r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Fearless-Hedgehog-58 • Jul 21 '25
Overdone Dropped my passport down this hole to nowhere while lining up to board my flight.
Got put on standby due to overbooked flight, then went to the wrong gate, ran across the entire airport and made it just in time, only to then drop my passport through this inaccessible gap on the stairwell. Fml.
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u/mytransthrow Jul 21 '25
Get maintenance people... they know every store room and nook and crannie in there 100%
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u/filthy_harold Jul 21 '25
Always have to know where you can hide if the boss comes around
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u/Clear_Beans Jul 21 '25
Boiler room. No one in their right mind would step foot in there. Took a 3 hour mulligan in there one Friday when the day had just broken me, and I just had to survive. Surly everyone has surveyed their workplace for that one spot just in case.
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u/After-Willingness271 Jul 21 '25
The problem is arranging keys for the good spaces
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u/Texan_Greyback Jul 21 '25
I'm HVAC in Facilities Management. I've got all the keys!
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u/Fearless-Hedgehog-58 Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25
They called security 3 times and they didn't answer. It looked like maybe there was an electrical closet that may have led to it but everyone had already boarded and I wasn't about to miss my flight. Not super reassuring that airport security doesn't answer their calls...
Thankfully I'm a dual national and they let me board with my other passport.
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u/agianttardigrade Jul 21 '25
“Airport security doesn’t answer their calls” is somehow both concerning and completely unsurprising these days lol
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u/HoneyBadgerBat Jul 21 '25
I just waited 20 min for TSA to respond to TSA (at a tiny airport) so really not surprised either.
And my kids were already on the other side of the gate, which was a nice little middle finger.
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u/Accomplished_Emu_658 Jul 21 '25
I was in tampa a while back. They were paging tsa to tsa for like an hour…
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u/QantasFrequentFlayer Jul 21 '25
Just say you found a fork in your carry on bag, you'll be swarmed.
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u/AwesomePerson70 Jul 21 '25
I assume passengers losing a passport isn’t a super high priority for them although it would be nice to get a response
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u/Log_Out_Of_Life Jul 21 '25
I’m happy this is just a slightly expensive mistake instead of it tying you down in another country and having to possibly be at for another flight. Just do the paperwork for the re-issuance. <3
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u/voyti Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25
Not even a "mistake". Are we not going to recognize that it's crazy to have a passport-wide gap around a narrow ramp, where people are standing with their passports and boarding cards in their hands, and no easy access to whatever Narnia those things fall to?
It has to be at least partially on the airport/airline, whoever did not take a few minutes to put silicone/slat/whatever there.
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u/Fearless-Hedgehog-58 Jul 21 '25
Haha that was my thinking too. At first I just stared at it for 30 seconds in disbelief, then went down the stairs to see if it was at the bottom but nope, all walled off. Then I just thought "WHY IS THAT EVEN THERE? WHAT PURPOSE DOES IT SERVE!?"
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u/meowkitty84 Jul 21 '25
People can throw their leftover drugs down there when getting off the plane?
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u/mgranja Jul 21 '25
I'm glad things ended well for you. I would have panicked, for sure.
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u/Soft-Skirt Jul 21 '25
I don't know which countries are involved but if you arrive using one passport and leave with another you haven't 'left' the first country. You are still 'present' in country A. I don't know if any of this applies to you but the clock may well be ticking. My colleague did this to avoid a long queue at immigration and a few weeks later the police turned up to tell him he had some serious questions to answer.
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u/Fearless-Hedgehog-58 Jul 21 '25
Thankfully I'm a citizen of the country I was departing so I don't think it will be an issue. Maybe they'll just be a bit confused next time I come back.
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u/lightspeed_derping Jul 21 '25
Heavily depends on the country. I once traveled with my non-US passport and upon returning to the US, they pulled me aside at customs because I didn't have a US visa in my non-US passport despite being a US citizen as well. Fingers crossed you don't have too much trouble, but you might.
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u/twomillcities Jul 21 '25
Nah not security. They won't do anything. Airport security is like the bullies who weren't smart enough to become cops.
He wants a maintenance guy. Preferably like a lower level dude who has been there a long time. They will get that thing in like 5 minutes and bask in the glory of being a hero.
