It wasn't supposed to be this way. It was supposed to be a usual Friday afternoon in Bucharest, cafes abuzz with talks of nighttime shenanigans, the youth movement talking of nighttime disco-tech endeavors, and prostitutes gearing up to rip off Americans that probably just bought a Dracula bobblehead from a kabob stand. Instead, the city is lethargic and despondent, the cafes are deserted.
"My family starve, our businesses close, our life forever change." Alexandru Romanav told Imabro.
Alexandru, like thousands of Romanians this morning, awoke to the news that ePassporte had been closed by Visa.
"Its one minute, you are chatting some guy from Chicago. The next minute, you can't get paid for chat." Alexandru continued.
ePassporte, long considered the backbone of Romanian society next to the Dracula Bobblehead industry, was now vanished. And with it, the hopes and dreams of thousands of online chat bots and professional emailers.
"What if that prince in Nigeria, the owner of those banks, were to die tomorrow? That's what this is like for my people."
While most want to see the problem as isolated to a region of the world best known for inspiring such classics as Interview with the Vampire and any movie associated with the cool part of Tom Cruise's career, the effects are beginning to resonate worldwide.
"I haven't had one ICQ auth this morning from Sunny Girl or Sexy69. Its so quiet on messenger, its almost creepy." Said Tom Bolden, Iowa State student body president.
While ePassporte continues to work on resolve, it likely can't come fast enough for a region that has never fully recovered from the ice age.
Bucharest street merchants have noted that while economic turmoil may be presiding over the region with no defined end in sight, the dracula bobblehead industry remains in tact for Americans still willing to make the trek.
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