TexasCHLforum.com

03Lightningrocks wrote:...anyone smart enough to follow the link will be smart enough to get the point.

Apparently I'm the stupid exception, because linking to another thread does not make your point.

03Lightningrocks wrote:Just so everyone knows I am not just being paranoid.

http://www.texasshooting.com/TexasCHL_F ... &sk=t&sd=a

You might want to actually elaborate and explain, rather than just linking to a thread that ends with you linking to another thread.

I don't think you're being paranoid. I think you're seriously misjudging the number of state reps being called, and how many of them actually, effectively, interject themselves into the process.

I think that every time you see someone say they're calling or writing their state rep, you think they automatically jump to the head of the line in front of you. There's really no evidence to support that. If anything, we've seen that state reps are useful for getting people off of the bottom of the pile and back to their rightful place in the line, not jumping to the front of the line.

03Lightningrocks wrote:Regardless of how you want to interpret what a line is (geeze...it brings to mind the Bill Clinton days), it is still WRONG to stop working someones application so someone with pull can be taken care of first.

It is even more wrong to NOT stop working on a recently-received application, in order to start processing someone whose packet has been sitting there 60 days without even being input into the system.

03Lightningrocks wrote:

KBCraig wrote:The problem with the "cutting in line" view is that there is no line. Applications are not ordered and sequenced; they're piled, and workers pull from a pile in no particular order. Just this week, someone reported speaking with Simone, and this was confirmed: the new and temporary workers don't always pull applications in the right order.

That is incorrect. They do work the applications in the order they are received. It may not be an exact science, but the attempt to stay somewhat in order is made.

An "attempt" to stay "somewhat in order" is not nearly the same thing as working applications in the order they are received. Anecdotal evidence makes it very clear that applications received on the same day can have vastly different starting times.

See this recent report:

http://www.texasshooting.com/TexasCHL_F ... 5&p=190648

Rub N Smoke wrote:Ok, so I called just now and guess who answered the phone.... Thats right Simone did. Although she had the same standard "Your not in the system yet" answer, she did seem nice... When I questioned why people are getting approved before me and they took the class after me her answer seemed truthful but really suprised me she said "We have alot of new people inputing the information and some of them are pulling from the wrong stacks." I kind of figured that was happening so the answer didnt suprise me but, her basically confirming it did for some reason...

The problem with the "cutting in line" view is that there is no line. Applications are not ordered and sequenced; they're piled, and workers pull from a pile in no particular order. Just this week, someone reported speaking with Simone, and this was confirmed: the new and temporary workers don't always pull applications in the right order.