Zen of City Hall, continued

[electricland]

So it turns out that in order to get our new water service hooked up, we have to phone for a site inspection. Fair enough. The catch: you have to phone ONE guy, who is only in the office between 7 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. and who doesn't return messages about site inspections.

I phoned him at 8:17 today. He wasn't in. I feel this is cheating.

Comments

[electricland.livejournal.com]

exactly! I can think of at LEAST 3 ways to get around this, starting with "let people leave you voicemail messages and get back to them," "have someone else schedule your appointments," and "get a cellphone already." Oh, and "be in the office for half an hour at the end of the day for the people that have better things to do between 7 and 8:30 than try and get ahold of you."

What happens if the guy's hit by a bus? His name is actually printed on the form I got -- he's the ONLY person in the City of Toronto that you can talk to!