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FloridaJudy

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13. Everybody bashes bureaucrats

Reply to rug (Original post)

Sat Oct 13, 2012, 03:32 AM

Oct 2012

But I suspect it was a bureaucrat who looked at the DMV and said "This system sucks! We can do it better..." The last few times I had to go there, they gave me a number, and I was in and out in minutes. Quite a change from a few decades ago!

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Why I hate the DMV. [View all] rug Oct 2012 OP

LOL! HappyMe Oct 2012 #1

That's really cute. We don't have that problem with PennDOT. They use numbers. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #2

I got my original license at the DMV in Manhattan. rug Oct 2012 #4

The Harrisburg PennDOT is open Tuesday through Saturday. It's also easy to get to. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #6

When I got to Tucson in '98, the system was a NIGHTMARE!!! 4 & 5 hour waits not uncommon. MiddleFingerMom Oct 2012 #5

That's how I remember the MD DMV in '78 and the NH DMV in '89. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #7

Jeez! Not in this corner of the state! femmocrat Oct 2012 #11

The HBG building has a testing room, a photo ID room, and a main hall for all else. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #17

Same shit happens at the border sharp_stick Oct 2012 #3

Hahahahahahahahahahaha. But painfully true. schmice Oct 2012 #8

That is every grocery store, post office, department store... Phentex Oct 2012 #9

I've accepted that it's my lot in life that I get in either the wrong line or the wrong lane. kcass1954 Oct 2012 #10

Numbers..Numbers ...and this is all to say... Stuart G Oct 2012 #12

Everybody bashes bureaucrats FloridaJudy Oct 2012 #13

Yes, they finally got almost as organized as a 1960s deli Orrex Oct 2012 #14

I'm leaning on MD MVA to put their forms on the internet in PDFs. Chan790 Oct 2012 #15

DMV lines and pipi_k Oct 2012 #16

This is so cute....and true according to my husband.....but it's not just the DMV... a kennedy Oct 2012 #18