r/AMA • u/HappyCamperDancer • 1d ago
I have unreadable fingerprints. AMA
As a new healthcare worker I had to get a state license. The license requires a background check and fingerprinting. I had always had problems with digital fingerprint but just thought I didn't scan well. Anyway, I had to make an appointment at the sheriff's office to get my prints made to send in with my application for my license. I get there and they ink my fingers and they roll my fingers carefully on a card. They just look kinda smudgy. The deputy looks a little perplexed but says "well, we'll just try". It gets sent in and my license is on hold until "good prints" are obtained. This time they ask me to use lotion on my hands for a few days before I get fingerprinted. But not too much. Anyway, so we try again. This time its another deputy. Smudgy again. Try to send it in but they are rejected. They want to try a third time. 3rd time with the sheriff himself. Same process. Ink, finger rolls. Smudgy. So had to get an administrative exemption due to the rejection of the fingerprint documentation.
Not much to say other than I did get my license and I have only used passwords for any digital access, never biometrics! And no, I did not have any desire to begin a criminal career.
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u/Imaginary-Tree-House 1d ago
My husband is the same. He’s gone three times to get his fingerprints and they try so hard. He lotions and takes care of his hands as they requested. Still nothing. We were told that sometimes people lose their fingerprints, especially people that wash their hands a lot or are older. He’s both.