An Israeli Errand…Not Just a Stop at the Dry Cleaners!
by: Molly
The Israeli lifestyle often involves lots of errands. Unlike the errands most of us are used to: dry cleaning, grocery shopping, post office and the bank—in Israel you can add bureaucratic government offices to your list.
A typical stop at your local health office, municipality or tax authority means you are stuck in lines without ropes, rude tellers and paper work you can’t understand. Sometimes you might even get stuck with a bill!
But for me, last Thursday at the Television Tax Authority was so much more than that! I can’t even put it into words…luckily I had my video camera with me and taped the eventful errand!
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5 Responses to “An Israeli Errand…Not Just a Stop at the Dry Cleaners!”
Posted by: Rachel - 02/18/2008
it’s good to have a video camera handy for all contingencies; well done.
Posted by: Ari - 02/19/2008
I actually thought that was hysterical. Why didn’t they just kick the door down?
Posted by: hadas - 02/28/2008
love it totally!! I have been out of Israel on a sabbatical and very much miss scenes “only in Israel” like these. When I went to the TV tax authority to tell them I was now rid of my TV and former address, they told me I still may well be charged TV tax!
Posted by: Molly - 03/02/2008
Posted by: hadas - 03/04/2008
to molly; they also told me that I may have to pay tv tax even while not is Israel since when I come back I will have a tv again (can anyone live without a tv when even bedouins have them?)…even so, the head guy there was very kind to me
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