Too many Caucasian employees in the spot; this isn't 1960. Or 1970. Or 1980. Or 1990.
"A monument to what this country used to be" is painfully correct. Some friends showed me their new Real ID licenses; the photos are completely unrecognizable as humans, much less as specific humans.
That's the truth. There are 14k people in my rural IN county and the DMV was mostly vacant the 2 or 3 times I've been there over the past 20 years. Prior to 20 years ago we lived in a sizeable metropolis in SW Fla and the DMV was blue murder.
A Tale of Two DMVs: I live in Arizona. My city has two DMVs. One is run by the state and one is a private coompany authorized by the state to do all the same things for a small extra fee. The privately run DMV is fast, I.E. minutes to title a car or most DMV issues and the people are polite and efficient. You walk in an actual person tells you what you need and puts you into a que and you can sit down. One day I sold my vehicle and got a rebate on my registration of about $200 but I had to go to the DMV to get it. So being cheap I thought "why pay $15 bucks at the privately run DMV just go to the state run DMV and get the ful $200"! Right ! I checked in just after 1PM to avodi any noon rush. It was a crowded room and what appeared to be a line but with so many people standing around it was hard to tell. I got in line and the person in front said you have to go to that table and use the computer to check yourself in or they won't serve you. So I went to the computer and it took me about 5 minutes to figure out how to check in and I got back in line. There were 8 windows and only four were open helping people. I looked around and could see into the two offices and there were a couple of people hanging out in each office. There was a back door which I later figured out is where the employees went to have a cigarette. So I stood there, probably the 12th person in line thinking this isn't too bad. But each of the windows that were open seemed to take forever to get finished. And whenever a window finished and the customer walked away they employee took another 10 minutes on the computer and then put up the closed sign and either went to have a smoke or went into a supervisors office and shot the shit. It took me 3 hours to finally get the paperwork done and then she says you will get a check in the mail! What a waste of time.
I've been to the DMV in Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Washington, DC. They are all the same. And to comment on Wylie: My local PO is great. They are slow but they seem to care.
Talking about Connecticut? LOL! Took me 3 days to get my CDL transferred from NH. Dealers had to hire someone to bring new car registrations in so that if you were behind a few that each had a dozen cars it took you hours to get to the next clerk. No drop off for these guys to let the clerks use down time to finish dealer regs. In my case after waiting for a few hours I was told I needed my CDL physical paperwork. I left traveled to NH and got a copy (4 hr round trip). Next day after a few hours, I was told I needed the original paperwork. Screw that so I spent $150 on another physical, went back the following day and was told I needed a utility bill in my name but unfortunately was in my wifes name who was able to relocate a month prior. DMV guy finally relented after I dug out a bank statement from my vehicle.
Boy, ant't that the truth.
ReplyDeleteHeltau
Too many Caucasian employees in the spot; this isn't 1960.
ReplyDeleteOr 1970.
Or 1980.
Or 1990.
"A monument to what this country used to be" is painfully correct. Some friends showed me their new Real ID licenses; the photos are completely unrecognizable as humans, much less as specific humans.
Go to a smaller town, it’s the only way to maintain your sanity, or what’s left of it anyway.
ReplyDeleteThat's the truth. There are 14k people in my rural IN county and the DMV was mostly vacant the 2 or 3 times I've been there over the past 20 years. Prior to 20 years ago we lived in a sizeable metropolis in SW Fla and the DMV was blue murder.
DeleteSometimes parody hits closer to the truth than anticipated.
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Whitehall, NY
A Tale of Two DMVs: I live in Arizona. My city has two DMVs. One is run by the state and one is a private coompany authorized by the state to do all the same things for a small extra fee. The privately run DMV is fast, I.E. minutes to title a car or most DMV issues and the people are polite and efficient. You walk in an actual person tells you what you need and puts you into a que and you can sit down. One day I sold my vehicle and got a rebate on my registration of about $200 but I had to go to the DMV to get it. So being cheap I thought "why pay $15 bucks at the privately run DMV just go to the state run DMV and get the ful $200"! Right ! I checked in just after 1PM to avodi any noon rush. It was a crowded room and what appeared to be a line but with so many people standing around it was hard to tell. I got in line and the person in front said you have to go to that table and use the computer to check yourself in or they won't serve you. So I went to the computer and it took me about 5 minutes to figure out how to check in and I got back in line. There were 8 windows and only four were open helping people. I looked around and could see into the two offices and there were a couple of people hanging out in each office. There was a back door which I later figured out is where the employees went to have a cigarette. So I stood there, probably the 12th person in line thinking this isn't too bad. But each of the windows that were open seemed to take forever to get finished. And whenever a window finished and the customer walked away they employee took another 10 minutes on the computer and then put up the closed sign and either went to have a smoke or went into a supervisors office and shot the shit. It took me 3 hours to finally get the paperwork done and then she says you will get a check in the mail! What a waste of time.
ReplyDeleteHe forgot the part about signing up illegals to vote
ReplyDeleteJust like the Post Office.
ReplyDeleteI've been to the DMV in Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Washington, DC. They are all the same. And to comment on Wylie: My local PO is great. They are slow but they seem to care.
ReplyDeleteMy local dmv is still running on kung flu protocols, with appointments. These lazy scutts get a break after every appointment.
ReplyDeleteTalking about Connecticut? LOL! Took me 3 days to get my CDL transferred from NH. Dealers had to hire someone to bring new car registrations in so that if you were behind a few that each had a dozen cars it took you hours to get to the next clerk. No drop off for these guys to let the clerks use down time to finish dealer regs. In my case after waiting for a few hours I was told I needed my CDL physical paperwork. I left traveled to NH and got a copy (4 hr round trip). Next day after a few hours, I was told I needed the original paperwork. Screw that so I spent $150 on another physical, went back the following day and was told I needed a utility bill in my name but unfortunately was in my wifes name who was able to relocate a month prior. DMV guy finally relented after I dug out a bank statement from my vehicle.
ReplyDeleteThe DMV are publishing a version of the Karma Sutra.
ReplyDeleteIt has 100 different positions, 98 of which are closed. Their way of telling you that you are screwed, one way or another.
Phil B
That’s because their only position is bent over.
DeleteRemember the universal DMV motto, “Were not happy until you’re unhappy”
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