Social Security Number

Social Security
Who said government employees are lazy or inefficient? Today I went to the social security office in Nasr City, and the lady at the windows gave me a scrap of paper with my social security number jotted upon it after I gave her my ID card. She entered my name (I think) into the computer (for a number of times it seems though) then asked me if my mother's name was so and so, and I said yes, then she jotted my social security number on a small peace of paper and gave it to me. That was it! I did not believe myself, the process was way easy and fast, far from what I had expected to be honest.

The social security office is found in building 59 of Rabaa Estethmari buildings. If you are going down El Nozha street with Midan El Saa behind you, turn left 3 roads before reaching the Tiba Rose shop or Dar El Defa El Gawwy. The social security office is near the end of this road on the right side (building 59).

Despite the absence of a smile, and the presence of what I would like to politely put as the "opposite of a smile," in addition to a lazy attitude in performing the duty and giving me the impression she is absolutely tired, yet she did do her job and I was so glad. I did not pay anything, I did not wait a lot and I got exactly what I wanted, my social security number by showing her my ID.

Ka3b 3amal
I went to the labor office which is found at the end of the street where Genena Mall is, not the end towards Abbas El Akkad street, but the other end. It is found at its corner, on the left side. There they informed me, after asking about my address, to go to the other labor office and the guy gave me directions on how to reach it and also told me what papers I needed when going there. Was kind of cool. I thanked him, went back to get the papers then went off to the other labor office just as he directed me.

I reached the other labor office which happened to be in building number 16 right in front of El Ahly bank, which is in front of Dar El Defa El Gawwy. It was there that the (at last) smiling woman told me I had to provide her with my social security number and directed me to the location of the social security office which was thank God nearby. By the way, all those places I went walking! After getting my social security number, I went back to the labor office and there I did not find the lady who had asked me for it, but there was another one there. I waited till she finished with someone, then she gave me the paper I asked for after filling it and looking at my ID, university graduation certificate and social security number. I was so glad upon leaving the office with the paper I wanted in my hand. I did not pay anything, I got it in the same day and I got what I wanted. Thank God. Who said government employees are no good in Egypt. Perhaps a bit lazy and give you the impression of being really tired, yet they seem to do their job ad the end. It least that had been my experience today. After all, their system of work has nothing much to motivate them, so we must understand their conditions well and not expect from them the energy boost we may ask from private sector employees.