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Post by happyhawaiian on May 27, 2010 13:32:11 GMT -5
I was just called by SSA for an interview. Faxed my packet yesterday. That was faster than I expected. Good luck to everyone and get your packet in early so you can choose your date. I was given a wide open range of dates from the 7th through the 18th.
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Post by george007 on May 28, 2010 7:56:28 GMT -5
Anyone else receive a call for interview?
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Post by Well on May 28, 2010 10:05:21 GMT -5
Anyone else receive a call for interview? No but that might be related to the fact that for some unfathomable reason the fax number has been busy the last 2.5 hours and I've not been able to get my stuff in. All you slackers who waited until today get off the fax machine for a few minutes.  |
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Post by Well on May 28, 2010 10:13:07 GMT -5
Anyone else receive a call for interview? No but that might be related to the fact that for some unfathomable reason the fax number has been busy the last 2.5 hours and I've not been able to get my stuff in. All you slackers who waited until today get off the fax machine for a few minutes. OK it just went through, you may resume faxing now  |
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Post by allrise on May 28, 2010 10:43:29 GMT -5
My guess is happy Hawaiin got the first call because he has to travel a great distance to DC. If I recall, he got the first call to schedule the WD and SI.
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Post by 71stretch on May 28, 2010 10:49:36 GMT -5
My guess is happy Hawaiin got the first call because he has to travel a great distance to DC. If I recall, he got the first call to schedule the WD and SI. True. I think MY trip to DC is long, but HH has me beat by a LOT. I think I'll be faxing mine at an odd non-business hour, just to avoid a redial marathon. |
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Post by happyhawaiian on May 28, 2010 11:04:26 GMT -5
Sorry guys, but although I'm a happy hawaiian by blood and birth, I now live on the mainland. I think I got the call early because I faxed my forms the day after we got them. Hope all you guys get the call soon. Maybe we can have a Blue Hawaiian at an establishment if we have the same interview dates.
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Post by issuegirl on May 28, 2010 11:42:57 GMT -5
My fax went through at 10:13. Now I can get back to my life.
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Post by bowser on May 28, 2010 11:47:03 GMT -5
Gotta appreciate having only 1 fax number to receive all of these. Consistent with the rest of the process, I guess! My machine is still trying... |
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Post by bowser on May 28, 2010 12:28:09 GMT -5
Abso-frickin-lutely incredible.
My machine keeps timing out after getting repeated busy signals.
Shaping up to be a long afternoon...
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Post by iplawyer on May 28, 2010 12:53:56 GMT -5
I emailed SSA about the fax situation, and received a second fax number to use: 703-605-8421 (instead of 8451). I used it successfully (as in, I received a fax confirmation of receipt).
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Post by bowser on May 28, 2010 13:22:50 GMT -5
I emailed SSA about the fax situation, and received a second fax number to use: 703-605-8421 (instead of 8451). Isn't that the number that is directly hooked up to the shredder? I'm waiting to show up for my interview and find the doors locked or somesuch!  |
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Post by happyhawaiian on May 28, 2010 14:54:17 GMT -5
I just got off the phone with the travel arrangement person and she indicated that she has been contacted by others regarding their travel arrangement so there are others who got the call to schedule their interview as well.
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Post by iapplied on May 28, 2010 17:04:24 GMT -5
There is no answer to the fax number we were given. A busy signal would let me know that the machine is working.
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Post by 71stretch on May 28, 2010 17:13:47 GMT -5
There is no answer to the fax number we were given. A busy signal would let me know that the machine is working. That's not good.... |
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Post by ladyatlaw on May 28, 2010 18:35:10 GMT -5
I emailed SSA about the fax situation, and received a second fax number to use: 703-605-8421 (instead of 8451). I used it successfully (as in, I received a fax confirmation of receipt). Well iplawyer, I followed your lead after MUCH angst at the FAX machine this afternoon using the main number. The alrenate number you provided went throught the very 1st time. ;D However, I'm a bit uneasy so I may still try to FAX to the main number at like 3am.  |
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Post by iapplied on May 28, 2010 20:12:51 GMT -5
I emailed SSA about the fax situation, and received a second fax number to use: 703-605-8421 (instead of 8451). I used it successfully (as in, I received a fax confirmation of receipt). Well iplawyer, I followed your lead after MUCH angst at the FAX machine this afternoon using the main number. The alrenate number you provided went throught the very 1st time. ;D However, I'm a bit uneasy so I may still try to FAX to the main number at like 3am. Same here. BTW: Thanks iplawyer for providing us an alternate fax number. |
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Post by iplawyer on May 28, 2010 21:05:11 GMT -5
ladyatlaw and iapplied: I'm happy to help!
I'm so glad that I emailed Ms. Burroughs and explained the problem, because I would have been an emotional wreck by Hour 3 of futile faxing. For the record, she was very responsive -- prompt and (obviously) helpful.
Is it possible that the fax machine was turned off by someone at 5pm, with the reasonable idea that HR would prefer not to receive faxes when no one is there? (Perhaps so that there is no chance that paper could land on the floor and get thrown out accidentally by the janitorial staff?) If so, then this system of expecting everything by Monday seems less than fully thought-out.
In any case, I recommend a follow-up email to the HR folks just to remind them to check that additional fax machine on Tuesday. That's what I did.
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Post by 71stretch on May 28, 2010 21:34:56 GMT -5
Thanks from me, too...when I'm ready to fax, I'm using the other number. And sending that e-mail.
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Post by iapplied on May 28, 2010 22:07:33 GMT -5
ladyatlaw and iapplied: I'm happy to help! Is it possible that the fax machine was turned off by someone at 5pm, with the reasonable idea that HR would prefer not to receive faxes when no one is there? (Perhaps so that there is no chance that paper could land on the floor and get thrown out accidentally by the janitorial staff?) If so, then this system of expecting everything by Monday seems less than fully thought-out. In any case, I recommend a follow-up email to the HR folks just to remind them to check that additional fax machine on Tuesday. That's what I did. Either the fax was turned off or it's out of paper. My guess would be the latter. I did do an email to Mr. Gehlken letting him know that I had faxed the docs to the alternate number but that I would also try and fax the docs to the first number we were given. |
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