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6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ character (nypost.com)

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[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The government's not real good about hiring the best pick for each position. Irregularly run into people who have no clue how to actually run their job, and there's little to no consequences to f****** people's lives up by doing it incorrectly.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's hardly specific to the government. A couple years ago, Hertz falsely reported 364 customers for grand theft auto. Some of them went to jail.

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Most places I've worked had incompetent workers. Every state and government agency I've ever worked for was made primarily of incompetent workers