American Traveler Faces Mexican Visa Hat-Dance Fiasco, Lives to Tell About It
Mexico City, Mexico- In a turning stun of events, former Funny Farm CEO and world-reknown philanothropist Winston Hall spent an afternoon in the Mexico City airport in an unmitigated travel disaster. Hall, who inadvertently entered the country without the proper visa, was required by law to obtain one before leaving the country. According to Hall, the seemingly simple process was complicated by the fact the he was "you know, in Mexico."
According to Hall, the trouble began shortly after his flight from Cancun arrived in Mexico City. According to official reports, Hall inquired in crude but legible spanish, where to go. After receving el correr (the run around) Hall finally ended up in a bland, slightly depressing Office Number 78 deep in the catacombs of the airport.
"So I finally found this God-forsaken office, and when I did, the guy didn't understand how I possibly made it into the country with out a visa. I didn't have the heart to tell him it was the fact that his country was 20 years behind the rest of north america so I just relegated myself to the fact that it was entirely my fault. At this point, he disappeared into the back," Hall said.
That's when the trip got interesting. According to Hall, the man then asked Hall to find a copy maching and make copies of the paperwork.
"I thought it kind of silly, you know being that he was in an actual office, with things like computers and office supplies, that he would send me trapsing through the Mexico City airport to find a copy machine, for crying out loud, and not to mention an ATM to pay for the copies, but what do I know?" Hall said. "After a brief thirty minute search I found the copy machine and walked back all the way to Office Number 78 no problem."
After some delay, Hall finally received the all-important stamp which was sitting in a small wooden drawer one foot from the desk.
"The way the lady kind of non-chalantly reached in the drawer and stamped my visa made me a little sick to my stomach. It seemed like such an easy thing to do in the first place," Hall said.
After a 10 minute wind sprint to the opposite side of the terminal, Hall safely made it on his plane where he returned to the United States unscathed.
"It makes me nervous now, thinking about how I was mere steps away from torture chambers and crude thirdworld interrogation techniques...I mean, you know, I've heard things," Hall said.
According to the Mexico Immigration Office, Hall was not out of the norm. "Hall is no different, this stuff happens all the time. We just like to scare them a little," an anonymous official told The Whimsical World, speaking of Americans who accidentally do not obtain visas.
Hall is now recovering from his ordeal in an undisclosed location.
That's the story of my life...
According to Hall, the trouble began shortly after his flight from Cancun arrived in Mexico City. According to official reports, Hall inquired in crude but legible spanish, where to go. After receving el correr (the run around) Hall finally ended up in a bland, slightly depressing Office Number 78 deep in the catacombs of the airport.
"So I finally found this God-forsaken office, and when I did, the guy didn't understand how I possibly made it into the country with out a visa. I didn't have the heart to tell him it was the fact that his country was 20 years behind the rest of north america so I just relegated myself to the fact that it was entirely my fault. At this point, he disappeared into the back," Hall said.
That's when the trip got interesting. According to Hall, the man then asked Hall to find a copy maching and make copies of the paperwork.
"I thought it kind of silly, you know being that he was in an actual office, with things like computers and office supplies, that he would send me trapsing through the Mexico City airport to find a copy machine, for crying out loud, and not to mention an ATM to pay for the copies, but what do I know?" Hall said. "After a brief thirty minute search I found the copy machine and walked back all the way to Office Number 78 no problem."
After some delay, Hall finally received the all-important stamp which was sitting in a small wooden drawer one foot from the desk.
"The way the lady kind of non-chalantly reached in the drawer and stamped my visa made me a little sick to my stomach. It seemed like such an easy thing to do in the first place," Hall said.
After a 10 minute wind sprint to the opposite side of the terminal, Hall safely made it on his plane where he returned to the United States unscathed.
"It makes me nervous now, thinking about how I was mere steps away from torture chambers and crude thirdworld interrogation techniques...I mean, you know, I've heard things," Hall said.
According to the Mexico Immigration Office, Hall was not out of the norm. "Hall is no different, this stuff happens all the time. We just like to scare them a little," an anonymous official told The Whimsical World, speaking of Americans who accidentally do not obtain visas.
Hall is now recovering from his ordeal in an undisclosed location.
That's the story of my life...
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