Foreign Service Problems

When you get yet another demarche to deliver

When you're hungry at a reception

When the cable you wrote six months ago that Washington dismissed turned out to be prescient

When a senior 7th floor leader says you need to look after your people, but also get all the work done no matter the workload

When the budget team won't let you put in for new travel orders because you haven't filed your last voucher

When someone asks you how bidding is going with a particular job

When someone else is tasked with coordinating next year's 4th of July party

When you watch two sections at post arguing during a meeting

When an ELO says they won't draft a BCL for the Ambassador's upcoming meeting

When you depart post at the end of a tour

When a White House visitor is wheels up

When someone claims their cable changed policy

When you leave a reception

When DS is investigating someone

When you're departing post in a week

When someone complains to GSO that the traffic by their housing is too loud

When you deliver a demarche that's critical of the host country