We’ll see if they budge

March 21, 2006

Oh dear god how the postal service and customs of this country can piss me off. David, the owner of OSNews, has sent me a package. The package is now stuck at customs/postal office at Schiphol Airport, and today I got an envelope from them. It contained two letters, one form, one US Customs declaration, and the US Postal Service mailing labels.

The two letters say the same with different words. I need to fill out this incomprehensible form, and, what pisses me off the most, I need to send them a proof of purchase.

What the fcuk?

It’s a gift for fcuk’s sake! I don’t have a damn proof of purchase, because I did not buy anything, you stupid fcuksticks! It says so damn clearly THREE TIMES in all the documentation that it’s a gift. Should David have sent a chearleading team to fcuking sing it to the people at customs before they’d understand it?

So, I planned on giving them a call today. I figured I’d have some time during coffee break at university, at 16:15. But wouldn’t you believe it: they close down at 16:00 hours. Oh for fcuk’s sake, they really do NOT try to hide they used to be a government agency, now, do they?

Now, I’ll call them tomorrow, saying I refuse to give them a proof of purchase. What on earth do they need it for? There might be all sorts of private information like creditcard numbers and such of David’s on that receipt. I’m not giving that to a commercial company!

We’ll see if they budge. I’m seriously pissed off. Oh how this reminds me of that one time Eugenia sent me a “SHARP Zaurus” and customs got all suspiciious about the package’s contents and called us to see what was in it. They seriously deserve the Fcukstick Award.

And all this on the same day that another fcukstick, Dutch politician Geert Wilders, announced he wants to abolish article 1 of our Constitution: exactly, the article of equal treatment. This is the most important article in our constitution, which states that anyone, no matter colour, religion, sexual orientation, or whatever, should deserve an equal treatment from anyone, everyone, or anything. Basically, it’s a prohibition on discrimination of any kind, and the roots to our civilised laws such as gay marriage (countries who do not allow i.e. gay marriage or euthanesia are barbaric and uncivilised to me). It’s the very BASIS of our society. He wants to abolish it because he says he needs that to correctly fight immigration problems.

Fcuk you, Wilders.

4 Messages »

  1. Sorta off topic, but wow do I love Schiphol…best airport in the world. The only place I could have a Heineken at 7am (which was always the time I would arrive) with other folks…many a Dutchman told me it made a fine breakfast, and made a quick believer out of me ;-)

    DISCLAIMER — I don’t condone drinking at 7am, but if everyone at Schiphol was doing it…well, why not!

    Comment by jayson knight — March 22, 2006 @ 5:47 am

  2. Stop saying fucking fcuk!

    :D

    Comment by Carl — March 22, 2006 @ 2:32 pm

  3. Jayson: Yeah, Schiphol is a very good airport. That’s why it was used as a model for the airport in the movie ‘The Terminal’. Schiphol has been praised a lot for its clear directional signs (big letters: English, small letters: Dutch; colour-coordinated: yellow: travel-related (terminals, arrivals, gates, etc.) black: recreational stuff (restaurants etc.); and so on), logical build-up, and pretty decent parking space. I like it.

    Compare it to i.e. Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris: now that’s a disaster place to be. French instructions, arrive at the north end, departures at the south end (forcing you to use the incromphensibel shuttle service), attendants that don’t speak any other language but French… Oh how I hate CdG airport.

    Carl: Fcukin’ I ain’t ;).

    Comment by Administrator — March 22, 2006 @ 8:47 pm

  4. Ohhhh god, don’t even get me started on CdG…what a total PITA, especially for a ‘merican (to quote Bush). Unless I’m flying into Paris, I will never fly through there again. The shuttles are a nightmare, and no one wants to help out. Very poorly designed, but the French aspect makes it even worse ;-).

    Comment by jayson knight — March 24, 2006 @ 11:30 am

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