I went to get my fingerprinted at 12:00pm as instructed in the letter sent by INS for my citizenship. I left work at 11:20am to get there on time, even though the google map said it would only take 17 minutes to get there. Not only that, I was worried I wouldn’t be able to find a parking spot, I asked a co-worker to drive me there. Why was I so paranoid? Because the letter said something to the effect of if I didn’t show up at the designated time, they would assume the application abandoned. You know what that means? It means I need to go through the process again from the beginning shedding more money if I don’t show up on time.

So I get there nice an early, filled out some form, got the form checked out by a clerk, then sat down to wait until my number, 82, was called. 12:00pm came, which, if you’ve been paying attention, was my appointment. So naturally these people who do the fingerprint promptly gathered up their stuff and left for lunch. Isn’t it just something so totally expected or what?