or. . . heres the letter buddy just hit fax.


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Commander, if we chip in and buy you $20 GPT you'll probably never leave your keyboard but all we would ask in return is can you have it rewrite your posts like Jeff Goldblum?

[quote="Jeff Goldblum Lens"]Ah—well, now, okay. Let’s, let’s just take a moment, shall we? Because what we have here is… well, it’s a bit of a bureaucratic waltz, a dance of systems and silence, mm-hmm, and it’s, ah, not particularly well-choreographed, if I may say so.

I’m Paul, yes, yes, Room 326B, not a thrilling address but mine, and here’s the thing, the rub, the curious little hiccup in the machinery of daily existence: I, um, I need a government-issued identification card. You know, the sort of banal rectangle that unlocks society—but! I cannot simply saunter down to the DMV. No, no. You see—I am, well, I am what you might call—immobile, shall we say, from approximately here gestures vaguely at chest downwards. Quite the logistical situation.

Now, and here’s the comedy: in order to not go to the DMV, I must acquire—ah, yes—a note. A note! Not from my mother, no, no, but from a doctor, and on proper letterhead, mind you. Like parchment from Olympus! And—wait for it—I have asked for this sacred scroll, many times in fact, with all the proper flourishes and please-and-thank-yous, and the response?

Crickets. Absolute crickets.

So here I am, reaching out—desperately? No, not quite. Stubbornly? Perhaps. Elegantly? Oh, I do try. I'm proposing options, you see. Multiple avenues through the obstacle course. An electric wheelchair for a day? A kindly staff member with a manual one? Perhaps, dare I say, a minor miracle from one of my elusive physicians?

What I want, what I need, is a little piece of plastic that proves I exist in a way that satisfies the cold metallic hum of modern databases.

Now, I understand the machine is large and clunky and prone to forgetting the people in Room 326B, but I assure you, we’re still here. We’re still thinking. We’re still asking, very politely, for the tools to be visible again.

So, dear Administrator—Todd, if I may—what say you? Can we conspire, gently, to nudge the gears?

Warmest regards,
Paul

(A computer programmer, occasionally notarious, ever inquisitive.)

Let me know if you want this tone pushed toward full jazz-rant or smiling menace.[/quote]

Date: Sun, Apr 6 at 4:55 PM
From: Paul Robinson <paul@paul-robinson.us>
To: Todd McDuffie MBA LNHA,<tmcduffie@carlinsprings.com>
Subject: Inability to obtain an ID card

Paul Robinson
550 S. Carlin Springs Rd, Rm 326 B
Arlington, VA 22204-1022
Tel. 703-933-6228 or Ext. 6228
Cell [redacted]

Dear Administrator:

I reside in Room 326B, at Carlin Springs, and I wouldn't bother you except I've run out of people to try; I even tried leaving a voice mail message for you, but that went nowhere. Calls to the social worker's office receive no response.

I have been here since 2019, and recently I have started finding it difficult to obtain certain services without government issued identification. Okay, so why don't I just go to the DMV; they have at least 2 or 3 in the Arlington-Alexandria area. Well, the problem is I am effectively a paraplegic from the armpits down. So, I suppose the thing I should do is contact the DMV and find a means to get one when I can't visit their offices, right? As the saying goes, "been there; got the t-shirt." I can get one from DMV in these circumstances, if I get a note from a physician on their letterhead, attesting to this. (Along with the other things I already have or can get, e.g. birth certificate, proof of residence, etc.)

And trying to get this doctor's note has been about as successful as asking Fort Knox for free samples. I have been waiting several weeks and have received neither a response or a reason why not. . Aides here (and others) have informed me my doctors have been advised of my requests, but, again, I have also received no response.

So, this is where I ask for your help. There are several alternative ways to solve my problem. These are:

1. Rent or borrow an electric wheelchair for me to use for one day; I can have the staff use a Hoya lift to put me in it (and remove me on return), then I can either take the bus or use the once-a-month transportation benefit for the trip.
2. Loan me a manual wheelchair and someone to push me to, and at, the DMV and back on whatever transportation I use.
3. I presume the transport to the DMV is "transport only" and does not include someone to "babysit" me while there the way the ambulance personnel do on doctor's appointments; if they do provide assistance for this kind of trip, that would be acceptable.
4. Have one of my doctors issue me the above specified note.
5. Some other solution to this problem.

The "gold standard" solution would be something allowing me to be physically at the DMV for the photo, etc., but I'll take anything that gets me Real ID compliant identification.

I would appreciate any assistance you can offer me, and I thank you for the time to read this letter.

Sincerely yours,

Paul

Paul Robinson
"A computer programmer and (former) notary public in and for the Commonwealth of Virginia at large, and the State of Maryland in and for Prince George's County."


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