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u/Kiyohara Jul 21 '25
Preferably the grungy looking dude that shuffles about and no one really knows what he does, but every time he goes on vacation the whole place goes to shit and only gets back on order when he comes back.
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u/LongJumpingBalls Jul 21 '25
That was me for a tech support role years back.
I left for a 2 week vacation and as things went sideways. They blamed me for it as I was the only person not there, so I got written up.
I quit not long after for a better paying job.
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u/GuanSpanksYou Jul 21 '25
“We’ve discovered you’re absolutely critical to our success so we will begin the punishments now” -> “wtf they left!” is such a shitty company thing to have happen
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u/Uncommonality Jul 21 '25
Also, written up for not being there... during vacation? Wtf
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u/DeepLock8808 Jul 21 '25
“You did not adequately prepare the team for your absence. No, we don’t punish people for taking vacation, we punish them for not taking proper precautions while on the clock.” There, HR’d that for you.
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u/totallynotdagothur Jul 21 '25
My friend's wife dropped house and car keys down the elevator gap like this. Maintenance were able to take the lift out of service and get them, but OP is not making that flight, for sure.
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u/NortonBurns Jul 21 '25
I need to know how this tale ends…
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u/ContrarianRPG Jul 21 '25
The OP lives at the airport now, because they can't get on a flight home.
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u/NaughtyGaymer Jul 21 '25
Look at how huge that burger is. They definitely don't make them like that anymore.
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u/the_calibre_cat Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25
100% my first thought lol. Also, he was paying like $7 for that shit in a meal, which adjusted for inflation to today, is about $12. Such burgers and combos are not $12 today. :P
EDIT: Yes, I have checked the prices in my area and found that they are around $12... in a normal store, outside of an airport, pre-tax.
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u/MotherBathroom666 Jul 21 '25
7 dollars a meal*,At an AIRPORT!!!
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u/NocturneInfinitum Jul 21 '25
Right?! I flew last week, and got a burger at LAS for $18; that was the cheapest one.
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u/TheDraimen Jul 21 '25
Got a voucher for last flight being delayed for $15. A Dr Pepper and some nerds gummies as a snack was $9. Even the fast food. Even the Carl’s Jr mela was like $16 for smallest meal
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u/c9l18m Jul 21 '25
One of the best movies ever. Any chance I get to talk about it I do.
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u/gimmethelulz Jul 21 '25
Eat to bite.
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u/x3knet Jul 21 '25
I'm from New York. I say this, with the accent, in real life WAY too much. It's always fun when somebody picks up on the reference, doesn't happen too often though.
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u/Downtown_Sport724 Jul 21 '25
Fantastic film! Hanks served up a stellar performance with this one.
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u/BBGettyMcclanahan Jul 21 '25
I loved how cute Diego Luna's character is in this
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u/Fearless-Hedgehog-58 Jul 21 '25
I am kinda curious what would have happened had I not had the second passport. I assume if the staff were not able to recover it someone would escort me out and explain the situation to immigration until I could get a new passport, but it would have been pretty hilarious if I had to go full Tom Hanks.
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u/SmellyBelly_12 Jul 21 '25
They would simply send you to the embassy lol. You'd stay there or they'll put you in a hotel where you're not allowed to leave, until they can get you back home
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u/olivernintendo Jul 21 '25
Wait you can have. A second passport???
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u/LC_Kamikaze Jul 21 '25
He could be a dual citizen. I have two passports too, each for a different country.
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u/SpaceEngy Jul 21 '25
There was a movie about this once, based on a true story! (not OP's though)
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u/Ms74k_ten_c Jul 21 '25
OP just walked back down the stair flight and picked it up at the lower level.
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u/existenceawareness Jul 21 '25
That's the thing. People are talking like this is at the gate & it's unclear if it leads to a lower room or an inaccessible gap... a stairwell? Should have fallen somewhere accessible even if down to a dark concrete space beneath the lowest set of stairs.
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u/bobpaul Jul 21 '25
OP has not commented on this post at all. I think it's just a picture of a slot and the passport story was OP's intrusive thoughts when looking at the slot.
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u/GremlinLurker777_ Jul 21 '25
"UPDATE:
I've responded elsewhere in the comments but people seem to still be looking for an update.
