bureaucracy gone mad?

Today I finally declared myself as an auto-entrepreneur - the fiscal régime introduced a few years ago to reduce the volume of black-market work (rife in France because of the high charges sociaux and tax).

Apart from tying myself in knots filling in the online form, I was richly entertained by the way jobs are categorised. This is just a third of the job options for "caring for animals":

MONITEUR D'EQUITATION SANS FOURNITURE DE CAVALERIE

NI D'INSTALLATION EQUESTRE

MUSHER PROFESSIONNEL

OSTEOPATHE POUR ANIMAUX

PALEFRENIER - SOIGNEUR

PAREUR EQUIN, PEDICURE (EQUIN, BOVIN,…)

PRISE EN PENSION PURE DE CHEVAUX

PROMENADE D'ANIMAUX DE COMPAGNIE

PSYCHOTERAPEUTE EQUIN

REIKI POUR ANIMAUX

SERVICES FUNERAIRES POUR ANIMAUX

SHIATSU POUR ANIMAUX

TAXI ANIMALIER

TAXIDERMISTE

TOILETTEUR D'ANIMAUX DE COMPAGNIE

What country has shiatsu listed for horses and not for PEOPLE! Note: there is also equine psychotherapy (of course, we're big on that - it's a stressful country, by gad), and reiki. And I love that taxidermy is seen as a "caring" role.

In another part of the job listing I found nettoyage d'hélicopteurs, esoterisme (how does one make a living from that?!), SORCIER (!!) and - my favourite - SPEED DATING!!!! So... Qu'est-ce que vous faites? Moi? 

Eh ben, je suis speed dater.

What can one say - except Vive la France...

And it's time for a break - looking forward to going home next week...