Bureaucracy.

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Well, what can I say? I have just been to the Italian consulate to try to apply for a student visa. I learned some interesting things. I hate all types of administration. Not only was I not informed of several pre-departure briefings by my University (then told I had received emails, implicating I was lying and just skipping them), but I was also given a package absent of the most important document I need to get to Italy - a letter from my host University confirming my visit. I have been told by other students it was in their packages. I can't help but think Ilaria has done this to spite me for not showing up to a meeting I didn't even know was on. Furthermore, my accommodation confirmation was not accepted because it didn't have my name on it, which is fine, until I learned that the other two people staying in the room used the same document just a week ago, and were accepted without question.

When I called the consulate weeks ago they told me they couldn't tell me over the phone what I needed to bring in, as it was too complicated. I just needed to go in with what I have, and they would tell me if I could apply. (My suggestion that they give me as good an idea as they could was met with idiotic surprise, as if had just asked them to pull a ferret out of their anus). Then upon arrival, when I did not have this letter (or any knowledge of its existence or importance) I was glared at, as if I was wasting their precious time.

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

FUCK.