Our domestic helper is arranging to ship a big carton home. Besides a packing list, her country’s import customs department also requires photocopy of her passport; Not just the front page with her photo and personal particulars but every page of her passport. That means 30 photocopies of A4 sizes are needed. Nobody can explain to us the motive of such requirement. The only reason that I could think of is that the customs office wants to scrutinize the past traveling itinerary of the sender. But why? What has it got to do with the goods that is in the carton box anyway? Imagine the tons of unnecessary paper wasted, the human effort that requires to handle them, the space to keep these papers.
There’s a lot of absurdity to keep up. Welcome to the new world.
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