Charm School Dropouts

[britman]

Having sold one of my antique motorcycles I must make the pilgrimage to the local Division of Motor Vehicles Office next week. Since I am transferring the antique plate to another bike I will have to endure the paperwork process. With the current economic downturn Virginia has started to lay off state employees. This has put the normal "Children of Satin" DMV employees in a really bad mood. I will have to spend at least two hours filling out downloaded forms that will be promptly rejected when I get to the window, provide proof of "ownership", "citizenship", and the rest of the "bullship" that goes with transferring paperwork for a 40 year motorcycle. This ordeal will cost me a full day from work,( you never know how long a fifteen minute process will be in "gumit" employee terms), and with all of the new fees put one hell of dent in my checkbook. I guess Filp's handlebar clamps will have to way a little longer. I hate to stereotype people, but my past encounters with DMV employees has left me with the impression that in general these people are pissed off at the world. Is it just Virginia or nationwide?

 

[hombre]

Wow, things must be way different in Fredericksburg! Come on out to Charlottesville, and use our DMV. It's a new building, clean and spacious. If you get there early in the day, there's never much of a waiting line. The clerks are polite and efficient. The most time I've ever spent in there is 1 hour (45 minute wait, 15 minutes processing paper).

The only thing I can't understand is why they have a full time security guard. Most visiting males have carry permits, and unlike the Court House, you don't have to disarm to enter. Sort of ensures politesse. Dat's what I like about da South!

 

[Toystoretom]

Missouri can be the exact same way, but some of it is caused by the public.

The line for tags and titles is usually the same, and to get tags you have to have the State Issued registration form or your title, possibly a bill of sale, if you are transferring plates a sales tax affidavit showing what you as the seller sold your old bike for (different than a bill of sale for the buyer), a current insurance card, usually a paid receipt for your last two years personal property taxes, a current Missouri Motor Vehicle Inspection and your left nut. It's been this way for probably ten years.

I went down to renew the tags on my Caddy just about a week ago and surprise the line wasn't too bad. The guy in front of me probably weighed in the neighborhood of 400 to 500 pounds and had to use a walker to get around. He was *****ing about how disability didn't pay enough for him to renew his tags as he was eating Twinkies. He gets up to the window and throws down a crumpled up title (and nothing else) and proclaims that he needs license plates. The clerk lets out a heavy sigh and asks if he has the rest of the required paperwork. He asks "What do I need?" and the girls says for starters he will need a bill of sale. He says that his mother is now dead and she didn't give him one at the time.

Looking right at the signature on the title she asks, "Did she sign the title before she died?"

I don't suffer fools lightly and I blurted out a big WTF and just walked out. I called Sheila (a friend of mine who works there) and she said she worked the next day so I went back and got my plates then.

 

[tdragger]

The State Trooper is there to arrest people who have outstanding warrents. They run the system when you renew your license and if something pops up, the Trooper politely taps you on the shoulder and asks you to follow him. I've only seen this happen to other people, not me of course.

 

[Sidecar Flip]

I'm glad this subject came up.............

The State Trooper is there to arrest people who have outstanding warrents. They run the system when you renew your license and if something pops up, the Trooper politely taps you on the shoulder and asks you to follow him. I've only seen this happen to other people, not me of course.

That, my dear Watson, is efficiency....

Now here in Michigan we are in the midst of a depression. We were having a one state recession but now the recession is all over so we have advanced to depression status...

I had to renew my Instructors License last week and I have to have a certified abstract of my driving record. There are 2 ways to get it. I can write to the Michigan Department of Motor Vehicles and Licensing in Lansing 90 days in advance and hope they get around to sending it and I get it on time (I only have a 15 day window on the renewal) or, I can drive 70 miles to the nearest full service Secretary of State's office, stand in line with a bunch of stinking vagrants (seems like everyone that lives near metro Detroit stinks....) and put up with the surly employees to get my paper that says..."clean, no violations' and pay 8 bucks.. I drove the 70 miles.

I waited in the line with the stinking vagrants, got a black lady that looked like Whoopie Goldberg and had an attitude like Hillary Clinton, paid my 8 bucks and got my paper. Every time I go there I fully expect to come out of the place and find someone has stolen my car...it's that good.

I hate going anywhere near Detroit. People there drive like *******s. It's dirty, the roads are shot. What a dump. The whole place needs to be turned to glass.

I'm really glad we got to talk about this. I feel much better now.

 

[Gunshots]

Flip...Get Counseling

 

[Baggage1]

Here in Fl land of the deceased and depressed the longest I have waited is 5 min. I'm done in 15 tops, I ride all year long and have a 2 year renewal cycle. Very friendly and I have never seen a line this century..... Jeb figured to get the money before they dropped on the property and get stuck with the planting bill.

 

[Lester532]

Flip...Get Counseling

Don't blame Flip, thats just Michigan.

 

[Alister]

Mountain Home's pretty good. Think the longest I spent there was about half an hour, to get two titles and registration tags.

 

[Preacher]

I guess I'm lucky. I can take care of renewals on-line. Haven't had to step inside of a DMV in years.