Got my passport today.
Or rather got the red-tape parade started so it will be here in a month and a half. No joke.
Funny thing, our government.
That expression that the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing has never been more appropriate than it is with them.
If you were to go and get the downloadable and printable application for a passport, you'll see it says on page two of the four page form "The passport processing and execution fees may be paid in one of the following forms: Checks, major credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover), bank draft, cashier's check, money order"... etc etc.
Seeing as how it was second on the long list, I figured that my Visa Check Card would do the trick.
Nope.
Silly me, thinking the government would actually work the way they say they will.
As the very friendly desk lady informed me "Yes, the agency as a whole can accept all those forms, but this location can only accept check or money order."
The right hand waved.
The left one said "What the hell is that?"
It was only a mild hassle, but it's just plain stupid when you consider that the form explicitly says they take Visa.
My wonderful brother, Jon, carted me over to a Circle K to get a money order. As we were driving off:
Jon: Well, if the government's not pissing you off, they're not doing their job.
Me: It didn't really piss me off.
Jon: Well, then they're not doing their fucking job!
Delivered with that classic Jon-is-trying-his-hardest-to-dead-pan grin.
Gotta love him.
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