I Disappear
Sep. 5th, 2002 04:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
morrigirlOH MY FUCKING GAWD!!! I have spent the entire day in a labrynthine nightmare of governmental red tape! So sit back and relax because I feel a pretty massive rant coming on!
I don't know if I mentioned it, but my wallet got stolen while I was on jury duty. I wasn't really upset about it since I never carry any money in it anyway. However, my state ID, school ID, Social Security card, and basically every form of identification I have, was in it. Eh, still no big deal. You can just get new ones right? WRONG! Since 9/11 everything has changed and nothing in this city is easy anymore!
Okay, I leave Monday to go back to school. I have an electronic ticket that I have to pick up at the Amtrak station. Only, you need to show photo ID to pick up your ticket, NO EXCEPTIONS! No ID, no ticket.
Fine. So today I go down to the DMV to get a new State ID. When I get there the guy behind the desk tells me that in order to get an photo ID I need to show him my Social Security card, it is the one form of ID REQUIRED if you want to obtain a state ID. I tell him my wallet was stolen and that I don't have it. So he tells me I need to go to the Social Security offices and get a new one.
Now I'm not stupid. I know it takes at least two weeks to process the paperwork needed to obtain a new SS card. But I go down anyway, hoping somebody somewhere will take pity on me and think up some grand scheme to save my reggedy ass.
At the SS offices, I stand in line for AN HOUR AND A HALF, only to be told when I finally get up to the window that they cannot even process my application for a new card UNLESS I SHOW THEM PHOTO ID!!!!!!!! Once again, I explain my plight. The nice lady says she can give me an official print out confirming my name and SS# that I can present to the DMV in lieu of an actual card. I accept it.
So I called the DMV this afternoon, explained my plight AGAIN to one of their phone operators who told me that there is no policy on how to deal with SS print outs. She said it was up to the individual supervisor at each DMV office to decide whether they want to accept SS print outs as official ID.
So tomorrow I'm going back down to the DMV to retell my sob story, and hope to Goddess they accept my SS# print out and will let me get an ID. If all else fail i fear i will have no choice but to throw a very loud fit in the middle of the DMV office.
One way or another, I'm still caught inthe nations worst possible catch 22. Hmm let's see, I can't get on my train without a photo ID, I can't get a photo ID without a Social Security card, but I can't get a Social Security Card without a photo ID! Do you see how retarded this is? This is like the employment paradox Elisabeth and I are always talking about; no one will hire you unless you have experience, but how are you suppose to get experience if no one will give you a job?
And right here, in all this fucking stupid red tape, we can see the practical aftermath of 9/11. Security hyped up to such an extreme degree that AMERICANS can't even travel freely within their own country!
This is why I will someday track down Osama Bin Laden and murder him with my own bare, sweaty hands!
I don't know if I mentioned it, but my wallet got stolen while I was on jury duty. I wasn't really upset about it since I never carry any money in it anyway. However, my state ID, school ID, Social Security card, and basically every form of identification I have, was in it. Eh, still no big deal. You can just get new ones right? WRONG! Since 9/11 everything has changed and nothing in this city is easy anymore!
Okay, I leave Monday to go back to school. I have an electronic ticket that I have to pick up at the Amtrak station. Only, you need to show photo ID to pick up your ticket, NO EXCEPTIONS! No ID, no ticket.
Fine. So today I go down to the DMV to get a new State ID. When I get there the guy behind the desk tells me that in order to get an photo ID I need to show him my Social Security card, it is the one form of ID REQUIRED if you want to obtain a state ID. I tell him my wallet was stolen and that I don't have it. So he tells me I need to go to the Social Security offices and get a new one.
Now I'm not stupid. I know it takes at least two weeks to process the paperwork needed to obtain a new SS card. But I go down anyway, hoping somebody somewhere will take pity on me and think up some grand scheme to save my reggedy ass.
At the SS offices, I stand in line for AN HOUR AND A HALF, only to be told when I finally get up to the window that they cannot even process my application for a new card UNLESS I SHOW THEM PHOTO ID!!!!!!!! Once again, I explain my plight. The nice lady says she can give me an official print out confirming my name and SS# that I can present to the DMV in lieu of an actual card. I accept it.
So I called the DMV this afternoon, explained my plight AGAIN to one of their phone operators who told me that there is no policy on how to deal with SS print outs. She said it was up to the individual supervisor at each DMV office to decide whether they want to accept SS print outs as official ID.
So tomorrow I'm going back down to the DMV to retell my sob story, and hope to Goddess they accept my SS# print out and will let me get an ID. If all else fail i fear i will have no choice but to throw a very loud fit in the middle of the DMV office.
One way or another, I'm still caught inthe nations worst possible catch 22. Hmm let's see, I can't get on my train without a photo ID, I can't get a photo ID without a Social Security card, but I can't get a Social Security Card without a photo ID! Do you see how retarded this is? This is like the employment paradox Elisabeth and I are always talking about; no one will hire you unless you have experience, but how are you suppose to get experience if no one will give you a job?
And right here, in all this fucking stupid red tape, we can see the practical aftermath of 9/11. Security hyped up to such an extreme degree that AMERICANS can't even travel freely within their own country!
This is why I will someday track down Osama Bin Laden and murder him with my own bare, sweaty hands!
