consulate

A prize for the runner up in a game to make them feel better for not winning anything.

This is a sloppy, unkempt place representing the proud Slobs people of Slobovia.

A place where you go if you are desperate to lose time. A place where you go for experiencing red tape in its supreme form. A place where you go if you want to experience administration as it was handled in the 17th century or earlier.

A place where Romanian people living abroad, go to step on Romanian land. Most of them are looking for an identity, an identity document.

The Romanian consulate in London is a land of great customer services, the only one in the world to have a network of volunteers helping regularly. They have young and smart employees, the best trained security team and the best consuls in the world. Fact!

A "Consulation Guest" is someone who is invited to an event, party, concert, etc, but only after the "First Choice Guest" is a no show and, at the last minute, your buddy needs someone to go with them. Basically, you are a second choice...or third...chopped liver...filler...

You will get the "Consulation Guest" offer, most often, the day of the event.

In a backward sort of way, being asked as a Consulation Guest, is a complement. You are asked because you are not a flake, are spontaneous, have decent manners, and versatile wardrobe. Oh, and a reliable car and gas money, because, as Consulation Guest, they expect you to drive..."after all, they invited you!".