I had to stop by to sign a document this morning & I was chocked to see a queue coming out to Praed Street , I stood there for a bit before a guy in the queue tells me if I do not need a visa there was no need to queue ,no notices to this effect & you cannot get thru to speak to "achawach" its 1.3 m X0.5 m corridor where they cramming all these visa applicant (tourist going home to spend money !) Once I squeezed thru the usual "ach 3andak " ,then upstairs again "ach 3andak" then to the second floor to this place I cannot call an office ,the lady was asking me for my consulate card ,I did not have it on me ( I do not know what I have done with it ) ,do you have you passport she asks , obviously No ,she tells me well we wont be able to sign your document …then she started looking on her system for about 15 minutes to find out from a colleagues that the system was down ( apparently she was looking for my consulate number !! I did hand in my ID card with my address here ect …but no good …………Ok, after paying £4.27 for a stamp ( a rip off in morocco its 2 Dhs,an other way of milking us) she handed me the document saying go to the room in the end & see if she will sign it ! ( no ides who do I need to see ,no name ,position Nada )I walk in to this box room dark & dingy with this fat cow setting & steering at the wall ,she seems cold & she had her arms crossed …………wow typical …she asks me the same thing about my consulate ID ,passport ect …..& says I cannot sign your document as I need the number for the ministry of foreign affairs …….to this a replied the system is down at the mo & …No no its your fault you did not bring in your consulate ID ….(here I felt I was 7 again inn the primary school back home being told off for forgetting my exercises book …………… then she said how do I know you live here ? …ok but my address in on my Moroccan ID ! Dough …still she said …I started look in my back to show her a bank statement I had on me ….she said look ! Now I'am doing you better stop or I wont sign it for you !! Here I was really told off ,waited for her to put a stamp on it & asked me to do a photocopy …. The stamp had MAJDA BENARAFA La Vice Consule , well I rest my case ...Going down the stairs I hear our "shawach" on the phone to someone enquiring about a visa , "PASSPOR ENGLISH ,NO NO VISA " in a very loud voice ,as I squeezed thru the people waiting this time they were all laughing at our "shawach "phone answering manner & his loud & abrupt voice I wished I could hide ….The moral of the story here as we still treating our own like cattle & Majda & the shawach still fronting our image to the whole world no surprises if we are where we are !Few Q's - why we employ these people to front Morocco in the west ? -why other qualified people are back home jobless ? -How do we move on from this situation ?//en.yabiladi.com/topics/consulate-london-joke-44-2142098-2142098.html#msg-2142098 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:06:06 +0200 Phorum 5.2.15