More stupid rules

 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2018

More stupid rules

More State Department stupidity

After waiting 8 damn weeks, the good news is that Victor was not told he has tuberculosis. (He wasn't told no, either. The silence was the message. As I've previously complained, that's stupid.) So next, we waited to hear about the new interview. Again, as I've previously complained, no one could tell us when this would come, nor whether this would come by phone or by email, nor whether it would come to me, to Victor, or to both of us. More stupidity.

New stupid rule #1: Yesterday, about ten days later, I received an email with a new interview date. (P.S. Two days later, I also received a postal letter.) Although I chose the original interview date, this time, they assigned an interview date with no input from us! How stupid! Naturally, the date is the very day I fly to Montréal for my next trip. GRRRR!

New stupid rule #2: Despite several online references to changing appointments, this assigned date can't be changed!

New stupid rule #3: If we wait until after the assigned date, we can get a new interview date. That's right, they would rather wait than do it now. GRRRR!

Because of these stupid rules, we will have to wait until late August to re-schedule the interview. It will be at least a month later, it appears. GRRRR!

The Road Scholar trip to Montréal and Québec City has multiple departure dates. I tried to switch to a later one, but it is so close to the date, I would lose 100% of what I had paid! (Not to mention change fees for air travel)

I discussed one other possibility with Victor: We go to Juárez for his morning appointment, and then I immediately leave for Montréal and Victor returns to Mérida by himself. As I expected, he didn't like that idea and prefers to wait for the later interview.