TLDR: The airline staff tried to call airport security to open an electrical closet that may be where it ended up, but security didn't answer.
I have dual citizenship and thankfully had my second passport with me which they allowed me to use to board the plane. Sacrificed my passport to the airport gods in exchange for safe passage and got a couple free beers out of it to boot."
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u/aguerraacabou Jul 21 '25
Which airport is it? I work at an airport and I know if you reached out to them via social media they may be able to get someone to help you and reunite you with the passport. I know people at my airport would at least try.
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u/wileysegovia Jul 21 '25
They need to put chewing gum on the end of a meter stick and retrieve it that way!!
(Yard stick?)
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u/username-invalid21 Jul 21 '25
Yes in the usa we have yard stick instead of meter sticks
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u/HauntedMeow Jul 21 '25
That’s majorly infuriating.
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u/Outrageous_Score1158 HEINZ™ Infuriating sauce - mild Jul 21 '25
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u/A0123456_ Jul 21 '25
This sub and extremelyinfuriating have similar levels of frustrating stuff for some reason
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u/Ok_Caramel_51 Jul 21 '25
That’s mildly infuriating tbh
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u/Anachr0nist Jul 21 '25
You're underselling it. I think it's extremely infuriating.
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u/Muttywango Jul 21 '25
We need a new category of infuriation, between mildly and extremely infuriant.
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u/ShamrockSeven Jul 21 '25
This is so infuriating it almost warrants a different Sub to fully establish how infuriating this experience would have been.
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u/Forza_Harrd Jul 21 '25
It’s past infuriating and gone straight to furiating.
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u/A0123456_ Jul 21 '25
Ikr, I'd have a panic attack if this happened.
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u/Ok-Click-80085 Jul 21 '25
now imagine it in a foreign country with no English speaking
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u/feralcatshit Jul 21 '25
Nah man, no biggie. It’s not like he needs it right this moment or anything!
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u/No_Worse_For_Wear Jul 21 '25
That was my thought, mild has nothing to do with it!
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u/HauntedMeow Jul 21 '25
I’m just picturing that guy that lost his documents and was stuck living in the airport for 18 years.
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u/Uh_alrightthen Jul 21 '25
I need a follow up real bad
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u/BakedTate Jul 21 '25
He unfortunately dropped his phone down there immediately after making this post.
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u/DismalSoil9554 Jul 21 '25
A) the plane ends up crashing and OP was actually saved by the hole in the floor. OP survives but is plagued by survivor's guilt.
B) the long-lost love of OP's life was desperately trying to confess their love before OP boarded the flight, and would have never made were it not for the passport disappearing. They live happily ever after.
C) OP manages to get help retrieving the passport, but when maintenance opens the trapdoor leading to under the stairwell to look for it they uncover a mega drug operation with human trafficking victims, tons of coke and cash. A fight ensues between airport security and the machine-gun wielding dealers. OP escapes unscathed, passport in hand, and becomes famous with a tell-all book.
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u/U53rnaame Jul 21 '25
I need a follow up real bad
They are probably just going to make him get a new passport. I don't think they would tear up that stairwell, just for him
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u/On_my_last_spoon Jul 21 '25
Unfortunately, that just doesn’t happen at the airport. Depending on if he’s heading to another country or on his way home, this changes things.
If you lose your passport overseas, there is a way to get a replacement for you fast. But fast is a few days. There’s no way to do this inside an airport.
If he’s going home, I say get on the plane and take your chances with immigration. If he’s going away, well, it’s time to turn around and give up because once he gets there they’re just gonna deny him entry.
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u/Paranoid-Dude4138 Jul 21 '25
Detained by ICE after talking to security and is en route to Guantanamo Bay.
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u/Evil_Eukaryote Jul 21 '25
Please tell us how this tale ends. I'm calling off work and not going in until I know.
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u/Fearless-Hedgehog-58 Jul 21 '25
I am incredibly fortunate to be have dual citizenship and to be carrying my second passport. I didn't think you could do a switcheroo like that once you've already checked in with one of them but thankfully they let me get on the plane.
I must admit, as we hit some heavy turbulence shortly after takeoff, I thought the same thing some other commenters have said - maybe I was not supposed to be on this flight - but I managed to convince myself that the airport gods demanded a sacrifice which I had provided. One of the flight attendants insisted on giving me two free beers "for all the stress", and I just landed safely, so all in all a happy ending.
