At the One-Stop Center for Multiple Procedures, every document requests itself.
Result: circular queues, endless tickets, and applicants sent back to the sender… which is the same counter.
At dawn, dozens lined up beneath a crystal-clear notice: “To join this line, present the certificate of presence in this line.” The ticket machine now issues a number that exists only once it is called, and the information kiosk systematically redirects to the FAQ, whose first answer recommends “consulting the previous question.” Inside, identical arrows simultaneously point to “Enter” and “Please wait outside.”
Asked about this methodological pivot, the center’s management swears that everything is designed to “speed up slowness without altering it.” Under the new protocol, you open a file by proving that you already have the file to open—in the name of recursive elegance. The badge-locked doors open provided you present the badge that is located behind the door.
“They asked me for proof that I didn’t have the proof, then the original of the certified copy of my original,” sighs Élise M., a tenacious applicant, waving a ticket stamped “number pending number.” After three trips to the same counter, she obtained a receipt confirming that she has received nothing, indispensable in order to collect the receipt.
To soothe nerves, the center announces the arrival of Form Zero, designed to simplify simplification: it can be downloaded only upon presentation of a certificate of download. Failing that, a proof of non-proof can be issued by appointment, to be booked online as soon as the site stops confirming that your password is valid only if it no longer is.
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