Originally Posted by Taz1983

I just got my passport and it was wet... all the mail in my mailbox was wet. This was the first time finding wet mail in my mailbox and lucky me it's the day I get my passport. I pat dried it with paper towels but now it looks bent out of shape, just like a book looks after water damage. Should I ask for a new one? How do you even prevent something like this from happening?
Why don't they pack passports in plastic instead of just dropping them in a paper envelope?