Queuse are long. Life is short. So why waste time waiting when you can pay someone to do it for you In Washington D.C. -- a city that struggles with more than its share of bureaucratic practices -- a small industry is emerging that will queue for you to get everything from a driver’s license to a seat in a congressional hearing.
Michael Dorsey, one of the pioneering" service expediters", began going to traffic courts for other people back in 1988. Today his fees start at $ 20 and can go into the thousands to plead individual cases at the Bureau of Traffic Adjudication( his former employer). Mr. Dorsey knows what properly written parking ticket looks like, and often gets fines invalidated on its failures in formality. His clients include congressmen and diplomats, as well as firms for which tickets are an occupational hazard, such as taxi operators and television broadcasters.
Service expediters are not universally loved. Non-tax income, like fines
A. Helping to establish small industries.
B. Making false tickets and driver’s licenses.
C. Assisting in organising congressional hearings.
D. Offering to go through official procedures for clients.
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