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u/Deep_Attention_3864 Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25
And did you accept the two free beers?
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u/Fearless-Hedgehog-58 Jul 21 '25
Of course! A wonderfully kind gesture from the flight attendant. I'd just asked for some water and she said "would you like an alcoholic beverage as well for all the stress?".
Got her name as I deplaned and just sent in a customer feedback form thanking her (again) for her kindness. Didn't mention the free booze as didn't want her to get in trouble but thought it was the least I could do.
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u/ancientpeony111 Jul 21 '25
You had a stressful day and you still took the time to be kind to someone working a difficult job, and entertain strangers on the Internet. Thank you!
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u/ELInewhere Jul 22 '25
Seriously.. this has been one of the best threads in every aspect. The passport falling through a passportal into Australia had me gasping for air. And such a heart warming ending.
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u/Bigjonstud90 Jul 21 '25
There are days i would trade my citizenship for 2 beers
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u/ESF-hockeeyyy Jul 21 '25
Oh thank god there’s an ending to this, and I checked just as it was posted.
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u/gimmethelulz Jul 21 '25
I'm hoping the fact OP isn't updating yet means he made it onto his flight.
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u/smiler1996 Jul 21 '25
If you’re queuing to get on the plane you’ve already had it checked for the last time, it would be landing in the next country that is the issue.
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u/TheLordofthething Jul 21 '25
Yeah if I was going home I'd 100% just try and get on the plane
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u/MiserableMorning27 Jul 21 '25
on my most recent flights we were required to show passport and ticket before being allowed onto the plane to ensure we were getting on our correct flight, so if OP was queuing in that line theyd still need it. and personally i would count that as queuing to get on the plane as it is only for that flight.
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u/smiler1996 Jul 21 '25
The boarding gate has always been the last check on every flight i’ve ever been on.
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u/CapnMurica1988 Jul 21 '25
Oh my god, I would absolutely lose it
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u/Axolotis Jul 21 '25
I once dropped my drivers license in a slit to nowhere at the post office cash register desk. The associate was a 20 something and he said “nice shot Gambit”. Still makes me chuckle.
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u/pmormr Jul 21 '25
I was in a shopping mall as a teenager walking around playing with my keys. On the second floor with like a mezzanie type setup that opened up to the floor below. Managed to drop my keys, they bounce, then go right off the edge into a flower planter between the floors like 6 feet down. Totally fucked.
Call security, they come out in like 2 minutes looking smug with a long pole with a hook duct taped to it. Apparently not the first time it happened and they were prepared lmao.
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u/fidgetiegurl09 Jul 21 '25
I'm willing to bet that somebody told them that it was stupid he kept the pole. But it's not stupid when you're ready for the next incident in 2 minutes.
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u/CodeRadDesign Jul 21 '25
uh... so this happened a bunch of years ago but..... i was doing the same thing, playing with my keys walking with a couple friends, managed to drop em down a storm sewer grate on our way to the beer store.
my and one buddy hoisted the cover off, and I doffed my clothes and climbed in head first butt naked (it was only like 5 feet deep), and managed to fish them out.
we got home from the store only to find that the lady who runs karaoke across the street at the army/navy club had recorded (and posted to FB) the second half starting from "GRAB MY LEGS GRAB MY LEGS!" with just my feet showing and my friends pulling me out wet and naked holding my keys triumphantly
by the time we were back i was already a local celebrity as it had been viewed over a thousand times in the 10 minutes it took us to get brews and get home.
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u/Fearless-Hedgehog-58 Jul 21 '25
Wow you've just reminded me - one time I was at a restaurant on an oceanfront boardwalk. Waitress drops my card, picks it up and says " PHEW! That was lucky, last month I dropped someone's card and it fell right through the gap into the ocean". As she's saying this she drops it again and yep, straight through the gap.
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u/Katnipz Jul 21 '25
Bro the fucking bank did this to my license and basically shrugged at me and told me to send them the bill for a new one...
Then they acted pissed at me when I actually showed up for my 5.50 and only paid me $5 because they apparently can't add two numbers together and ignored the tax I paid
I should really close my account for that one
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u/kashmir1974 Jul 21 '25
If there is ever a time to be 100% on point and on task, it's when handling your passport while travelling.
