Take a number

When pretty much anywhere doing pretty much anything, a number must be taken in Brazil.  I once took a number to pay a single bill at a bank only to realize there were FIFTY FIVE people in front of me.  And that does not count the people in the "special line"... now how do we get to the special line, exactly?

Well it depends on the institution but generally if you are old, have any sort of deficiency or are pregnant or nursing, you qualify.  Let me tell you, I have seen a lot of people go through the "special line" and in my mind they do not qualify, unless you count deficiency of morals as a deficiency...

Good luck with the lineups. I recommend bringing a book.  Or a blackberry.

Comments

[Air Jordans]

Thanks for adding the new information, as well as your analysis. This is why your blog is one of the few I read that I also ever bother to comment on. I don't do it to hear myself talk - I do it because I know you actually listen.

[home security systems nevada]

That's totally rare and doesn't happen daily.

[Vanessa]

I remember sitting at the bank for over an hour once to just change some large bills to smaller ones. Then the next time I came in to do the same a couple of weeks later, the receptionist told me to just grab a spot between numbers when a vacant teller came up and just get the bills changed (because it was such a trivial transaction). As a Canadian I felt a bit guilty doing this, but when in Rio ... I guess I have more jeitinho than I thought ;)