Residency Renewal Nightmares....

Its time to crib....crib crib...!

My Company Mandoop just resigned 2 weeks before my residency was due. So we have a new guy who has come in and taken over. Somehow he couldnt get my papers renewed with out me around...

So he says .. that i have tag along with him, since the shoon folks need to see my "FACE"...

EVen though i didnt understand the concept of seeing my face would help, i came.

So here we are at behbehani complex - sharq. In a Smoke Filled Room, with about 10 counters. But only 1 person working... this is like 10 am. My Mandoop seems to have got a queue number of 680 ...(300 people in front of us) while the teller is busy with number 379.

So i decided to wait around, while my mandoop buzzes with his other mates around. i just started to observe everyone ... i came down with the following notes.

1. The Place was smoke packed , even though there was about 10 "No Smoking " stickers.
2. The Queue Machine .. seems to have broken down after 30 mins .. and there seems to be a commotion, with all the people banging at it.
3. the lone lady, who was working behind one counter, kept on taking breaks every 10 mins thus delaying the queue further.
4. Suddenly 2 sumo looking dishdasha guys come and start waving their hands to everyone...and everyone is like "Saalam, Saalam, etc" i then found out that these are the so called Mudeers... (Coming at 10.30). Immediately about 20 people rush to them handing over passports and tons of papers.. The Mudeers get angry and shoo them away.
5. These So called Mudeers start calling out desperately ... HASSAN HASSAN HASSAN... everyone is looking around... The Mudeers get pissed off and start shouting again HASSAN HASSAN HASSAN.... and then eveyone is like where is HASSAN HASSAN....
6. Suddenly out of no where a peon (with uniform) comes running with 2 cocktail juices (spilling all over the floor)
7. The Mudeers kind of praise the peon( i think who is Hassan) with a pat on the back.
8. They sit on 2 counters and start talking to the lady on counter 1.
9. 30 mins go on .. no work done.
10. They start working.....
11. Lady Counter shouts at few people .. .everyone too scared to go to her.
12. My Mandoop takes the risk goes the lady.. using his Charm... somehow the lady agrees and takes in my papers .. looks at me... and says everything is ok....

Im out of there..... Half dazed with the smoke and the circus that i witness.....

I thought doing any work with the indian embassy was bad enough. i guess im wrong