{"id":535,"date":"2011-10-19T09:45:04","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T14:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leroyskibone.com\/?p=535"},"modified":"2011-10-19T09:45:04","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T14:45:04","slug":"dmv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leroyskibone.com\/?p=535","title":{"rendered":"DMV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Time to renew the drivers license.<br \/>\nThe DMV is one of those place where people like to bitch about all the idiots and sloths who work there.  It&#8217;s not perfect but the one by me is pretty damn efficient &#8211; even if I did have to wait about an hour there.<br \/>\nNo, what amazes me about the DMV is not the employees, but the customers.  Look around you &#8211; look at all these goddamn idiots.  And watch out, cause every single one of them drives a car.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a pretty simple process &#8211; they give you a number and at some point they call that number and you go to the counter.  A nice, clear, easy to understand, computerized voice chimes out &#8220;Now serving B276 at desk 9&#8221;.<br \/>\nAnd if no one shows up after a bit, they call it again, and then they will call it again, and maybe even again.  Always at least 3 times, sometimes more &#8211; and sometimes the person behind the desk will call it out as well &#8220;B276!  Last call!&#8221;.  And numerous times while I waited, I would see some 80 year old accident-waiting-to-happen get up on the 4th call and look around like they had just woken up from a nap &#8211; confused as all hell as they spin in circles trying to figure out where to go next.  I saw one woman do this and she eventually sat back down.  10 minutes later, she is at the front desk complaining that &#8216;they missed her number&#8217;.  The guy at the front desk then became my hero as he said &#8220;Lady, how can you drive a car if you can&#8217;t even listen for a number?&#8221;  Funny &#8211; but oh so true.  This old biddy with a reaction time of 5-15 minutes is going to be driving behind you when she rams you at a red light.  Then she will stumble out of the car and ask why you hit her.<\/p>\n<p>Despite my praise for most of the workers there, I did manage to get a major crab-ass when it was my turn.  I had to take a quick vision test.  You look in the big viewmaster they have sitting on the desk.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s approximately what I saw &#8211; 3 rows, 4 columns:<br \/>\n1    7284    7284    (blank)   9368<br \/>\n2    1063    1063    (blank)   4926<br \/>\n3    6970    6970    (blank)   2976<br \/>\nShe says &#8211; read line 1.  I read the entire line.<br \/>\nShe says &#8220;No, no, no!  Line 1!&#8221;  I read it again.<br \/>\n&#8220;LINE 1!!&#8221;  I read it again.<br \/>\n&#8220;THE NUMBERS IN THE MIDDLE!!&#8221;  I read &#8216;7284&#8217;.<br \/>\nThen she sighs and says &#8220;Oh, try this one instead.&#8221;  Translation &#8211; I&#8217;ve been showing you the wrong screen and I&#8217;m too bat-ass cranky to admit it and apologize.  She shows me something else, I read it and she says &#8220;Ok &#8211; you&#8217;re done.&#8221;  Yay, I passed.  Thanks, crabass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time to renew the drivers license. The DMV is one of those place where people like to bitch about all the idiots and sloths who work there. It&#8217;s not perfect but the one by me is pretty damn efficient &#8211; even if I did have to wait about an hour there. 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