I need to get a new drivers license.
I go online to set up an appointment.
Six weeks.
Go in, the DMV requires a mask. I don’t have one.
Usually they have extras but they are out.
They check my paperwork to make sure I have what I need then send me away to get a mask.
I get one.
Come back.
They sign me in.
Wait five minutes.
They process my paperwork and make me take off my mask for the picture.
None of this makes a God dammed bit of sense. But obtuse bureaucrats have to enforce obtuse, useless, and inconvenient rules because that justifies their existence.
I hate the bureaucratic state.
Dig it.
Wonder what they would do if presented by doctor’s orders against the diaper (as my lovely Lady had when pregnant). They cannot discriminate on basis of medical condition, right?
And then springboard that into unfair treatment of the healthy and inequality of the law. Everyone is free to walk up the wheelchair ramp…
But then, these are issues the masktapo have very carefully ignored.
I can top your experience with DMV. My drivers license was due to expire in a month, the quickest appointment I could get was three months away. My State Senator arranged for the DMV Director’s office to get for me an appointment right away but hours drive. Went there and got it but found out our alleged governor had said it didn’t need to be renewed because, Covid, unfortunately he neglected to tell the DMV Director’s office or they forgot to tell me. Don’t we love us some good ole state stupidity.
Huh. I had to register a new-to-us car a couple of weeks ago. Title paperwork came in Friday. Got an appointment for the following Tuesday. The lady at the counter did not need to see all the proof-of-residency stuff I brought. Including signing in, a brief wait and the VIN inspection … All of twenty minutes later, I was walking out with new license plate in hand.
About halfway through this process an older gentleman wandered in. He didn’t have an appointment (didn’t know he needed to make one) and they were booked for the day; but another customer graciously waited a moment for an MVD employee to make one for him for the next day.
Small towns do have their advantages.