THE wearing of face masks has become so commonplace that many of us don't even notice - and that was clearly an issue for a California Department of Motor Vehicles officer when processing a driver's licence.
25-year-old Lesley Pilgrim entered the registry wearing the mask, and kept it on while she posed for the licence photo.
The photographer asked her to remove it for a second shot, but when the new ID (pictured) arrived in the post Pilgrim realised they had used the first picture for the document.
"At first I just kind of stared at it...it took some time to process," she told Orange County News.
"Then I started thinking, 'Oh gosh, as a law student this can't be legal'," she added.
"If I give this to a police officer he's going to think it's fake and I'm going to get in trouble."
Apparently because it has been officially issued the licence is in fact valid, but authorities in Orange County have asked her to return for a replacement at no charge.
Her major concern then became having to queue for the ID a second time.
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