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* Arrrrghhh!!! DMV again. *
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This morning I woke and went to the DMV to pay the use tax that I owe them. The lady at the window informed me that I could not register the car in California because of some law stating that since the car only meets California air standards and not the US EPA standards (apparently that's what the person who inspected my car thought). I said, the car has no emissions...it's an electric car! I guess the US requires some sort of pollution in order to be legal. Figures....this could explain stories like this about gas guzzling SUVs getting huge tax deductions.
They made me drive home and drive the Sparrow for another inspection. The inspector lady came out and looked the car and the stickers and told me that the lady at the window was off her rocker and that she was going to talk to her. After about five minutes she came back outside and told me everything was fine and that the other lady read the form incorrectly. When I got back to the window, she didn't even apologize or look me directly in the eye for the entire transaction. She knew she was wrong and wasted a lot of my time, but she still did not even apologize.
So I wasted half of my morning because the lady at the window (and her supervisor who she checked with) was a dumbass and couldn't read. They made me jump through hoops in order to give them money. I was waving a check for almost a thousand dollars in their face and they did not want it!! Arrrggghh!!
I think the DMV (in CA) should be treated like a business and that the people should be able to choose to do business elsewhere if they are unhappy with the service or level of competence.
Anyway, that should be the last of me having to go to the DMV for quite some time. I'm tired of going there. It sucks. It sucks. It sucks.
In other news:
That's right, Las Vegas is getting a Monorail! Remember the Simpsons episode with the Springfield Monorail? Here's the lyrics to that memorable diddy:
Lyle Lanley: Well, sir, there's nothing on earth
Like a genuine,
Bona fide,
Electrified,
Six-car
Monorail!
What'd I say?
Ned Flanders: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: What's it called?
Patty+Selma: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: That's right! Monorail!
[crowd chants `Monorail' softly and rhythmically]
Miss Hoover: I hear those things are awfully loud...
Lyle Lanley: It glides as softly as a cloud.
Apu: Is there a chance the track could bend?
Lyle Lanley: Not on your life, my Hindu friend.
Barney: What about us brain-dead slobs?
Lyle Lanley: You'll be given cushy jobs.
Abe: Were you sent here by the devil?
Lyle Lanley: No, good sir, I'm on the level.
Wiggum: The ring came off my pudding can.
Lyle Lanley: Take my pen knife, my good man.
I swear it's Springfield's only choice...
Throw up your hands and raise your voice!
All: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: What's it called?
All: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: Once again...
All: Monorail!
Marge: But Main Street's still all cracked and broken...
Bart: Sorry, Mom, the mob has spoken!
All: Monorail!
Monorail!
Monorail!
[big finish]
Monorail!
Homer: Mono... D'oh!
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In my state, it is like various families own the various DMV offices. (But it isn't like a mob thing or a Korean grocer kind of thing.) If you've had enough with one, just go to another... there are like 6 in town. All "eager and ready to please".
Josh McCormick | December 28, 2002 12:16 PM