s play. I’ll throw the dice.
- Hang on. To see who goes, you have to fill in form C25 in duplicate.
- C25? I’ve already done it.
- No. This is C25A. But C25B and C25C are missing. Anyway, you’ve filled it in wrong.
- Have I? Oh my God, I’ll have to start all over again. Another day without playing.

A game where the only trick for winning is… patience.

- A six. One, two, three, four… Sod it! I have to stand in a queue again!
- That’s three hours without tossing. My turn.
- Great! I have a brother-in-law who’s a functionary. He puts me at the top of the list and I advance three squares. One, two, three.
- That’s lucky. Let’s see: I’m at the window now. Shit!!! The functionary has gone to breakfast.

Fun… for hours… and hours… and hours.

- I’ve won. At last I’ve been granted the 210 euros for the rent.
- Ha ha ha! Win, he says. The money’s been granted. But now you have to do the paperwork to actually get it. Ha ha ha!

Get your Funcionary now. All you need is 30 euros and:

Photocopy of ID
Two photos
Medical certificate
Bank guarantee
And sworn statement of no criminal record.

All, of course, in duplicate.

And coming soon, from the creators of Funcionary: Opositergories, the public examination game. The only game which, if you don’t have an influential contact, you’ll spend decades playing.

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