**Writing as a LIVE review**…read more What's the point of scheduling an appointment @ 9:30am and STILL not being seen and it's an 1 HOUR later. Terrible terrible place of business.

The place is small. The parking space is plenty around in the proximity. And with or without the…read moreappointment. I got the help that I need, friendly staff plus a security officer is there to assist.

There is no more walk in or appoints in the office now. All telephone appointments. Took a month in…read morethe waitlist, then another month for the appointment. Then they didn't call. Lied in a note that they called three times, but there is no record on my phone. And I have to call the national line to get a referral to the local office that failed to call. Took another hour on the phone. Looping phone trees for you to guess the magic words to get to an agent. And the agent you get is an asshole. Extremely rude and unhelpful. Talks down on people. Department of Government Efficiency my ***. The government has never run more inefficiently

I received a phone call from SS who said they could not approve starting my SS payments because my…read moreState of birth did not match my approved Medicare information. I was instructed to go downtown with my original birth certificate and drivers license. When I got there, the security guard informed me that Seattle started a call-in requirement for appointments this week and gave ne a phone number to call and a QR code for their web site. There is no way to request an appointment on their web site. After a long phone tree, the robot said the on-hold wait time was "over 120 minutes." That could mean "not today." I will try again at 8:00 AM and see if "over 120 minutes" means over 8 hours. I have spent over 2 hours today to get this far.

I had an interview yesterday at the Capitol Hill CSO for food stamps. One, the ambiance sucked. I…read morewasn't vibing with it, anyway. The waiting room's smelly and shabby with no signage. Initially, I had no idea how to check in. This is terra incognita for me, and I imagine for others, so they really need clear signage to direct ppl. Two, Fox News blared from a smallish TV. Why choose a right-wing network? It confounded me. Even MSNBC or CNN would be preferable. It seemed grossly insensitive to their demographic/clients, most of whom are more than likely Democrats and migrants. C'mon. Fox doesn't advocate for THAT demographic, i.e., folks like me on general assistance. Unless they're masochists, I can't imagine CSO clients related to the famously imbalanced and uneven Fox content or their immigrant/minority bashing tone. Additionally, while I received a food stamp debit card, when I tried to use it at my local corner store, the system declined it. (I had been smoothly assured yesterday that it would work today, October 1st.) I went home, immediately and called Capitol Hill CSO. I was put on hold for 5 minutes only to find out that the civil servant that helped me had failed to finalize my card. Apparently, he forgot to initialize it or something, an important last step that actually activates the card. Is it THAT difficult to process an application for food stamps? The records are digitized, so all he had to do was punch in my social security number. It's all automated, so what's the big deal? It's a pretty straightforward process with clear protocols, I imagine. How could he mess it up? I hope he's simply inept. I can live with that. Frankly, I don't expect Michelin rated service at DSHS, but I have a sneaking suspicion that he was on a power trip. I experienced a similar problem with DSHS when I applied for and received assistance two years ago. I had to return to the CSO twice to get my card activated, so this clearly wasn't an isolated incident. How sad. Yet another petty bureaucrat, little better than his clients, kicking the proverbial dog. How cliché and lame! As well, at the downtown CSO, I noticed how the workers preen and act self-important. You get the picture. They have the keys to the kingdom when in reality they're a civil servant providing, you guessed it, a service. Why can't they just do their job with minimum fuss and not afflict clients with Fox News? You'd think they worked for UPS or FedEx, the top of the dung heap. I'll try my card, again tonight. Hopefully, it'll work, or I won't eat unlike the bureaucrat that "helped" me.

Arrived at 7:24 AM. At 9:00 AM, doors opened. Individuals…read morewith appointments were slowly allowed inside, while those without appointments--including disabled individuals--were required to wait outside. I was finally allowed in at 9:11 AM, checked in at the kiosk, and waited. At approximately 9:32 AM, my number (S196) was called. I explained that I had received a fully favorable decision for both SSI and SSDI and that my concern was specifically regarding my SSDI payment, which had not yet been received despite prior processing steps already being completed. The agent immediately defaulted to a scripted response, repeatedly stating that everything was "being processed," without listening to or acknowledging the specifics of my situation. I clarified multiple times that I had already completed my interview in February and had received SSI, but not SSDI. Instead of addressing the discrepancy, the agent continued to repeat the same generic response. I then requested to speak with a supervisor. I was told I could not, because she had already "answered my question." When I calmly asked again, she closed the window on me without providing her name or any assistance. Security then began pressuring me to leave. I stepped outside, contacted my attorney, and returned to formally request a supervisor. I was made to wait outside again--standing, in the cold--until approximately 10:52 AM before being allowed back in. After additional waiting, I was finally able to speak with a supervisor and file a formal grievance. I left the office at 11:19 AM. This experience reflects a serious lack of professionalism, accountability, and basic respect--especially toward individuals with disabilities who rely on these services. Requiring people to wait outside for extended periods, combined with dismissive and obstructive staff behavior, is unacceptable.

Has anyone had to drop off paper work and there driver's license to get a SSC faster? The man…read morehelping me says it will talk 2 or 3 Days it has been a week and nothing back yet. This was my scend time there waiting but still if i knew it would take this long I would of made an appointment But i was there and made it in He says I had to make one or do the drop off thing. WTF!! ANd I called one time and was on hold for 2 damn hours.

