+Dave 2,322 Posted August 13, 2009 I am not sure if its true but man this is funny and it shows the red tape we have to go through around here. This letter is a thing of beauty (even if the language is a bit rough).. You definitely feel the guy's pain! An actual letter to the passport office... Dear sirs, I'm in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot believe this. How is it that Radio Shack has my address and telephone number and knows that I bought a cable t.v. from them back in 1987, and yet, the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on what date. For Christ sakes, do you guys do this by hand? My birth date you have on my social security card, and it is on all the income tax forms I've filed for the past 30 years. It is on my health insurance card, my driver's license, on the last eight damn passports I've had, on all those stupid customs declaration forms I've had to fill out before being allowed off the plane over the last 30 years, and all those insufferable census forms that are done at election times. Would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother's name is Maryanne, my father's name is Robert and I'd be absolutely astounded if that ever changed between now and when I die!!!!!! I apologize, I'm really pissed off this morning. Between you an' me, I've had enough of this bulls**t! You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my f***in' address. What is going on? You have a gang of Neanderthal assholes workin' there! Look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? I don't want to dig up Yasser Arafat, for s**t sakes. I just want to go and park my ass on a sandy beach. And would someone please tell me, why would you give a s**t whether I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days? If I ever got the urge to do something weird to a chicken or a goat, believe you me, I'd sure as hell not want to tell anyone! Well, I have to go now, 'cause I have to go to the other end of the city and get another f***in' copy of my birth certificate, to the tune of $60. Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spot to assist in the issuance of a new passport the same day?? Nooooo, that'd be too damn easy and maybe makes sense. You'd rather have us running all over the f***in' place like chickens with our heads cut off, then find some asshole to confirm that it's really me on the damn picture - you know,the one where we're not allowed to smile?! (bureaucratic f***in' morons) Hey, you know why we can't smile? We're totally pissed off! Signed - An Irate Citizen. P.S. Remember what I said above about the picture and getting someone to confirm that it's me? Well, my family has been in this country since 1776 .......I have served in the military for something over 30 years and have had security clearances up the yingyang........However, I have to get someone'important' to verify who I am - you know, someone like my doctor WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ANOTHER COUNTRY! Sincerely, You Sure In The Hell Should Know Who. ..................And we want them to run our health care?!? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rambler 1-1 9 Posted August 13, 2009 That's excellent! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted August 13, 2009 Apparently the smiling thing is because of this totally awesome thing they have with scanning software now that can't figure out what a smile is! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silverbolt 104 Posted August 13, 2009 Probably true i say.... damn those Passport Applications are very pissing activity, that barely turns chenophoby...i'm sure that anyone get easily stressed because of that.. in january when i was geting in US they asked me tons of stupid things and i thought with myself....''wtf ?! do they think i swing naked thought the vines inside my city?'' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fallenphoenix1986 603 Posted August 13, 2009 (edited) Sounds familiar... Just had mine renewed a couple of weeks ago for the tune of £97.00... (around $160 US) what this is spent on is truely beyond me, a 6'x4' piece of leather like paper... 30 odd blank pages and one laminated page with my details on it... I had to make an appointment to see them in person, have 2 photos, one signed by a guy I havnt seen since I was 4. All so I could get the dam thing in one week. Ohh yeah, and on the day after having filled out the forms and quadrouple checked thier checklist they asked me for something that wasnt on it... you guessed it proof of address... Why the f*** would I arange for a pasport with my name and face on it to be delivered to someone else after spending over £100 on photos, transport, postage and "administrative fee's? When I produce a lettter from the RAF that just happened to be in the folder the complain that its dated last year and its unacceptable... WTF !!! Like I said earlier this was for a renewal, I had the last one they issued when I was 15 with me, so theyve already been provided with proof of ID issued by themselves yet they still question who I am.... morons.... Rant over lol Craig Edited August 13, 2009 by fallenphoenix1986 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast 153 Posted August 13, 2009 I know about this as I have just applied for mine... and stupid is crazy as its only a renewal but you get the 20 questions all over... what next a DNA sample...??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OvS 8 Posted August 16, 2009 I know about this as I have just applied for mine... and stupid is crazy as its only a renewal but you get the 20 questions all over... what next a DNA sample...??? Here... I'll help you all really get twisted... After 9-11, at JFK all NY/NJ PA (NY/NJ Port Authority) ID's were revoked and you had to reapply in person for a new one. The PANY Offical showed-up at our Terminal to conduct the interviews for who I work for. Even though at that time I had been an employee of the company for over 7 years, but like everyone lese, I still had to do this... He asks the usual questions... I had to show proper ID as to who I was, and provide an original birth certificate/DL/ Passport.... All good. Then he reads my application for renewal, and sees that I went to college... all good... then he asks me... PA: "Well, when you graduated college, I see you were unemployed from December of 1993, until April of 1994... OK, what were you doing in that time period?" Me: "uhmmm... looking for a job? You know, applying and waiting, the usual." PA: "So, where were you living. It says here you were 'living at home'. Where was home?" Me: "With my parents... I had no money, and no job. So I moved back in with them." PA: "Yes, but can you prove that?" Me: "What?!?!" PA: "Can you provide proof that you were living at home with them?" Me: "Guy... you've got to be kidding me? I had just graduated college, what did you expect?!!" PA: "OK, well, in order for you to keep working here, and for us to give you your ID back, you need proof, signed and stamped by a Notary Public, of where you were during those 4 months from 1993 to 1994." Me: "WHAT?!?!... that was almost 10 years ago??? What the hell!! What do you want a letter from my Mommy and Daddy that says little Junior was living at home again?!? You must be kidding me!! I'm married with a kid now... I don't get it!" PA: "Exactly... signed and stamped by a Notary. ID denied." So long story short... I have 8 Great Uncles and my own Grandfather that served in all branches in WWII, three of them in the Airborne during Anzio, Normandy, Operation Market Garden, and the Bulge... my father in Korea, my Uncle and older cousin in Viet Nam, 2 of my younger cousins in the 1st Gulf War... And this is the thanks my family gets.. but Abib from Pakistan gets a free ride as he's only got a green card and could not have a 10 year background check... "I was in Pakistan before 2001!" Nice... OvS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
