Tuesday, June 24, 2008

FINGERPRINTS, ROUND TWO!

I left the house at 6:30 a.m. this morning for my 8:00 a.m. appointment at the application support center in St. Paul.  I have been using lots and lots of Crack Creme (yes, unfortunately that is the name of it!) this week to help soften my hands for the fingerprint scan.
 
I arrived about 20 minutes ahead of schedule.  The office opens at 8:00 a.m. and at about 7:45 a.m. people started gathering to form a line outside.  There were about 30 of us crowding around the door when they let us in.  I hate these situations where everyone is trying to act calm...but really, we all want to be the first one in line!  There is often a slight feeling of panic in the air.  Anyway, as I stood there, it seemed pretty clear that I was the only caucasian, Engish-speaking person in the crowd.  It was interesting.  I was wondering where everyone had come from and what their story was.  I managed to get a spot somewhere in the middle of the line, but it didn't really matter.  I was in and out of there in about 20 minutes.  My prints seemed to look better this time.  If you read about my first fingerprint experience, you will remember that I scored "zero" on four of my fingers.  This time, the lowest number I got was a 58!  Not bad for a fingerprint flunky like myself!

I should be able to find out by tomorrow if my prints were accepted.  The lady that helped me did say that usually they will ask you to come back only once.  Let's hope that is true.  I was home by 9:30 a.m. this morning and felt like I had already accomplished quite a bit!  We'll see. Check my blog tomorrow and I will tell you if I passed or not.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Here's to hoping Crack Creme works magic on the fingers!