What on earth is going on at the immigration bureau in Chiang Mai?
Jesus, I went today for the routine 90 days reporting, normally finished in 10- 15 minutes.
I arrived at 11am, got a ticket - 598, there were 47 people in the queue! and two people manning the guns.
12 o'clock came, they were up to No. 557 - and they buggered off for lunch - who can blame them.
I went to the Com Plaza until 12:30 and came back as it seemed like they were doing a bit of OT!
It eventually took me until 2PM to get the thing done - They fucked up in my favour as normally you are only issued the 90 day report as long as it is within your unexpired visa (I.E I had 90 days before that would have took me to April, but they cancelled it as my Visa expires in March, this time they issued the full three months right through to June despite my visa renewal is in April!
It is funny to watch some of these farang that turn up here though, there was a couple of old (60+ English Sluts + Tattoos) that turned up DEMANDING a 60 day extension on some 15 day visa they had picked up - probably along with a dose of the clap....they just would not settle for the answers the girls on the ticket machine gave them, so they spent an hour arguing with a few of the immigration guys behind the desk. Got no where, but were dedicating themselves to a trip to the immigration in Bangkok.
Then we were treated to some Scandinavian [at][at][at][at], who was quite abusive and loud mouthed to everyone, including the girls giving out the queue tickets. The queue was at about 580, he had a ticket for 610, but he felt it was necessary to jump the queue because he had his fucking dog tied up outside. Needless to say he was sent cursing like the shit he was to the back of the queue - in fact I think he fucked off.
Then there was this guy who came in dressed like little Lord Fucking Fauntleroy, dapper to the hilt, and was informing everyone that he needed to leave Thailand next month on a "Very Important" Business meeting and wanted to make a fucking appointment! They got rid of that idiot by giving him the email address to book online.
It was the worst ever 90 days I have ever done, but the most interesting observing some of the people in that place.
I still think immigration could be improved if they were to erect a shed outside to deal with the Burmese, and the 60 year old Farang that turned up today with Bob Marley dreadlocks, seriously, I wished I had had a camera. My son was on his back laughing, he kept making jokes that if the fucker sneezed, his hair would shoot across the room!
We foreigners must prove to be an oddity to the Thais!
