the california DMV
Hello there you assholes,
Not only do I have to spend two weeks working on the phone with you to prove that my insurance never lapsed which means my vehicle registration never should have been suspended, I have to go to a DMV office, in person, to renew my registration because of your fuck-up?
The fact that you didn't send me a new letter with a "Renewal Identification Number" (RIN) is not my fault. The fact that you REQUIRE it in order to renew online or by phone, and I can't call in to get it, is FUCKED UP. I have to go in and stand in line. Because you don't make same-day appointments. And you close at 5pm.
Oh wait! A shining ray of hope! You have self-service terminals?!? I did not know that. And I can renew my registration on them? Hooray! They're open 24 hours a day, everyday? I cannot believe my eyes... wait.. only the ones that start with a W are 24/7? All others are... only available during business hours? AND they require a RIN? Double-mother-fuck!!!
Let me explain to you dolts the purpose of having a SELF-SERVICE terminal. It is so I don't have to deal with you "I'd rather be sitting in my trailer with my feet up, chain-smoking cigarettes, yelling at my 12 kids under the age of 12 and 17 dogs, with a car up on blocks outside" S.O.B.s. And I want to do it when none of you are even there. SELF-SERVICE is, by it's nature, supposed to be 24/7, for the convenience of those who ACTUALLY WORK between 8am and 5pm.
But you would know nothing of convenience, or manners, or a helpful attitude, so who am I kidding.
This means that since my registration expires TODAY, I am fucked, because I'm a responsible green citizen who took the shuttle to work, so I can't get back to the city on another shuttle until 4:45.
And better yet, it means that I GET TO PAY YOU TO FUCK ME. Isn't that just peachy. "Here is an additional 10% of the outrageous fee you were going to charge me. What's that? Oh, 'Bend over...', of course. OK."
NOTE: This post is brought to you by the official "stuff that bugs me" club.
Labels: "california DMV is a bunch of mother-fuckers", bugsme, wtf
posted at 11:22 AM
4 Comments:
DMVs, and all city government offices actually, should be forced to actually COMPETE in the marketplace. Instead, they have no incentive to improve, adapt to changing technology and needs, etc.
I was a responsible green citizen and, when the plates on my Escape Hybrid came up for renewal (needed new plates) I paid extra and got the wildlife plates for which $22 of the $30 annual fee goes to habitat preservation & protecting native wildlife. Doing that apparently made my plate renewal a completely foreign thing for them to deal with.
To this day I think they overcharged me because the idiot ringing up my transaction didn't understand what kind of plate I was getting. (Probably paid for some plate reserved for vehicles that carry live reptiles or something ;-)
10:22 PM, July 31, 2008
Yup. The DMV is certainly one of the worst examples of your government working for YOU.
Go AAA!
11:19 PM, July 31, 2008
Anyone ever have the renewal-by-internet work the first time?
I spent three days going through vehicle registration renewal-by-internet, having to type in all the details each time, only to be told that "There was a problem with your request. Start over", before it finally worked.
I'm currently on Day 2 of renewing a driver's license by Internet. Same fracking problem. Lets you type everything in, then says "Sorry, it didn't work. Try later."
Imbeciles. If the system's *down*, that's fine, put up a notice that says it's down. But of course, this is the government, and they're here to help...
2:52 PM, January 16, 2009
The DMV is a complete and utter scam, Just like any other Government organization, they are subsidized by tax payer money. This is the most baffling thing ever, since the tax payers are paying for all these morons to have a job, you should never ever have to pay for anything at the DMV. And You should only have to register your vehicle once, why every year, the plates don't change, there is no reason on earth to reregister your car whatsoever. It's just another money making scam run by inept morons and nitwits, who can barely tie their own shoes let alone, help you with any aptitude at all. I recently just lost my license, and now it's going to cost me 28$ to renew it. 28$???? Are you Fkin kidding me, 28 dollars for a stupid piece of plastic that I don't even want to carry around. This country day by day is getting more ridiculous and the DMV is the perfect example of how the taxpayer is getting bent over and screwed. I hate the DMV
10:07 PM, March 17, 2009
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