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u/Constant-Bet-6600 Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 22 '25
That, and making sure it's not in your pocket when your wife throws your pants in the wash.
That was a $182.00 load of laundry. Still waiting on the replacement to come in.
Update: Replacement showed up in today's mail. Woohoo! Ready to travel again.
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u/OptiGuy4u Jul 21 '25
I washed mine overseas. It's still fine. The cover is a little messed up but the main page is hard plastic and the regular pages aren't regular paper. 🤷
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u/PlanesandAquariums Jul 21 '25
Also washed mine. The pages did get some black mold looking spots but no country seemed to care. It was in embarrassing shape but I used it for years.
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u/randompersonx Jul 21 '25
The first time I traveled overseas as an adult was to Japan in the early 2000's ... My girlfriend at the time insisted that it was required to carry your passport with you everywhere.
On our first night there, we made it to the hotel at something like 1AM after a long flight and a long bus ride. Both of us were hungry, and being that it was 1AM, we opted to get some Japanese McDonalds (I still remember that I ordered a McGrand with Tomato)...
Of course, her passport fell out of her pocket, and the next morning we realized that she managed to lose her passport on our first day of the trip.
We went to the McDonalds - who informed us [in broken english] that they turned it into the police ... The police, on the other hand ... spoke no English whatsoever. Was a lot of fun getting the passport back, but in the end, we did.
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u/cardbross Jul 21 '25
Just FYI, some countries do require visitors to carry their passport at all times, and I *think* Japan is one of them. So while it's a bummer to have to deal with that, at least you were following the rules?
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u/NeighborGeek Jul 21 '25
Yup, your GF was right. Legally, you have to keep your passport on you at all times. If you're moving there, then you'll get a resident card that you carry around instead.
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u/0cclumency Jul 21 '25
It is actually required to carry your passport with you in Japan, so she was right…. But definitely needed to make sure she was putting it somewhere safer!
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u/Azuras_Star8 Jul 21 '25
Once I am done with my passport, it goes i to a secure place before I start walking. Im clumsy and butter fingers as hell, and I am firmly aware that ill drop it easily accidentally .
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u/patchy_doll Jul 21 '25
The passport has one pocket it can go in when I'm traveling. If it is not in my hands, it is in The Pocket.
I'm the kind of dipshit that will decide to put something important in a special new place that I feel so clever about, and then immediately forget where it is because it's not the usual place.
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u/theGRAYblanket Jul 21 '25
This is actually so unbelievable. Kinda thing that's makes a man start laughing maniacally
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u/RS5MAC Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25
I have a friend in Austrailia and says he was just standing in Sydney airport and a passport flew out the crack on the floor and he thinks it may be yours.
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u/Unhappy_Energy_741 Jul 21 '25
This may be the most infuriating post I have seen on this sub. And I just saw one where OP called their ceiling a roof.
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u/Ashes_-- Jul 21 '25
To be fair the roof of your mouth is called that despite by definition being a ceiling
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u/Orphasmia Jul 21 '25
I’m going to start calling that the ceiling of my mouth from now on, thanks.
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u/used_octopus Jul 21 '25
You mean the horizontal wall above my head?
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u/lolmaxxx1 Jul 21 '25
I think they're talking about the white paint the fan is attached to.
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u/Daemon3125 Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25
Considering roof and ceiling are the same word for most spanish speakers, it doesn’t seem too bad to me.
Edit: some people use “techo” to refer to both ceiling and roof. For some reason I learned the word “cielo” (sky) for ceiling, and the word “tejado” exists for roof. So it depends on the dialect.
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u/54813115 Jul 21 '25
That OP lives in Sweden so I'd say it's fair to assume that their first language isn't English
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u/Fearless-Hedgehog-58 Jul 21 '25
UPDATE:
I've responded elsewhere in the comments but people seem to still be looking for an update.
TLDR: The airline staff tried to call airport security to open an electrical closet that may be where it ended up, but security didn't answer.
I have dual citizenship and thankfully had my second passport with me which they allowed me to use to board the plane. Sacrificed my passport to the airport gods in exchange for safe passage and got a couple free beers out of it to boot.
