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Went to rent a mailbox at the UPS Store. My drivers license and passport weren't enough identification. I needed something additional. The owner suggested I get
by Mountain_Skies 7y ago
Went to rent a mailbox at the UPS Store. My drivers license and passport weren't enough identification. I needed something additional. The owner suggested I get a library card and then he could rent me the mailbox. What did the library accept as identification? My drivers license. That was all. Seemed like a weird little bit of bureaucratic red tape that accomplished pretty much nothing.
- kccqzy 7y agoPreponderance of evidence. If you had a fake drivers license and UPS hadn't caught it, perhaps the one at your library could catch it.
- closeparen 7y agoCalifornia DMV wouldn’t take my lease because it was just a printout. Changed my address with Chase from my phone while in line (no verification), walked over to the branch to get a certified statement with the new address, walked it back into the DMV, got the address on my license. The credential that actually proves where I live is rejected while the one that just repeats my arbitrary inputs is accepted! I understand there’s a strong deterrent but any reasonably smart person could defraud this. They seem not to be even trying.
- vinay427 7y ago> The credential that actually proves where I live is rejected while the one that just repeats my arbitrary inputs is accepted! A lease doesn't prove where you live, though I generally agree with your point here. That being said, I think most people are fine or even supportive of them seeming to not even try.
- hdfbdtbcdg 7y agoMaybe defrauding a library is somehow a more significant crime than defrauding UPS?
- Teever 7y agoMy personal favourite: Needing to show your drivers license to pick up your passport. Talk about a Kafkaesque hole in one.