avanta7: (Respectable)
avanta7 ([personal profile] avanta7) wrote2007-10-20 04:46 pm
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Sometimes "government efficiency" is not an oxymoron.

My passport arrived in today's mail. When did I order it? October 5.

Damn. That's fast.

Like [livejournal.com profile] onyerbike, my passport photo could double as a mugshot. Unlike [livejournal.com profile] onyerbike, however, I will not be posting the photo for all and sundry to ogle.

So now I'm eating coleslaw and wondering what sort of havoc I can wreak upon the world now that I can leave the United States on a whim.

Hehehehe.

Because this post is open to anyone who happens to pass by, I hereby publish this disclaimer for the edification of those chance passers-by without a sense of humor: I am not a terrorist. I'm a federal employee. No, they're not the same thing. But to be perfectly clear, I have no intention of deliberately causing harm while traveling. Do you think I'd risk my pension for the cheap thrill of committing treason? Pshaw.

[identity profile] onyerbike.livejournal.com 2007-10-21 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
::whispers:: C'mon...post it...you know you wanna...

How about just to all and sundry on your Friends List? Would it make it easier if it was to fulfill a meme? 'Cause I'll make it a meme....

:-)

It DID look like a mugshot, didn't it!

As for how quickly you got it, I'm sure it's purely clerical error. If they knew they'd been inadvertently efficient, there'd be someone on your doorstep tomorrow to take it back for another month or two.

[identity profile] shendoah.livejournal.com 2007-10-21 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
mwaaahahahahahahah

[identity profile] emperor-fool.livejournal.com 2007-10-21 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Dang! I ordered a new passport in April, and it just arrived last month. (Fortunately, I had no plans to leave the country in the 5 months I had no passport...)

Wow.

[identity profile] amforbus.livejournal.com 2007-10-21 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope mine is somewhere between your turnaround time and emperor fool's... my passport appointment is Friday and I need to use it in March.