Bored Bureaucrat Begs For Escape

From Yahoo:

A bored Canadian bureaucrat fed up with office drudgery is seeking C$1 million ($860,000) in donations so he can quit his job and "do something that makes a difference in my life and the lives of others."

The unnamed man, who claims to have worked for a large civil service organization for over 10 years, has set up a Web site -- SaveABureaucrat -- on which he explains he is desperate to escape his job.

"After a while it starts to sap the energy and soul out of you and you realize that you have become a true bureaucrat ... I feel like an old curmudgeon frustrated by having to deal with paper being passed around at a snail's pace," he writes.

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