Social Security Administration

Came for a replacement SS card. I was in and out in 30 min. That’s gotta be a record. But eew!!! The people are scary. Disabled my foot!!!, why not trade in your expensive iPhone for $ instead of stealing from the govt.

Came here with my mom. I knew this place was going to be a nightmare when I pulled into the parking lot. First thing you see is a crowd of angry woman on their phones yelling about how their baby daddies aren’t paying child support. Good luck finding a seat that’s not occupied by people or garbage, or both. Diapers on the floor. Used tissues everywhere. Disgusting! Went to the back and got our number. Waited 2 hours and finally i see our number on the screen. But no one calls our name over the intercom. If they did it was probably in mumbled spanish. After telling the woman behind the window that our number was not called, she tells us to get another number. We told her that wasn’t going to happen. So finally she said they would call my mom’s name. Another 2 hours later they do. The worst part
about this place was the people. Crackwh***s hitting on men. This is social security, not
! A guy blew his nose and mucus smacked the wall. A man next to me cleaned his ears with his car keys. This place literally redefined disgusting.

Wow I hate this place.#1 70% if the people here are milking «the system» and taking from our tax dollars, and those who actually need it. Who needs the zoo come here and you are in for a show. This place is filled with animals.

A 100^th Unilocal is a special event — much like a trip to the Social Security Administration.
OK, those are two diametrically opposite special events, but it serves me right for misplacing my Social Security card. And, since I couldn’t figure out from the Social Security website if I could mail my application without sending an actual proof of identity (driver’s license), I decided to submit my application at a local Social Security office (the cost of a replacement card is free; you can order up to 3 replacement cards per year, but not more than 10 per lifetime).
I arrived around 8:30 on a Wednesday morning to a slammed parking lot, and with good reason — the office actually opened at 8am, not 8:30am as stated on the website.
The entrance leads to a drab, musty smelling room packed full of people sitting on rows of chairs. Several teller windows line one wall, which is where Social Security officials handle the inquiries. At 8:30am — 30 minutes since the doors opened — the teller windows were still closed.
There is an electronic check-​in that prints out a number for you and directs you to one of three available rooms. Replacement card inquiries are in B, the room in the back.
«Finally,» someone huffed as a few windows began opening up around 8:45am. A real cross section of Miami — black, white, Latino (even Indian), sat elbow to elbow with young and old. Some brought babies, some brought attorneys, some brought friends who spoke English well (or at least better than them).
The Social Security officials were friendly and helpful and plowed through the inquiries surprisingly efficiently. At 10am — 90 minutes after arriving — I finished submitting my paperwork to the official, who said a new card would arrive within 10 days — which it did.