Dear Mr. Minister,
> >>>
> >>> I'm in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot
> >>> believe this.
> >>> How is it that K-Mart has my address and telephone number, and
> >>> knows that I bought a Television Set and Golf Clubs from them back
> >>> in 1997, and yet, the Federal Government is still asking me where
> >>> I was born and on what date.
> >>> For Christ sakes, do you guys do this by hand?
> >>>
> >>> My birth date you have in my Medicare information, and it is on all
> >>> the income tax forms I've filed for the past 40 years. It is on my
> >>> driver's licence, on the last eight passports I've ever had, on
> >>> all those stupid customs declaration forms I've had to fill out
> >>> before being allowed off the planes over the last 30 years, and
> >>> all those insufferable census forms that I've filled out every 5
> >>> years since 1966.
> >>> Also..would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my
> >>> mother's name is Audrey, my Father's name is Jack, and I'd be
> >>> absolutely f*cking astounded if that ever changed between now and
> >>> when I drop dead!!!...
> >>>
> >>> SH1T!
> >>>
> >>> I apologize, Mr. Minister. But I'm really pissed off this morning.
> >>> Between you an' me, I've had enough of all this bullsh1t!
> >>> You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my
> >>> f*cking address!!
> >>> What the hell is going on with your mob? Have you got a gang of
> >>> mindless Neanderthal arseholes workin' there!
> >>>
> >>> And another thing... look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin
> >>> Laden? I can't even grow a beard for God's sakes. I just want to go
> >>> to New Zealand and see my new granddaughter. (Yes, my son
> >>> interbred with a Kiwi girl).
> >>> And would someone please tell me, why would you give a sh1t whether
> >>> I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days? If I ever got the
> >>> urge to do something weird to a sheep or a horse, believe you me,
> >>> I'd sure as hell not want to tell anyone!
> >>>
> >>> Well, I have to go now, 'cause I have to go to the other end of the
> >>> city, and get another f*cking copy of my birth certificate, and to
> >>> part with another $80 for the privilege of accessing MY OWN
> >>> INFORMATION!
> >>> Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same
> >>> spot, to assist in the issuance of a new passport on the same day??
> >>> Nooooo... that'd be too f*cking easy and makes far too much sense.
> >>> You would much prefer to have us running all over the place like
> >>> chickens with our f*cking heads cut off, and then having to find
> >>> some high society w@nker to confirm that it's really me in the
> >>> goddamn photo!
> >>> You know the photo..the one where we're not allowed to smile?! ..
> >>> you fu*king morons
> >>>
> >>> Signed - An Irate Australian Citizen.
> >>>
> >>> P.S. Remember what I said above about the picture, and getting
> >>> someone in high-society to confirm that it's me? Well, my family
> >>> has been in this country since before 1850!
> >>> In 1856, one of my forefathers took up arms with Peter Lalor. (You
> >>> do remember the Eureka Stockade!!)
> >>> I have also served in both the CMF and regular Army something over
> >>> 30 years (I went to Vietnam in 1967), and still have high security
> >>> clearances.
> >>> I'm also a personal friend of the president of the RSL.. and Lt
> >>> General Peter Cosgrove sends me a Christmas card each year.
> >>>
> >>> However, your rules require that I have to get someone 'important'
> >>> to verify who I am;
> >>>
> >>> You know.. someone like my doctor; WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
> >>> F*CKING PAKISTAN!!!........a country where they either assassinate
> >>> or hang their ex-Prime Ministers, and are suspended from the
> >>> Commonwealth for not having the "right sort of government."
> >>> You are all F*cking idiots
> >>>
> >>> I'm done with this country it's easier to get into, than it is to
> >>> get out of!
> >>> I'm staying home and hopefully my son and granddaughter won't have
> >>> as much trouble trying to getting here to see me.
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