The wait was unbelievably long, and after wasting most of my day there, I still didn't receive any…read morehelp. The process is slow, disorganized, and incredibly frustrating. They kept calling numbers that is not in the lobby for screening which makes no sense they just waste time for no reason and after I spent hours there they called my number and give me a piece of paper to schedule an appointment unbelievable.

I spent 18 minutes on hold so I could make an appointment, then finally the phone rang. No one…read morepicked up, and a recording told me to call back later and hung up.

I just got off the phone appointment with Miss Martinez and just wanted to say what a wonderful job…read moreshe did! She made the whole process seem so easy and smooth! Thank you again Miss Martinez you are doing great and I appreciate you and your help! The world needs more people like you! Kathy R

The worst service ever. I have been waiting in the lobby for over four hours to get my turn to get…read morethe name on my social security card. I could not get it done on the phone or online. Scheduling an appointment will take around 60 days to have one. The place is so full of people. Many are so sick. It's is the perfect place to get diseases. The disgusting Oder is another story . I feel bad for the security lady being here all day and maintaining her good attitude. I will give this place minus 1000 if I could. Most service windows are closed too. The worst ever.

Unprecedented lengthy search for parking to just hop in to make sure they received any one of my…read morethree previous reports submitted through their iC3 portal, to which I never received a reply. A voice came out of their intercom box to tell me they couldn't look that information up. Perhaps sending confirmatory emails upon ic3 filing with an alphanumeric tracking code would allow a citizen to follow up quickly with the FBI. Many local police are directing citizens to the FBI rather than issuing police reports, investigating, or enforcing any cyber security, cyber harassment, cryptojacking, or harassment by technology laws needed to immediately, efficiently, effectively protect people. The police have a duty to protect people, not pass on the handling of a case because they don't want something hard, complicated, or too technical. Many of the officers are incorrectly telling citizens that such cases aren't police work, but are federal. This is wrong. The FBI needs a different method for the intake of these cases as the automated intake complaint system isn't responsive.

When is it EVER ok for the FBI to come to someone's place of work and harass them? When I had 2…read more"FBI" agents come to my place as I'm getting ready for work, I spoke to them and said we can speak again on a later date. They decided to come to my place of work less than 2 hours later. NOT OK. You wonder why people don't trust or respect people in law enforcement.

The DSHS (Department of Social & Health Services) in White Center has a nice big open waiting room…read more There are long waits to see case workers, but they do have some nice conference rooms. The staff at the front desk are usually quite friendly. The bathroom never has toilet paper!

They intentionally were going out of their way to deny my assistance even after telling me to go to…read morea different location for an interview. If I needed to do an interview at a different location then why waste my time with someone who refused to listen to me? Why are they so desperate to screw over disabled people? Extremely bad faith, unprofessional and sociopathic.

Five stars for Judge Oishi (?). He was fantastic. He performed a wedding service that was personal,…read morefunny, and enjoyable. He made it seem like you were being married by a friend. The courthouse was relatively clean. The deputies were ok, they were not rude but weren't overly helpful. There was a fantastic civilian security guard there that went out of his way to provide a chair at the security desk for an elderly visitor.

I sincerely want to thank the King County courts for putting me in the position that I'm in. For an…read moreentire year I had a protection order on my stepdaughter's mom because she tried to run me over with her vehicle. No police ever came to help us write a report and that was just the beginning. The police missed so many of her times. She broke her protection order against me that the sergeant had to call and apologize to me. She has a firearm license that was supposed to be turned in every single month for a year and all they did was continue the case for an entire year and then she never had to give up her license. Absolutely nothing and I mean nothing happened to this girl. She runs out constantly saying she's going to kill me calling me every sort of name in the book I've had to hide from her. She stepped up to my face and tried to hurt me multiples of times and then laughed while she was trying to run me over with her vehicle. The courts did nothing except for send me emails that she was in non-compliance. Before the termination of the protection order continuously emailed and called the courts for help on how to renew the order and was ignored and forwarded and sent to everybody else but getting help. So now, the protection order has expired, she still has her firearm license because nobody ever took any action on her. Her. Honestly they let her get away with whatever she wanted the entire year.. since they did nothing the entire year she felt she could do whatever she wanted, and that's exactly what she did. I had police on the phone. Tell me There were no grounds for her breaking her order what? She had come up to me and tried to hurt me in my face and it's supposed to be a thousand ft away from me at all times. She even tried to run me over with my 3-year-old stepdaughter in the car. Now I have to fear for my life on a daily basis because the courts never took her license or took any action. I have never been so disappointed and scared in my life but disappointed because this should never have happened and now this is my reality, scared for my life.

King County collects a property tax called King County Proposition 1 which renewed funding for the…read moreMedic One/EMS program with a 6-year, 26.5-cent EMS levy. Following is information about the Medic One/EMS system serving Seattle and King County, and what the levy funds through 2025. Medic One/EMS services are those that you get any time you call 9-1-1 for a medical emergency in King County. It is available to everyone, whatever the medical emergency. By dialing 9-1-1, callers have immediate access to the system and its excellent medical care, regardless of location, circumstances, or time of day. This is NOT true, I was told by the Deputy Chief of Seattle that only approximately 10% of emergency medical calls are routed to Medic One, the remainder go to a for profit ambulance service called AMR that charges $2500+ for an emergency and transporting you a few miles.

Came here to get the marriage license. Really great clerk/notary worked with us. He was super…read morefriendly, patient and informative. Also came here to get taxi license. Great, kind people we worked with there as well. Parking stinks in this area. There are a couple paid parking garages in the neighborhood at the tune of $22 for 2 hours.