Department of Motor Vehicles

Tuesday is the most productive day of the week, so you can expect DMV employees to be the biggest jerks that day.

I seriously don't understand why the DMV employees feel the need to act like the business end of a colon, but, for some reason, they do. I think it's the power they wield. You can't get your business done without their approval.

The last time I needed to renew my drivers license, it was on a Friday and there was only one DMV open on Fridays, and it's an hour away. So, I headed down there a little late in the day because I had an early afternoon gig.

When I got there and figured out what line to get in, no easy trick, they asked me for several forms of identification, including my birth certificate or a passport, expired or not, and my social security card. I had my birth certificate, along with my passport, but not my social security card.

The woman at the window sent me to another line, where someone took my money and picture and said I could get a temporary liscence and show them my  social card within 90 days. So, as I waited in yet another line, I finally made it to the jerk who was to finalize the process.

As soon as I got to his work station, I was greeted with a sign to the right of his window which read, "Don't even start with me, because you're going to lose". The first thing that hit me was, I pay for this idiot to have his job. He had obviously forgotten that.

He gruffly barked at me that since I didn't have my social security card, he couldn't even permit me to have a temporary liscence. I told him to confer with the cashier who told me that I could, so long as I showed my social security card within 90 days.

He grumbled that if it were up to him, I wouldn't even be getting a temporary liscence, and I had 30 days to show my card (he obviously lied) and that I would have to return to that office to finish the process, another lie. I didn't say anything until I had my license safely in my hand and then told him that he worked for me, not the other way around, and that I was going to speak with the manager about his insulting sign and horrible attitude.

He couldn't have cared less. I spoke with the manager and discovered why this behavior was acceptable to him. He was scared to death of the guy. Terrific. Another government employee taking advantage of the tax payers money.

So, I got a duplicate social security card and went to my local DMV 45 days later and got my license.

So, I would avoid going to any government agency on Tuesdays.

See you tomorrow.

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