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I’m going to be dealing with another state agency soon - Michigan Rehabilitation Services! NO, they’re not rehabbing me; they’re going to “help” me find a job. If I can even get to the office, I expect, after I complete the online orientation and not print out the things I need to print out (sidebar: anyone know why a printer won’t suck in paper anymore? although the instructions I glanced at includes the phrase "if possible, so…).
Bear in mind this is the same agency that helped my son get a job at Walmart, although Jewish Vocational Services had a hand in that as well.
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“At any time during the application process, you may complete an MRS application.” - MIND BLOWN.
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That just reeks of technical writer despair.
A tech writer friend of mine came across an online version of the Ford Model T owner’s manual. She was curious to see how technical writing had changed over the last century or so, until she came across this: “Your Model T can climb any climbable grade.”
Then she realised nothing ever changes.
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My recent bureaucratic squib:
HR: you need to fill this form out and return it to us.
Me: what do these codes mean?
HR: we can’t advise you on those, you’ll have to call the insurance company
[Months slide by because forms and bureaucraat terrify me, and in my defence it’s been a shitty busy year at work]
Me: hi insurance company, I need to know which of these codes to pick
Insurance company: why don’t you pick the one already in use for this other thing? That way they’ll be consistent – unless you need to change both of them? Either way I can walk you through.
Me: um, no, that makes sense. Thank you!
That was Monday. Still haven’t handed the damn things in yet because I haven’t had a chance to fill them out. Alternating between running as fast as I can to meetings and typing as fast as I can otherwise. It’s 11pm here and I’m procrastinating on an email right now.
Sigh.
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No. No. No. You are reading it wrong.
Here MRS does not stand for Michigan Rehab Service, but is should be Mrs. They want you to get married and be an SEP.
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