An actual letter to the passport office

Last post 07-23-2008 7:30 AM by InnaD. 8 replies.
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  • 07-19-2008 8:36 AM

    An actual letter to the passport office

    An actual letter to the passport office

     

    Dear Sir:  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 TV cable from them back in 1997, 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 birt h 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 goddamn passports I've had, on all those stupid customs declaration forms I've had to fill out before being allowed off the planes 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 bullshit! You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my *****' address. What is going on? You have a gang of Neanderthal assholes working there!  Look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? I don't want to dig up Yasser Arafat, for *** 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 *** 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****' 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****' place like chickens with our heads cut off, then find some *** to confirm that it's really me on the goddamn picture - you know, the one where we're not allowed to smile?! (***** morons)    Hey, you know why we can't smile? We're totally pissed off! 

    Signed - An Irate f**** 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 ying yang.  However, I have to get someone  'important' to verify who I am - you know, someone like my doctor WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN COMMUNIST ***** CHINA !
  • 07-19-2008 9:30 AM In reply to

    Re: An actual letter to the passport office

    THIS IS REALLY GOOD AND OH SO TRUE.  I RECEIVED A SOCIAL SECURITY CARD WHEN I CHANGED MY NAME BACK IN THE EARLY 70'S.  I HAD IT LAMINATED TO KEEP IT SAFE BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD HOLD UP BETTER.  LAST YEAR I WENT TO GET MY DRIVERS LICENSE AND THEY TOLD ME MY CARD IS NOT VALID BECAUSE IT'S LAMINATED SO I HAVE TO GET A NEW ONE.  I SAID YOU ARE KIDDING ME AND THEY SAID NO AND I BETTER STRAIGHTEN IT OUT.  SO I HAD TO DIG MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE OUT AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO A SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE AND HAVE A NEW ONE ISSUED.  IT'S THE CRAZIEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD OF.  WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS IN THE UNITED STATES THIS SEEMS RIDICULOUS TO ME. I'VE USED THIS CARD MY ENTIRE WORKING LIFE AND IT'S THE SAME NUMBER IT ALWAYS WAS.  CAN YOU IMAGINE?  I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF STORIES LIKE THIS.

  • 07-19-2008 10:47 AM In reply to

    Re: An actual letter to the passport office

     lol, yes it is terrible. Sometimes I wonder what really goes on with our government.

  • 07-19-2008 7:14 PM In reply to

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     that is so funny

  • 07-19-2008 11:33 PM In reply to

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    They're "just doing (their) job".

  • 07-20-2008 8:15 AM In reply to

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    DR. ZIRA, YOU ARE RIGHT THEY ARE JUST DOING THEIR JOB BUT IT DOES GET FRUSTRATING FOR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.  I THINK I'M GOING NEXT WEEK TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE TO STRAIGHTEN MY CARD OUT AND GET A NEW ONE.  HOPEFULLY IT WON'T TAKE TOO LONG.  I HOPE IT'S NOT AN ALL DAY EVENT.  I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.

  • 07-20-2008 8:51 AM In reply to

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    With the federal government Im sure its going to take you 3 hours to fill out one form to get up to the desk and tell you you forgot to fill in one part send you back to end of the line to finallly get up there again.

    I had this happen to me I got was getting my permit some years ago, I went filled out h paper got up to the line and was told I needed to sign it and they sent me to the end of the line instead of letting me sign the darn thing right there.  Oh I was not happy.

  • 07-20-2008 1:26 PM In reply to

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    OH MY DEWDRINKRT78,  I HOPE I'M NOT AT THE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE FOR 3 HOURS.  I WILL NOT BE HAPPY.  I CAN JUST IMAGINE HOW YOU FELT.  HAVE A GOOD DAY.

  • 07-23-2008 7:30 AM In reply to

    Re: An actual letter to the passport office

    I never understood why they don't want people to laminate their soc sec cards...

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