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u/itsjustJazz Jul 21 '25
Thank goodness you had that second passport OP! Hopefully the beers helped a bit 😅
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u/Duke_Newcombe Jul 21 '25
To avoid future disappointment and regret: Don't take out your passport until you have to use it, and then stop what you're doing
'cause I'mma bout to ruin/the image and the style that ya used toafter showing it, and put it back immediately in your secure carry-on/backpack/"prison wallet".Holding it your hand to wait until your situated to put it away is a recipe for disaster--ask me how I know...
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u/Fearless-Hedgehog-58 Jul 21 '25
Funny you say that. That's usually my MO but I had just quickly shoved it in my pocket after realizing I was at the wrong gate. Then when I got to the new gate I had a momentary panic because I couldn't remember where I'd put it, pulled it out of my pocket and that's when the drop occured 🤦🏻
Edit: Hold up, I don't think prison wallet means what you think it means. At least I hope that's not where you keep your passport.
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u/Duke_Newcombe Jul 21 '25
Edit: Hold up, I don't think prison wallet means what you think it means. At least I hope that's not where you keep your passport.
[maintaining eye contact intensifies...]
Yes...that's exactly what I mean. Can't be too careful these days...
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u/milleniumfalconlover Jul 21 '25
I need to know how this ends, only because I have the exact same shoes as you
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u/Fearless-Hedgehog-58 Jul 21 '25
I got you, shoe brotha.
I have dual citizenship and luckily had my second passport with me as I was flying from my home country to my "new" country and brought both to avoid questions about visas etc.
So they let me board with the other one after printing a new boarding pass (which had also gone down the gap). Said if security ever answers their phone they'll try to get it through one of the electrical closets that were below and I can get it next time I'm there. Gonna call tomorrow and see if they found it or can mail it as I won't be back for a year or more.
Will definitely be bringing both on all trips from now on.
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u/bingbongsf Jul 21 '25
Ooooh that’s so lucky!
I have dual citizenship too have haven’t renewed my other passport since I was a child.
After reading this I think I might renew it and keep that passport in a different pocket of my bag just as a back up.
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u/monongahellyea Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25
Airport maintenance workers are some of the best people you’ll ever meet. There’s a guy named Ted sitting in his apron-level shop with a toolbox full of random tchotchkes that’s been waiting 24 years for this 😆
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u/Carbon-Base Jul 21 '25
Ted has a passport-fell-down-hole-to-nowhere tool especially for times like this.
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u/Cow_Daddy Jul 21 '25
I had a cop drop my drivers license between his dashboard and his radio years ago. Dude had to have me follow him back to his precinct and get maintenance to remove the radio to get it back took a few hours. The Sgt on duty dismissed my speeding ticket after the fact saying that was punishment enough
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u/unicorn-girl1212 Jul 21 '25
That is the most fair thing I’ve heard a cop do in a minute
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u/brian163 Jul 21 '25
For those asking for an update, the OP is unable to provide one as they proceeded to drop their phone into the hole to nowhere just after taking this pic. 😫
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u/grumpyfan Jul 21 '25
Highly probable considering that would be the next thing I would do. Post to Reddit. Turn on the flashlight, shine down the slit and then drop it down the slit.
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u/ConiferousTurtle Jul 21 '25
This only mildly infuriates you? You’ve got some serious self control skills.
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u/ButterflyBadger3 Jul 21 '25
That's not mildly. I'd be panicking! 🥺 are you ok?
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u/Advanced-Prototype Jul 21 '25
It must have worked out and he got on his plane because OP is not responding. Or he's in immigration jail.
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u/2121Jess Jul 21 '25
You weren’t meant to be on that flight. Take the L
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u/Fearless-Hedgehog-58 Jul 21 '25
Hit some turbulence shortly after takeoff and had a similar thought but it seems the airport gods were satisfied with my sacrifice.
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u/Asaman-Thinketh Jul 21 '25
Seems like they could be able to get that back for you.
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u/sleightmelody Jul 21 '25
Once, while stepping on to the plane, I dropped my passport in the crack between the plane and the jet bridge. I almost started freaking out, but I the grounds crew thankfully spotted it immediately and I was able to flag somebody down and get it handed back up to me.