a few weeks ago i had an exam at a test centre that i have done around 10 exams at before. you are supposed to bring your passport but on this occasion i forgot it.
the guy behind the counter asked me for id and i showed him a couple of credit cards, my travelcard which has my name and photo on it, my microsoft certification ID and my ID card for the bank i work in.
he said he wouldn't let me take the exam unless i showed him a passport. i asked him to check all his records and it would show that i had done lots of exams there and that i could show him how i made the booking and also my online exam transcripts. he said that didn't prove anything and that i could easily be using someone elses usernames and passwords.
what!!!!???? and all my credit cards are fakes as well and my bank ID is a fake as well. you idiot!!.
the guy was clearly an asshole, so i decided to call the testing company that books my exams and after talking to them and giving them my password and address and testing id to prove who i was, they said they were fine with me taking the exam and asked me to hand the phone to the guy at the test centre.
my mobile is pretty loud and i could hear what the lady was telling him on the phone about letting me do the exam. he then started saying to her he was not satisified that i had provided proof of identity and that the testing company (lady on the phone) should have more stringent regulations.
getting annoyed i said to him,
"excuse me mate, if the lady at the test centre who runs the exams for microsoft it fine with it, then why are you arguing with her?. she is fine with me taking the exam, why aren't you?.
he then told the lady on the phone that he was refusing me entry to take the exam no matter what id i showed because i was being rude and aggressive and then he hung up on her.
i told him i had already paid for the exam and that i would like my money back to which he said he it too late to cancel it and that unless i went home and got my passport i would lose my money. "you what!!??" i replied in incredulity at his obstinance.
he then called building security and told them to escort me off the premises and not let me back in. what the fuck!!!!.
i told him, i hadn't shouted or used bad language (i didn't say "what the fuck" when i was there) and why he was being so obtuse and unco-operative to which he had no answer and just walked off. around this time a guy in a suit which may have been his boss walked passed and asked what was going on. i told him i was being refused entry to my exam despite showing half a dozen other id's and that the guy had called security to kick me out of the building. just to set the scene i was dressed in a suit as it was during my lunch hour at work.
the boss guy went back in and talked to the idiot i had been dealing with and 2 minutes later he said i was ok to take my exam. i went back in, sat at the terninal to do my exam, kicked its ass in 25 minutes with a score of 91% all the while seething at the nonsense that had taken place earlier.
i then went to reception and picked up my transcript from the idiot who was still sitting there. i nearly said to him "what was all that shit about earlier pal?". "you want to use your common sense a little bit and learn how to deal with people and situations a bit better and not call building security any time someone asks a question you can't or don't want to answer". " you might also want to stop throwing your weight around and remember your job is to process candidates for exams and not act like a bouncer at the door of a night club". i nearly said it but i didn't. i hadn't been rude or aggresive before when he accused me of being so, but i might have then. i just picked up my stuff and walked out and ignored the little shithead.
just for the record i haven't been in a fight since i was 8 and that was at school when victor, another little shithead, started cussing and saying things about my friends mum. i asked him to back off at which point he said shit about my mum. at that point i told him he better stop otherwise he would be in big trouble at playtime.
he didn't stop and carried on. maybe he was feeling strong that day, i don't know.
anyways, i waited for him in the playground and when he came out through the doors i bundled him into a corner and gave him a few good kicks and punches till i heard him start whimpering and crying. that was the last time i had a fight. shithead at the test centre was like victor. he could have ended up crying as well but we left that kind of behaviour in junior school.
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