by LaudJohn » Sun Dec 30, 2018 7:31 pm
gavinmac wrote:I arrived today. Got held up in the visa collection line behind an English twat offering to pay his visa in sterling and waving the Queen’s money around. They rejected that offer and sent him to the ATM to get thirty dollars.
I don’t know why they don’t just say “Sure, thirty pounds.” They should accept any currency in the world at a favorable exchange rate.
Next time just offer him $25 for 30 quid and expedite the process.
Years ago in OZ, I was waiting to collect my passport from the Chinese consulate in Melbourne. A woman (PA) in front was picking up her bosses passport, she had no cash, just a cheque, which they would not accept. It held me up. I just paid the cash for her. I gave her a business card (not expecting anything, grateful to save time), the next day the cash and a bottle of wine turned up via a courier.
In supermarkets, before self check out, when people have been a buck or two short and are fluffing about as to which item to surrender I just give them the money so I get through faster. I hate queues.
[quote="gavinmac"]I arrived today. Got held up in the visa collection line behind an English twat offering to pay his visa in sterling and waving the Queen’s money around. They rejected that offer and sent him to the ATM to get thirty dollars.
I don’t know why they don’t just say “Sure, thirty pounds.” They should accept any currency in the world at a favorable exchange rate.[/quote]
Next time just offer him $25 for 30 quid and expedite the process.
Years ago in OZ, I was waiting to collect my passport from the Chinese consulate in Melbourne. A woman (PA) in front was picking up her bosses passport, she had no cash, just a cheque, which they would not accept. It held me up. I just paid the cash for her. I gave her a business card (not expecting anything, grateful to save time), the next day the cash and a bottle of wine turned up via a courier.
In supermarkets, before self check out, when people have been a buck or two short and are fluffing about as to which item to surrender I just give them the money so I get through faster. I hate queues.