oh yes, ladies, the social security administration office is loads of fun... if you like waiting for hours!
yesterday, i had to go and replace my lost ssn card. i don't know why, but i thought, oh, i'll just go down and get a new card and it won't be that difficult. what i neglected to realize or i guess think about was that it is a government run office and therefore completely inefficient.
i get there, check in and am told to wait in front of the first 5 windows. in which 1 person is working. eventually a second one joined her. they have a whole system of numbers there. i was b240. they were on something like b228 so i though oh, no big deal. what i didn't know until they started calling out more numbers was that there were people with a146 type numbers too. but, luckily i have my book so i read. and read. for an hour. finally i hear b239 - oh yes! much closer! i thought, ok maybe another 10 minutes. um, no. it was another hour! it was my luck that the two people called up right before my turn spoke very little english and took forever. i have no idea what they were trying to do, but good grief, it certainly was not a replacement card.
once i finally made my way to the little window it took 2 minutes to process my stuff and i was on my way. couldn't there be an "i've got an easy issue window"?!?!
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i had to laugh... having worked for the county. miserable, isn't it?
when i changed my last name i remember it took hours!
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