Applicants, many unemployed young adults, showed up with documents in brown envelopes, hoping to land jobs in the Police Service or Defence Force; but were met with delays, apologies, and an overburdened system. This isn’t new. Last year, the same station had no functioning machine, forcing officers to ferry paperwork across towns. Now, seniors are begging authorities for more machines; and employers to accept temporary receipts. If you’re waiting for this certificate, you’re not just waiting for a job; you’re waiting for a system that’s been slow to fix itself; again.