One of my favorite scenes as well. It was perfect to show the smug, self-righteous nastiness of the petty communist bureaucrat given their bit of power to make people miserable (probably people they had always been jealous of).
I can imagine all the lefty Karens of 2020 through the present taking those jobs.
Yes. A few scenes later, a witchy-wench cackled at Z as they were carting off luxury items to who-knows-where:
"Now you'll have to live like THE REST OF US, doctor; bwa-ha-ha-ha!"