Once back here, we needed to head to the La Caja office in Ciudad Quesada to change the code on our carnet (card) to reflect the fact that we were with the ARCR and no longer on our own, in order to get the cheaper monthly rate.So, we headed up to Quesada early to be one of the first in line, as the kind folks at ARCR said we needed to go to the La Caja office first, change the code, and then head to the clinic to get our new cards.
That, apparently, is how it works in every other La Caja office in the country. Not so in Quesada.
After waiting in line for around 30 minutes, we were told that in this area, we have to go to the clinic first and then return to the La Caja office afterward.
Back in the car, back to Florencia and another line. This one, thankfully, was pretty quick and painless and we got our new cards with new codes pretty quickly.
At that point, Lucy hopped in the car to head back to Quesada and I took a cab back to the hotel to check in on the guests.
The man at the La Caja office in Quesada was surprised to see Lucy back so quickly with the new cards.
However, when he tried to do the change there, he told Lucy that the cards would not be in the system for another two weeks, necessitating another trip to La Caja around the middle of September.
2 comments:
why do the words "banana" and "republic" come to mind?
there is bureaucracy galore down this way and more often than not, one branch has no clue as to what the other is doing. . . couple that with the fact that this is a bit out in the boonies and it exacerbates the problems. . .
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