October 26, 2007
SFist Photo: Yuppie Passport Hell in San Francisco
The same long lines as before, but now there's scaffolding to protect delicate touristas from El Sol. We hates the sun, we hates it forever.
Yes, it's a big crowd on Folsom Street, but no, it's not the Folsom Street Fair. It's just
the infamous San Francisco Passport Agency lining up appointment holders out the door and onto the sidewalk. Still.
But once you're past the "creepy", "leer"-ing security staff, it's all downhill from there, right? Well, maybe not. Nationally-famous local violet blue told the story a few months back of the hassles her friend experienced to get a passport to go from NOPA to Europa. Are things still this bad? Hope not.
And, there's always Hawaii, no passport required. Good luck travelers.
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So how does "Yuppie" fit into the equation?
i'm guessing cuz the rest of us can't afford to plan a vacation less than three months ahead, so we can go to the post office and get a passport in the usual way.
Some people (meaning yuppies) prefer the term "affluent professionals". The terms are basically synonymous.
To wit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuppie
"Theressa Kersten at SRI International described a "yuppie backlash" by people who fit the demographic profile yet express resentment of the label'"
Listening to affluent professionals' travel complaints is doing them a favor. They enjoy expressing their stories. For example:
http://francesdinkelspiel.blogspot.com/2007/07/what-us-looks-like-from-other-side-of.html
"The dollar is very weak against the Euro, going from 1.36 dollars to the Euro to 1.40 by the time we left. This served as a daily reminder of George Bush’s inadequacies."
Some have family emergencies of course, but the majority of people in that line have a problem with planning ahead. Fixing this problem can involve an unecessarily taxing and wasteful process.
the modo of the passport folks should be 'poor planning on your part does not create an emergency on mine'