Marco "Ocramius" Pivetta

Italian 🇮🇹 passport renewal:

* Bring own document photocopy (cannot be the passport, which is already sufficient ID 🤦)
* Bring proof of payment (first type), has to be done at a specific kind of shop
* Bring proof of payment (second type - yes, a second one!), which has to be done at a post office (only possible in person)
* Take an appointment 6 months before
* Wait for another 3 months for the passport, because "we didn't have time to make a new one yet"

Practically, a massive waste of time

Jun 30, 2023 at 9:48amMastodon for Android
Show threadMarco "Ocramius" PivettaJun 30, 2023
Now imagine this kind of waste of time, but at every level.
Show threadMarco "Ocramius" PivettaJun 30, 2023
This could've been "show up, give the passport, tap your phone for payment", but nope...
Show threadTobias van BeekJun 30, 2023
@ocramius it sounds like a lot of protecting some jobs that shouldn't exist.
Show threadBruce WeirdanJun 30, 2023
@ocramius and it would still take 9 months, so at least you have something to do during that time 😁
Show thread[object Object] Jun 30, 2023
@ocramius But hey, you wouldn't have enjoyed the sun, the sea, the traffic, the queue...
Show threadTillJul 2, 2023
@ocramius sounds a bit like Germany 😂
Show threadMarco "Ocramius" PivettaJun 30, 2023
Oh, I forgot: you also need to drive 100km to another city, because the local office can't process other passports for another year
Show threadMatt BruntJun 30, 2023
@ocramius holy shit that sounds like a nightmare!
Show threadMarco "Ocramius" PivettaJun 30, 2023
@brunty this is like legacy code, but in institutions
Show threadMatt BruntJun 30, 2023

@ocramius makes the UK look amazing in comparison!

* Get photo taken to specs (either yourself, or at a photo store who give you a reference you can enter on the online form for the Govt to automatically download the photo)
* Enter details online
* Pay Online
* Get a referee to confirm your identity (online)
* Passport shows up a month later

Show threadMatt BruntJun 30, 2023
@ocramius though, if you need special circumstances etc, there are offices you go to for interviews etc (for stuff like short notice passports etc) and I imagine if you're moving back from another country there'll be complications and I haven't experienced that side of it all which could likely be hell
Show threadMarco "Ocramius" PivettaJun 30, 2023
@brunty nothing special to be done here 🤷‍♀️
Show threadRafael KassnerJun 30, 2023
@brunty @ocramius wait, at which point do you go to collect fingerprints? Or you just don’t?
Show threadMatt BruntJun 30, 2023
@kassner @ocramius There are no fingerprints for UK passport
Show threadCiaran McNultyJun 30, 2023
@brunty @ocramius yeah it's not often I think our system works well but passport renewal is pretty easy
Show threadAlerta! Alerta!Jun 30, 2023

@ocramius Legacy code would be far more effective in term of resources.

@brunty

Show threadAlerta! Alerta!Jun 30, 2023
@ocramius @brunty That sounds more like NPM....
Show threadPsycodepathJun 30, 2023

@ocramius is this not a Scene from that Asterix movie?

Anyways so heartworming to see that is an international experience to have govermental entities driving people to insanity.

Show threadMarco "Ocramius" PivettaJun 30, 2023
@psycodepath yes