my carte louvre jeune

At the Louvre, you can get a yearly pass if you are under 26 years old that costs 15 euros. now, considering it costs 8 euros to go into the louvre for one day, this is a pretty good deal. The only thing about this, is that you have to go when the office is open to get this card because they take your picture and everything.. its like standing in line to get your health card or your passport or something.. so, Paul and i went the one day and with a bit of luck, there were only 2 people in front of us. This was awesome. We both sat down together and got ready to fill out these forms and the lady asked us for a piece of ID to prove we were under 26. Paul pulls out his and I go to get mine and realize that I had left them all at home. This is because when Paul and I were in Munich I had to leave a few pieces of ID at the desk at the hostel and I had put them in a different wallet that I didnt have on me at the Louvre. clearly.

so, on day one of me trying to get my carte louvre jeune I forgot my ID. on day two of me trying to get my carte louvre jeune (the next day) the louvre was having an evacuation for whatever reason. (who knows.. France gives no answers..) on day three of me trying to get my carte louvre jeune the office was closed (i'm not sure why this surprised me because everything in France closes for no reason at some point or another) So, i went to the information desk and starting speaking to the guy in english, telling him that the office was closed, that i wanted to get my carte louvre jeune, that i had already tried to do this twice before and wasnt able to (i didnt mention that one of those times was my fault. clearly..) and that i wanted to get my carte louvre jeune today because i wasnt going to pay the admission again (i had done it on day one) the man said there was nothing he could do, that the office was separate from him. I then responded in french and almost immediately, he called his supervisor to see what the problem was with the office. I couldnt believe how quickly he was able to help me when i started speaking french. he got off the phone with his supervisor and they said that they didnt have enough people to work in the office and thats why they closed it. he said he was sorry and that i could fill out a complaint form and explain the situation and that i wanted reimbursed for my admission into the louvre on day three. i filled out the form totally convinced that they would reimburse me ( i got a letter in the mail the other day telling me that they were glad i took interest in the louvre but unfortunuatly it says on the back of my ticket that they can't reimburse me. thanks) so, so far, ive paid the admission twice which is 16 euros. and in case you forget the price of the carte louvre jeune, it was 15 euros. gr- was i mad.
so, on day four of me trying to get my carte louvre jeune (this is still all while Paul was here..) i succeeded. i went to the office about 45 mins before it was scheduled to close ( i dont even know why they have schedules here because they clearly dont follow them..) I walked up to the entrance and the man was just about to lock the doors because they were closing early again. In france, all the doors are locked at the bottom. So, he was down on his knees and he didnt really see me sneak in the other door that he hadnt locked yet until i was in the door. he told me that they were closing the office and that i would have to come back again another time. I said no, i wasnt coming back and that i was getting my card today. he looked at me and said that the office was closed. I said i realized it was closed but the one door was open and i was getting my carte louvre jeune today. and he left me alone. ha. finally, i won. so, i finally got my card and i havent used it since.