Pet Peeves?
Nov 10th 2011, 10:32 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Restaurant menu's...with the stupid names dishes and no descriptions. Tends to be fast food type places and especially at Chinese take outs....come on, give us a clue, you've got a massive menu of stuff and you probably only sell the 4 recognisable meals all the time.
Nov 10th 2011, 10:35 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Nov 11th 2011, 12:09 am
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Cindy!
Nov 11th 2011, 12:19 am
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Nov 11th 2011, 3:06 am
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Re: Pet Peeves?
USCIS forms that ask nonsensical questions and have associated instructions that are even more nonsensical.
My current favorite is from the I-90:
... so, obviously the want to know my "city of residence" (ie where I lived) at the time when I applied etc ... (although why they say "where" rather than "when" is puzzling)
... so - look at the instructions ...
WTF!!! How on earth can "the location of the U.S. Embassy ..." be the answer to a question that asks about my "city of residence"??? 
Do these people even speak English?
My current favorite is from the I-90:
City of residence where you applied for an immigrant visa or adjustment of status
... so - look at the instructions ...
List the location of the U.S. Embassy or consulate or USCIS office where you filed your application for an immigrant visa or adjustment of status.
Do these people even speak English?
Nov 11th 2011, 5:40 am
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Re: Pet Peeves?
JEREMY KYLE popping up on American TV with his US chat show. OMG, I thought I had got rid of him once and for all. 
Nov 11th 2011, 3:47 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
:curse::curse::curse:GGGRRRRR:curse::curse::curse: :curse::curse:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Why+...ogle+Home+Page
nuff said
https://www.google.com/search?q=Why+...ogle+Home+Page
nuff said
Nov 11th 2011, 4:09 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
:curse::curse::curse:GGGRRRRR:curse::curse::curse: :curse::curse:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Why+...ogle+Home+Page
nuff said
https://www.google.com/search?q=Why+...ogle+Home+Page
nuff said
OMG, really? People up in arms??
Oh No!! Disasterbation Alert! ......<screeeeeeeeeech>.... <screeeeeeeech>.......
Nov 11th 2011, 4:14 pm
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Nov 11th 2011, 4:17 pm
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Nov 11th 2011, 6:35 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
It's not asking for YOUR city of residence, it's asking for the embassy's city of residence. "City of residence where you applied" is just a stupidly confusing way of saying "Embassy's city of residence to which you applied". I'm guessing that the person who wrote it didn't have English as a first language and didn't realise that English speakers don't think of inanimate objects as residing.
Nov 12th 2011, 12:17 am
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Re: Pet Peeves?
It's not asking for YOUR city of residence, it's asking for the embassy's city of residence. "City of residence where you applied" is just a stupidly confusing way of saying "Embassy's city of residence to which you applied". I'm guessing that the person who wrote it didn't have English as a first language and didn't realise that English speakers don't think of inanimate objects as residing.
... and the very next question *does* ask for the "Consulate where immigrant visa or USCIS office where adjustment of status was granted" so wouldn't that just be asking the same question twice?
