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The administration plunges into the Kafkaesque by demanding excessive and illogical proof. A man forced to prove that he is not a parrot!
In an administrative turmoil that surpasses human understanding, Mr. Jean-Baptiste Dupont has been compelled to prove that he is not a kakapo, a nocturnal parrot from New Zealand that is endangered.
Mr. Dupont, a postman by trade, reportedly received a letter from the French administration informing him that he has been officially listed as a “Kakapo” in their records. To rectify this Kafkaesque error, he is asked to provide photographic evidence demonstrating that he is not a parrot. A task that is certainly arduous, if not impossible, for a man who has never donned feathers or emitted a single parrot cry.
“I thought it was a joke at first,” Mr. Dupont recounts, “but when they started threatening to suspend my social benefits if I didn’t provide the required proof, I realized they were serious.” To add to the absurdity of the situation, he was also asked to provide a certificate of non-existence as a parrot from a licensed veterinarian.
Faced with this administrative labyrinth, Mr. Dupont attempted to reach the appropriate service to resolve this riddle. However, multiple calls and in-person visits went unanswered, leaving our postman at an impasse. The echo of Kafka has never been so audible. The apocryphal quote from the famous author, “It is easier to prove that a fly is an elephant than to untangle an administrative error,” perfectly illustrates the situation.
In the end, Mr. Dupont, in desperation, chose to enlist a lawyer to help him resolve this issue. This incident highlights the Kafkaesque scale of administrative hassles, where logic seems to have abandoned ship to make way for absurdity.
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