Sometimes You Need the Patience of Job

The Book of Job in the Bible details how the righteous man Job endured severe trials with great patience. He never once allowed himself to loose his cool so to speak. Patience can come in handy in the notary field.

You may have to wait hours for loan docs, encounter a borrower who is a reader or your client may be older so it may take them longer to understand the notary process. Three times last week I had to exercise GREAT patience.

First, I had a client that needed three documents apostilled that were destined for Croatia. She was older and failed to realize that she would need identification in order for her documents to be notarized so I had to reschedule our appointment until she was able to get two credible witnesses with ID that could vouch for her identity.

Second, a client needed an inability to appear affidavit notarized by her finance who was incarcerated. The detention center was in San Bernardino, which is an hour from Long Beach. Not only was this a distance but the staff at the jail was extremely slow.

Jail notarizations in Los Angeles County usually take no more than 15 minutes but this one took an hour! I left at 11 a.m. and did not return until 3 p.m. so it was a long day.

Lastly, on Wednesday the borrower was quite quite a talker. The loan should have taken no more than an hour to sign but it took 2 hours! No matter how I tried to move things along he just would not budge. Very nice gentleman but just lively.

As they say, patience is a virtue and may need to be exercised from time to time in the notary profession.