Ever hear of references to "Greek time"?
Mar. 28th, 2008 02:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bktheirregularSlightly paraphrased telephone conversation:
Consular official: "Sir, your visa is ready. Can you come by the consulate tomorrow morning, about ten o'clock? I'll give you back your passport with the visa stamp."
Me: "The visa's ready? That's great news. I can be there in an hour."
Consular official: "Ah. Actually, when I said the visa was 'ready', I didn't mean 'ready right this minute'. I'm still waiting for something to clear..."
Consular official: "Sir, your visa is ready. Can you come by the consulate tomorrow morning, about ten o'clock? I'll give you back your passport with the visa stamp."
Me: "The visa's ready? That's great news. I can be there in an hour."
Consular official: "Ah. Actually, when I said the visa was 'ready', I didn't mean 'ready right this minute'. I'm still waiting for something to clear..."
