There I was...standing outside the Immigration Office

If you want to see our government at it's finest, take a look at it from a foreigner’s perspective. I recently went to the INS office to get a question answered, yep just a question that their web site didn't seem to cover. So I got in the "question line". Wow they actually had a line, OUTSIDE, for this. There was another line outside beside this one, it's was for appointments. There was a guy there, a security guard I think, who seemed to be keeping things in order. The amazing thing was he was answering questions, explaining forms, all of it. You just had to walk up to him between his repeated chants about which place for people to stand.There was a unique business camped out right next door to the INS office. Talk about a perfect opportunity! This guy opened a coffee shop and Immigration photo store! Talk about a niche market. He even had, get this, computers available so you could go inside, and schedule an appointment over the Internet. I suppose it's funny to see all at once, but it also made me wonder what all these nice people, there to do everything legally, must think about us.I finally made my way inside, had to get frisked, scanned, take off my belt, and leave my cell phone in the car, but hey...I got in! I was handed some forms, and they explained things to me, poof, done, not so bad. And the coffee next door was rather tasty :-pI think I'll be a little nicer to folks with accents now; they deserve every consideration after what they go through just to live or work here. I'll also be more considerate of things the next time I travel to Russia!