Bureaucrat tipping is a creative and natural enterprise involving the joy of doing it better yourself. Power corrupts, but bureaucrats are proof that even a little power corrupts absolutely - few of them can tell differences in degrees of power. Bureaucrats keep us waiting, they overcharge for shoddy service, they cater to favorites, and for now they retire comfortably. Don't be more dedicated to any institution than it is dedicated to you. ... http://www.squidoo.com/bureaucrattipping Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:38:07 -0600 FeedCreator 1.7.2 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:07:31 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/bureaucrattipping Bureaucrat tipping is a creative and natural enterprise involving the joy of doing it better yourself. Power corrupts, but bureaucrats are proof that even a little power corrupts absolutely - few of them can tell differences in degrees of power. Bureaucrats keep us waiting, they overcharge for shoddy service, they cater to favorites, and for now they retire comfortably. Don't be more dedicated to any institution than it is dedicated to you. If they do not consider you important, why should you consider their requests and demands important? Bureaucrats think they control us -- we know different.  We are the best judge of what is best for ourselves - not them. We will now replace their power tripping with our own bureaucrat tipping. "Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others?" - Thomas Jefferson Here are five bureaucrat tipping ideas to return a proper balance to the scales. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:07:31 -0600