Visa Denied Because Someone Farted

Now that I think about it, it seems funny that one of the members in our group got her Visa denied due to someone farting.

Part of itinerary of our Group in the European Tour was to go to the United Kingdom specifically in London. All of our lodgings, host families, concerts were set and all we needed was a visa to UK because the Schengen Visa does not cover the UK.

We prepared our papers and went to our scheduled interview at the UK embassy. Interviews are done individually and you have to wait in line.

In one of the lines, one of the members in our tour group started to giggle. The consul at the window motioned for her to come forward to the window despite it not being her turn yet. He asked her, what's funny? Are you laughing at me? She said, "no, i wasn't laughing at you" She told him someone farted in the line and thats why she laughed.

The Consul would have none of it. Picked up her application and marked it Denied.

My choirmate would have none of it because she felt that her visa had to be denied because of the merits of her application and not because of the demeanor she showed while in a line. When she tried to reason out, the consul called for security so she could be led out.

Our Choirmaster decided that without 2 people in our small team (16 pax)  we would not push through with the UK leg of our trip.  The other one denied because she wasn't a student anymore but had a masteral degree in nursing so they were afraid she would jump ship so to speak (how ironic that now they would jump at this opportunity to hire someone of her status)

So yeah. Denied because someone farted :)