Knowing government as I do, he's probably not given the leeway to extend himself, to bend rules, to make exceptions. I run into the same thing in my job: as much as I would like to approve some people's requests for emergency payments, advance payments, etc., I absolutely cannot if all the prerequisites aren't met. The inspector more than likely has the same sort of restrictions. If his regs require the applicant to be present at the inspection, and the applicant is not, then, sadly, the inspector is stuck. Even though it may be obvious there's no there there. Thank you, Congress.
(There. That's my pathetic defense. I'll hush up now.)
As one of those idiot bureaucrats...
Knowing government as I do, he's probably not given the leeway to extend himself, to bend rules, to make exceptions. I run into the same thing in my job: as much as I would like to approve some people's requests for emergency payments, advance payments, etc., I absolutely cannot if all the prerequisites aren't met. The inspector more than likely has the same sort of restrictions. If his regs require the applicant to be present at the inspection, and the applicant is not, then, sadly, the inspector is stuck. Even though it may be obvious there's no there there. Thank you, Congress.
(There. That's my pathetic defense. I'll hush up now.)