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A ‘power trip’ at the Passport Office

Dec 18, 2012 Letters

 

 

Dear Editor,
I was waiting in line at the passport office and I noticed there were no windows, just these sorts of display glass. Why I’m mentioning this is because of the lack of ventilation. I also noticed five air conditioning (AC) units and none of them were functioning.
All this being this said, the place was getting very hot. I approached an officer and mentioned to her that ‘it’s so hot I feel like I’m going to faint’, and if it’s possible for them to turn a fan or AC on. She replied: “Well faint nah, we gun fan yuh”. I got very upset at the response and felt like causing an uproar, but I was scared that I wouldn’t be able to get my passport, so I kept my mouth shut.
I also noticed she was a ranking officer, with three stripes, whose name I will acquire. I couldn’t believe that this is how a citizen is treated by a civil servant. It is a blatant example of one using their authority to go on what I call a power trip.
Concerned Citizen

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