Passport
Since my passport is not valid anymore I need a new one.
This means I have to make a new picture first. That seems to be a problem. With all new rules. The computer decides if the picture is good enough. Mine isn't. According to it my eyes are to dark and you can't see them well. So I need some plastic surgery because of that. Also the color of my skin seems to be a problem.
After 6 trials I am tired of it and decide to go to the city hall. I wait for 1 hour and it's nearly closing time. Suddenly all computer systems are down except for one. A clerk tells the waiting people it will take much longer but we all will be helped tonight.
At last it is my turn. At the moment the clerk wants to scan my signature and picture his system is down too! He is doing his best to restart it and is absolutely not interested in my picture. Lucky me.
A bit later the system of an other clerk starts working again so she can take my fingerprints (four, two of each hand) and scan my signature and picture.
While I am waiting a man says to me: you look so familiar. Are you that famous hostess on television? The one who is presenting that word-quiz?
Oh no I am surely not. The last thing I would do is standing in front of a camera, talking nonsense for an hour or longer and wait for people to call me and who can ques a word of 8 letters starting with P ending with T and which first 5 letters are PASSP. I really hate games like that (I am sure only the most stupid people are allowed to answer).
It took me over 2 hours to ask for a new passport. I can pick it up in one week.
This means I have to make a new picture first. That seems to be a problem. With all new rules. The computer decides if the picture is good enough. Mine isn't. According to it my eyes are to dark and you can't see them well. So I need some plastic surgery because of that. Also the color of my skin seems to be a problem.
After 6 trials I am tired of it and decide to go to the city hall. I wait for 1 hour and it's nearly closing time. Suddenly all computer systems are down except for one. A clerk tells the waiting people it will take much longer but we all will be helped tonight.
At last it is my turn. At the moment the clerk wants to scan my signature and picture his system is down too! He is doing his best to restart it and is absolutely not interested in my picture. Lucky me.
A bit later the system of an other clerk starts working again so she can take my fingerprints (four, two of each hand) and scan my signature and picture.
While I am waiting a man says to me: you look so familiar. Are you that famous hostess on television? The one who is presenting that word-quiz?
Oh no I am surely not. The last thing I would do is standing in front of a camera, talking nonsense for an hour or longer and wait for people to call me and who can ques a word of 8 letters starting with P ending with T and which first 5 letters are PASSP. I really hate games like that (I am sure only the most stupid people are allowed to answer).
It took me over 2 hours to ask for a new passport. I can pick it up in one week.
