Day One – First Attempt
‘I’ve just finished my passport application form. Could you look it over to see if I did everything right. I’m so useless at forms. I just go blank.’’
‘Sure. Let me see… Hmmm… You marked your gender down as ‘male’. Either that’s a mistake or there’s something you need to tell me.’
‘Damn. I’ll have to do it again.’
Day One – Second Attempt
‘You have us down as having a same sex marriage. Are you sure there’s nothing you need to confess?’
‘Oh, for &%$+ sake! I’m an idiot. I’d better get more forms.’
‘Get a good few while you’re at it.’
Day Two – Third Attempt
‘We haven’t lived at that address for ten years.’
‘I so hate forms!!!’
Day Two – Fourth Attempt
‘You put today’s date down as your date of birth.’
‘I’ll try again tomorrow.’
Day Three – Fifth Attempt
‘Okay. I’m really confident with this one. I think I’ve finally nailed it.’
‘Yeah. That was close. See where it says ‘county of birth’ you put ‘Ireland’ which is a country. You should have put…’
‘I get the idea.’
‘Would you like me to do it for you?’
‘What took you so long to offer?’
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