Heh.

I see they were preparing you for the US. Where our bureaucracy is even less efficient...!

And there are more lines which are less well managed...

I like the idea of the staff sitting around and wondering "Do you think that light is flattering the line? Maybe if we put it over there? No, that's not it. There?"

Nilly's one step (and several long lines) closer to being in the US!!!!

Yay!

Yay Nilly! My fingers are crossed for you.

This is very exciting!

Oh, yeah.

Thanks, Teppy. I amused myself through the wait with all these descriptions, so it's good to know I'm not the only one amused.

The Israeli version of bureaucracy is find somebody "on the inside" that you know, or that knows somebody that you know, and try to use that in order to push through the line. Either that, or just simply try to push through the line. Somebody seemed like he was trying to do something like that (on another booth, with a much shorter line - I think it was that of "Problems"), and it seemed like it failed quite loudly (most of the employees in the reception booths were not Israelis. The guards, however - all Israelis).

I like the idea of the staff sitting around and wondering "Do you think that light is flattering the line? Maybe if we put it over there? No, that's not it. There?"

I like ita's version.

And thanks, all, for being happy for me. I really appreciate it. Updates to follow.

That's a simply wonderful story. All embassies should be the sources of such stories.

The people at the embassy seem to be concerned most with the creation of lines, arranging them nicely, and once they're satisfied, moving them to some other place in the room, to see how they look in there.

Am I mistaken, or was Nilly almost slightly just-a-little sardonic there? America is already corrupting her!

Nilly, that's a great story. I especially loved how the "Those...etc." bit got shorter and shorter.

Three days!

Somebody seemed like he was trying to do something like that (on another booth, with a much shorter line - I think it was that of "Problems"), and it seemed like it failed quite loudly (most of the employees in the reception booths were not Israelis. The guards, however - all Israelis).

This is so interesting to me. Did he fail because the people in the booths weren't Israelis? What nationality/ies are they?

Thanks, P-C.

Did he fail because the people in the booths weren't Israelis? What nationality/ies are they?

I think that mostly, yes, but it's a combination of things. The employees seemed to be American (as in, USA citizens), and quite strict in following the rules. However, the stricness of the rules themselves is in and of itself not-so-Israeli. Here many things are more "just relax and trust that it'll be OK, and it will", if I'm making any sense.

Also, KATE! I don't remember when last I posted with you! I don't think I even got to compliment you on how great you looked in the F2F pictures (see, I manage to make this both on topic and not entirely meMeME n one sentence, and I even realized it only after I typed it and was wondering how off-ropic I can go).

Hee. Nilly told a fuuny story, and is coming here.

t /coffee-less post.