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urania ([personal profile] urania) wrote2011-09-09 03:46 pm

Norwegian post office, why do you hate me?!

Please excuse the nature of this entry, but I need to vent. The world has to know my feelings!!

Soooo, the Norwegian post office and I are not on best terms at the moment anyway because they forced me to pay 199 NOK in customs for things not worth much more, but eh, I was ready to, well, not forgive them, but not hold a grudge at least, but today! TODAY!

So I got a note saying they have a package for me I can come collect. Thing is, they never try and deliver it directly to you, they always deliver it to your nearest post office... thing. (Ours is not exactly a post office, it's called "post i butikken" and basically a post counter in the ICA (a supermarket))
Anyway, so I went there to get my package and they asked me for an ID. Sooo, I gave them my German one (the only passport I have btw), and the girl working there just looked at me...

Her: "Don't you have a Norwegian ID?"

Me: "No, I'm from Germany, this is my German ID."

Her: "Okay, can I see your driving license with a picture maybe?"

Me: "I don't have it with me." (Also why should I, do I look like I could afford a car here?! xD)

Her: "Well, then can I maybe see your passport."

Me: "This is my passport, it's the only one we have in Germany."

Her: "Okay, but can't I see your real one?"

Me: "Erm, this is the real one. It's the only one I have. We only have this one in Germany. We only need a travelling passport if we want to travel outside Europe which I haven't done yet. So I only have this one."

Her: "Okay... so... can you show me your real ID?"

Me: "... It is."

Her: "I will also accept a health insurance card with a picture."

...

It went on like that for a while. >:/ In the end I got my package in exchange for a lecture how I should bring a "real" ID next time.

Ugh.

ETA: I feel like I have to add: We don't have health insurance cards with pictures in Germany. Oops.

[identity profile] angrylogic.livejournal.com 2011-09-09 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I think the Post Office is doomed to be shit in every country ;-; The ones here are just terrible now they are all being condensed and put into shops (like the one you were at). I was sent a letter with the wrong stamp on it, and I had to pay £2 to collect it. It turned out to be junk mail! I was so angry >:(

I can understand if the girl behind the counter had never encountered ID like yours before, but surely she should have been aware of it? Or even asked another member of staff, instead of making you look stupid?

[identity profile] urania-chan.livejournal.com 2011-09-09 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh God, I would have been so angry! >:/ Did you complain to whoever sent it?

I would be surprised though if she didn't see it before because this post office is actually where (at least) two of the big student housing complexes get their post and you would think they got packages, too. Ah well. :/