One of the reasons that I do a lot of different kinds of pictures is because I learn a lot when I'm doing them.
Bureaucracies are inherently antidemocratic. Bureaucrats derive their power from their position in the structure, not from their relations with the people they are supposed to serve. The people are not masters of the bureaucracy, but its clients.
So I cut out all the drinkin' and hangin' out and stuff like that early on.