So I went to the DMV....
The DMV's a punchline, right? Every trip there lasts nine years, all the employees are bizarre and surly and rude, and the whole thing is straight out of Beetlejuice, right?
Which, if you think about it, means that it's no fun to be a DMV employee. Even if you do your job spectacularly - even if you move folks through your office with incredible efficiency, make it a pleasant place to do a necessary function, and show customers courtesy and respect, you're still going to hear an endless stream of "Haw haw, DMV" jokes. And if you work in one of those hellhole DMVs that everyone talks about, well, that can't be any fun either.
(As a side note, I'm willing to wager most people's experiences at the DMV have consisted of nothing worse than boredom. Admittedly, that's a capital offense in these ADD days of miracles and smartphone wonders, but still. And the first person to say in the comments, "Well, I had a crappy time at a DMV once and that means all DMVs suck" gets a moldy cheese sandwich mailed to them. Book rate.)
With that in mind, I'd like to extend a thank-you to the folks at the Cary, NC DMV office. They were polite. They were professional. They were helpful and courteous, and gave me a (futile) shot to do something about my terminal hat hair for my picture. And, their office was clean and pleasant to be in.
Which, all things considered, deserves a thank-you, and not a dumb joke about how I spent a gazillion hours in the DMV.
Which, if you think about it, means that it's no fun to be a DMV employee. Even if you do your job spectacularly - even if you move folks through your office with incredible efficiency, make it a pleasant place to do a necessary function, and show customers courtesy and respect, you're still going to hear an endless stream of "Haw haw, DMV" jokes. And if you work in one of those hellhole DMVs that everyone talks about, well, that can't be any fun either.
(As a side note, I'm willing to wager most people's experiences at the DMV have consisted of nothing worse than boredom. Admittedly, that's a capital offense in these ADD days of miracles and smartphone wonders, but still. And the first person to say in the comments, "Well, I had a crappy time at a DMV once and that means all DMVs suck" gets a moldy cheese sandwich mailed to them. Book rate.)
With that in mind, I'd like to extend a thank-you to the folks at the Cary, NC DMV office. They were polite. They were professional. They were helpful and courteous, and gave me a (futile) shot to do something about my terminal hat hair for my picture. And, their office was clean and pleasant to be in.
Which, all things considered, deserves a thank-you, and not a dumb joke about how I spent a gazillion hours in the DMV.
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