Visits in embassies, dated December 30, 2022
At the end of 12/30/2022, we visited Washington once again, this time the main goal was to establish active communication with the embassy. As we arrived in the city, we started dealing with the case and the first stop place was the Chinese Embassy, as soon as the building approached, two co-workers dressed in civil uniforms came out and asked us quietly in English what we wanted and what we came to, we explained our goal in detail, although unfortunately they did not understand anything and began to talk in Chinese on the phone, Shortly, thereafter, a well – dressed elderly man came out, politely hanging out who we were and what we wanted. We explained that we wanted to hand over the letter to the ambassador, looked at the letter, went far, came close to the eyes, then went further, removed the glasses, removed the glasses and told us in a smiley face that there was no problem, thanked and we went up.
We decided to come to the embassies of other countries nearby, but soon I became convinced that the people of Washington and representatives of the diplomatic structure, in general, are very locked up, our open, elementary behavior probably was not indistinguishable in the protocol, and because of this, confused and tense with big eyes looked around.
It also came to the turn of the Russian Embassy, when we arrived at the embassy, we were greeted by a Russian dressed in a soldier’s mandir, and for some reason, we started talking in Russian, we responded in English and explained the purpose of our arrival. Of course, he got confused, did not realize, and started taking photos of our beds, then quickly stepped into the building and outside the fence instead, a man came out, came out of the side, and started taking photos of our car from the covered place, and the most comical thing was his disappearance, he noticed our gaze, quickly ran to the other side of the road, stood on the opposite side of the embassy and stood at a stop, soon the bus came and he disappeared as the bus left… Shortly thereafter, the soldier came out to apologize and told us that he could not deliver the letter. We went backward, and eventually, at the end of the day, we went to my homeland, Georgia’s little modest but, proudly standing embassy in Washington. I stood at the embassy and knocked on the doors, Soon afterward, I was allegedly opened by an employee and opened the doors to a small Georgia, the whole embassy was probably preparing for the Georgian New Year, and the alcohol boxes were Elaga on the floor, the room was messed up and the ambassador was in Georgia. I thought I went into my neighbor’s house in Tbilisi to ask for onions for my Georgian New Year dish.
When I left, I thought perhaps no representative of any country would have left the feeling that I had left when visiting the Georgian Embassy, no one could understand the feeling and the vibes that I experienced, so it was an interesting practice, and I probably had an interesting theory about all this: As we say in Georgia, a child is a reflection of parents in the mirror, perhaps the same can be said of the embassy and country, If you want to understand what kind of bureaucratic or general mentality society lives in different countries, be sure to visit that country’s embassy.