Incident at the Home Office

Maybe they weren't newlyweds.  Maybe they got married years ago and had been living in her country until he found he couldn't live another day without an Irn Bru.  Maybe they found the whole visa process stressful and overwhelming and so WEREN'T in a happy mood when they were at the window.  Maybe they circled the lot looking for a parking space and it took them forever to find one and so they were frustrated.  Maybe they got mugged on their way in the building.  Maybe his parent(s) are deathly ill and so they're moving to the UK to care for them and don't really want to be there but feel obligated nevertheless.  Maybe she's pregnant and has horrible morning sickness and didn't feel up to a conversation of any kind.  Maybe she has a stammer or a hearing impairment which makes it difficult for her to communicate.

People watching is great fun....but things aren't always as they appear on the surface....

Ok, either this is too much fun or I'm way too bored, but....

Maybe she had a horrible tongue piercing accident and couldn't talk.  Maybe she'd spent the previous day at an amusement park and lost her voice because she went on the roller coaster one too many times and did too much screaming.  Maybe she made a bet with someone that she could get her visa without ever saying a word.  Maybe she just had her wisdom teeth out.  Maybe she ate one too many pb&j sandwiches and the pb was stuck to the roof of her mouth and she really needed a glass of milk and didn't dare say anything for fear of spraying the official with bread crumbs and pb.  Maybe she had taken a vow of silence. 

 

okay Closet Hippie... NOW who's got the vivid imagination?!         

Maybe she'd just gotten off an overnight flight from the US and had sat in traffic for 3x as long as it should have taken to get to the Home Office and was just too exhausted to think, much less talk...oh, wait.  That was me! 

Maybe she's a top member of the The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad and had some ancient weapon wrapped around his _________ and was putting him to a test he had to pass in order to save them because of some past injustice inflicted on her family long ago. 

Maybe all she said to him earlier was:
"You and I have unfinished business."
And he knew exactly what that meant.

(guess what movie I just saw  )

Um, so people applying for settlement visas don't have enough hoops to jump through?  They must not look unhappy in any way when applying for a visa or they will be required to prove that they're not being coerced.   Surely you have to admit that this is wildly impractical and a tad bit patronizing.

Well, you weren't there, so you can't really tell her it's patronizing. If I was her, I would probably think the same thing to be honest..

okay Closet Hippie... NOW who's got the vivid imagination?!         

 

Maybe she's a top member of the The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad and had some ancient weapon wrapped around his

Now we're *really* getting up to speed...

Does anybody have a rendition of the incident from the eyes of the poor Thai girl?

The title of this thread suggests a mystery or detective novel!

Maybe she's pregnant and has horrible morning sickness and didn't feel up to a conversation of any kind. 

Yes, I can relate!  'Just gimme the visa before I have to whip out the carrier bag in my pocket and boak into it right here b/c I won't have time to get to the loo.'

Well, you weren't there, so you can't really tell her it's patronizing. If I was her, I would probably think the same thing to be honest..

I didn't have to be there to know that it's patronizing to think that because a woman is young, asian, and not smiling then she's possibly being coerced. 

The title of this thread suggests a mystery or detective novel!

Maybe there could be a whole series....some young clerk at the Home Office who is really a detective with MI5, who along with his beautiful and much smarter sidekick who is secretly in love with him, goes about uncovering murder and intrigue in the murky underbelly of immigration and naturalisation....

Maybe there could be a whole series....some young clerk at the Home Office who is really a detective with MI5, who along with his beautiful and much smarter sidekick who is secretly in love with him, goes about uncovering murder and intrigue in the murky underbelly of immigration and naturalisation....

I see it all coming together now!

Maybe there could be a whole series....some young clerk at the Home Office who is really a detective with MI5, who along with his beautiful and much smarter sidekick who is secretly in love with him, goes about uncovering murder and intrigue in the murky underbelly of immigration and naturalisation....

Uh, I'd like to audition for that part... it's definitely my casting (tho I know the 'beautiful' is debatable, but not the 'smarter' )