It really infuriates me that there are people with no travel plans soon, who didn't expedite, who are getting there passport back in a few weeks. Obviously there isn't a logical first-in-first-out type of fair system.
Apparently not.
If there were, it would not only be fairer, but also better overall. I mean, if everyone who pays for standard processing gets their passports in 8 or 9 weeks, that would probably be fine. Then State and Congressional offices wouldn't be spending all this time tracking down delayed passports and people would be able to travel without a whole lot of frustration!