Paperweighting


when a bureaucracy reaches a level of red tape such that it runs in a full circle.

usually involving a lot of “not my department” and ending, after much effort, back where one began in the process.

this occurs at such a level that not only does it benefit no-one, but it actually costs everyone in the chain.

the term derives from the subjective feeling of unnecessary, nonsensical paperwork actually crushing your chest like a weight, effecting breathing.
1. “government made emergency funds available for a crisis,

but the b-tches are still paperweighting me; ima bout t kills a b-atch”

2. phone call-line-form-line-phone call-“charlene”-office in person-line-processing-id required-lost-relodge-office-line-phone-form-online form-deletion for reapply form-months delay-enquiry form-phone-“charlene-form…”

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