[TheForge] OT, but I Just have to ask...

[Andrew Vida]

What in the hellacious flames of eternal damnation is this country 
coming to?

I bought a proportional divider on ebay.  Seller mails to me, I get 
notice that it's at the PO.  I go to pick up.  They ask for ID, I show 
them my AZ license.  "no good, it doesn't show that you live at the 
address".  I show my NJ license... oops, has Mom's house as the address. 
  I knew my CA license wouldn't work by that time.  I go home, get the 
only piece of mail that connects me to Jersey City.  Not good enough.

Honest to God, it was ridiculous beyond any forgiveness.  I never had to 
do this in Vancouver.  I showed up, gave the slip, got package, went on 
my way.

Is it just the paranoid cowards that run the show in NY/NJ, or is this 
nonsense sweeping the nation?

I'm disgusted.  Reasonable precautions against "terrorism" is one thing, 
but this is not only beyond the pale, it's no longer even in the known 
universe.  Welcome to Planet Bizarro.

Oy.