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OMK, I almost got away with the perfect crime.

At the Social Security Administration office, you have to take a number and wait until they call it.

I walked in to change my last name, and it was packed -- and the waiting room smelled like feet, fart and hospital.

So I took a number, got back in my car, picked up lunch, filled up my car with gas, got a quick Christmas gift at West Elm and went back. . . and it was just 6 numbers before mine!

Then I realized I forgot our marriage certificate.

So I took a new number, came home, checked email and now I am heading back to the stinky office to wait my turn for real. Way to spend an afternoon off of work. . .

- Mere "isn't Sam lucky he isn't changing his last name to mine?" 1975

Feet, fart and hospital.

My cheeks hurt from laughing.

I want the update....how many numbers had progressed since your last visit?

My second ticket was #281. I arrived at #263. Not as quick of a wait, but not bad.

And I was able to stand near the back of the room near the restrooms, and somehow, that felt less germ-y than sitting among the other patrons.

Better go take some Airborne.

- Mere "I feel like Adam Goldberg's character in Dazed & Confused when he realizes he doesn't want to become a public defender" 1975

P.S.
"I wanna dance!"

Ah, yes. Even more justification for those of us who chose to keep the names we were born with.

Sybil

I suppose they need original documents and such since this world is full of scammers. It would be great to just take care of it online like everything else we do. Think how lovely that office would smell then.

Ah, yes. Even more justification for those of us who chose to keep the names we were born with.

Sybil

I hear ya Sybil...plus if I change mine, it's got to be for an upgrade. I mean I'm already W...so I need to move closer to the top of the list. And/Or it's got to sound amazing no matter what the letter placement is.

Way to be sneaky, Mere.

As for myself, no way I'm going from a B to a P six months before I finally graduate. I plan on pulling a repeat of when I got my Associate's:

1. Grab the diploma
2. Pretend I gotta pee
3. So long suckers!

i "don't tell Jason's mom about the name thing though, thx!" rock

I didn't change it with SSA until the IRS sent me a letter saying that the name and number on my tax return didn't match and suggested that I do something about it. (We were married in October.)

I changed it by mail, though.

You can change it by mail, but I was too afraid to send my original U.S. passport and marriage certificate.

- Mere "it's tough enough to keep up with these things when I know they are in my house" 1975