Thursday, July 3, 2008

I hate bureaucracy


You know, I really dislike bureaucracy. I really don't think I've found anyone who likes having to go to three different places to get one piece of paper. Well for those of you that have ever tried to get something Apostilled let me tell you, it's fun. First you have to get whatever document you need Apostilled notarized. This is supposed to be the easiest step. However, when you are someone like me and you forget to bring your affidavit swearing the document is true and real, it requires more then one trip.

This was then followed by visiting the regional Secretary of States office in Downtown San Diego. When I arrived there, I was told that I had to goto the County building and first get a verification of the notary. So off I drive to the county building and I am forced to sit in the wedding licenses office to get my notary verified. Well, being the only person in the room who wasn't either there for a wedding or to get their wedding license makes you stand out very quickly and oddly. So after sitting there for about ten minutes with twenty people wondering where my spouse was I finally received my certification of the notary.

I then proceeded back to the Secretary of State's office, and finally received what can only be described as a giant gold star. It's seriously a printed out sheet of paper with a big ass gold circular seal on it. I understand the necessity of verifying documents, but come on. Seriously. It all reminded me of something.



Sometimes you just have to sit back and laugh about stuff, which I honestly say is going to probably happen a lot in the next years.