Comments on: Passport to Planet Wait, Part I http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/07/16/passport-to-planet-wait-part-i/ 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:05:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Washington City Paper: News & Features: Blogs http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/07/16/passport-to-planet-wait-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-28841 Washington City Paper: News & Features: Blogs Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:35:16 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/07/16/passport-to-planet-wait-part-i/#comment-28841 [...] “expedited” passport, which is just a hair outside the “two to five weeks” I was told at the P.O. July [...] [...] “expedited” passport, which is just a hair outside the “two to five weeks” I was told at the P.O. July [...]

]]> By: Adams Morgan http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/07/16/passport-to-planet-wait-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-18908 Adams Morgan Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:21:22 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/07/16/passport-to-planet-wait-part-i/#comment-18908 Expedited service is taking 4 to 5 weeks and regular service is taking up to 15 weeks....the ladies at the Ben Franklin Station (where you don't need to make an appointment and can just waltz right on in with very little waiting) are telling people who are traveling within six weeks to just wait till 72 hours before your trip and go down to the passport office. Expedited service is taking 4 to 5 weeks and regular service is taking up to 15 weeks....the ladies at the Ben Franklin Station (where you don't need to make an appointment and can just waltz right on in with very little waiting) are telling people who are traveling within six weeks to just wait till 72 hours before your trip and go down to the passport office.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/07/16/passport-to-planet-wait-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-18885 Jamie Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:43:26 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/07/16/passport-to-planet-wait-part-i/#comment-18885 Don't believe a word that a postal employee says. I had the misfortune of having to buy a money order lately, so while I was at the counter, I asked if they would REALLY return mail with a 39 cent stamp (versus the 41 cents it now costs), since I had just mailed a couple the day before, not having any two-cent stamps. The earnest lady ASSURED me that it would be returned. I said, really? You'd go to all that trouble for two cents? She said really, it's the way the system works. Well, the two letters I mailed after talking to her were delivered, as usual. I am not sure if this is a dark secret that they are afraid might cost them at least $2,000 over several months if it were to get out, or they just don't want to seem stupid, but I'm glad that what makes sense (the mail would just get delivered anyway) is not the same as what the postal employees insist is true. Don't believe a word that a postal employee says. I had the misfortune of having to buy a money order lately, so while I was at the counter, I asked if they would REALLY return mail with a 39 cent stamp (versus the 41 cents it now costs), since I had just mailed a couple the day before, not having any two-cent stamps. The earnest lady ASSURED me that it would be returned. I said, really? You'd go to all that trouble for two cents? She said really, it's the way the system works.

Well, the two letters I mailed after talking to her were delivered, as usual. I am not sure if this is a dark secret that they are afraid might cost them at least $2,000 over several months if it were to get out, or they just don't want to seem stupid, but I'm glad that what makes sense (the mail would just get delivered anyway) is not the same as what the postal employees insist is true.

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