down the rabbit hole

dealing with an official at the masters office is much the same as trying to get the attention of an inattentive waiter. you can be polite and patient, attempting to draw the unwilling civil servant to attend to your query but all efforst seem as futile as dangling a carrot in the face of an already well fed lion.

with skill normally reserved for only the most experienced waterfront waiter the clerk is able to delay, dismiss and dodge any distraction whether its a constantly ringing phone, a mile long queue of curious citizens or an ever persistent article clerk.

on attending at these offices in an attempt to locate letters of executorship that should have been issued in december of the year before, searching every pigeon hole known to the building, following the official through several offices, he located our clients file on his desk under last weeks lunch and naturally had not had the time to apply his mind to the task at hand.