I was amused today by the demonstration of Government stupidity and inflexibility, when attempting to renew my Desert Parks Pass.
Rather than describe it separately, I have included a copy of the email sent to
the Desert Parks Office by me today, to identify their stupidity.
To: desertparks@saugov.sa.gov.au
Congratulations on the short-sightedness of
the Desert Parks Office, Department for Environment and
Heritage, South Australian Government. You have demonstrated how the inflexibility of your regulations ends up affecting potential expenditure on environmental facilities.
I attended an RAA Office today (04/04/2005) to renew my Desert Parks Pass at the reduced cost of $60.00.
My previous pass expired on Thursday last week, (30/03/2005) but I have been unable to renew until today, due to shift work commitments.
On contacting the DPP Office for authorisation, the RAA Lass was advised that as the Pass was not current, it could not be renewed.
Well guess what? YOU HAVE LOST INCOME!
I have no plans to revisit one of the Parks in the foreseeable future, but thought that by keeping my Pass current; I would be assisting
the Desert Parks Office by providing the additional income of $60.00 per year anyway.
Now let’s assume that my next excursion to
the Desert region will be in 5 years time. That would have been $300.00 extra that I will now NOT be paying.
I will simply pay $90.00 for a new Pass at the time I need it.
The rigidity and inflexibility of this Department does not actually surprise me, it is merely a reflection on other Department inefficiency within the Government realm.
Once again, CONGRATULATIONS.