Comments on: I Despise You, DMV

By: Pam

Pam — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:08:16 +0000

Okay. I know where you made your big mistake! You should have had the wine BEFORE you went to the dmv. Just an FYI! Well, now thinking about it, you probably would have landed in jail for DUI, then charged with reckless endangerment of a child and manhandling a civil servant. Next time, assuming there is a next time, as you approach the counter look the clerk squarely in the eyes and say what Suzanne tells her children “Make a good choice”!
Love,
Pam (aka Beulah)

By: Kristin Fulghum

Kristin Fulghum — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:05:59 +0000

i hate that place.

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:06:49 +0000

That is by far one of the most horrendous DMV experiences I have ever heard. I’m sorry you had to go through that, and pay almost $1400 to boot. Recently my mom gave my husband and I a fishing boat, but since we were transferring ownership from a different state, the process was not as smooth as we had expected. We ended up paying for something we didn’t need to pay for, simply because the lady we worked with at first had no idea what she was doing. Then we came back to the DMV a week later to take care of the rest of the issue – had to pay more fees, only to find out we could apply for a refund for the first set of fees we paid….because we should have never had to pay the first set of fees. 2 visits to the DMV, a refund request through the mail (we still haven’t heard about about the refund….surprise, surprise!), a DMV rep. who had no idea what she was doing, a second DMV rep. complaining about the first, overpaid fees, etc…, we finally have it settled, we think! I agree, the DMV was created by the devil to try and make us sin by frustrating the poop out of us.

By: Your Mother

Your Mother — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:28:29 +0000

Just to update all your readers. The DMV was closed for a funeral when your Father arrived. NO KIDDING!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:34:09 +0000

That totally stinks! Poor little Arle. To be exposed to such atrocity at such a young age! You and Jonathan should have a chat. He absolutely abhors the DMV! The fact that we are in NM and the English language is quickly disappearing from existence doesn’t help either. It makes me glad he handles all our DMV business! On the bright side…Gilles and Cheryl rocked it! I personally think she is a hussy, pardon my rudeness, but they are totally the best dancers, right?!

By: Your Mother

Your Mother — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:30:08 +0000

OH YES, and the reason the Social Security office got involved was because DMV had one number wrong in my SS number!!!! It’s a good thing you wrote about this today, when your Father read it he looked and saw that his Driver’s license had expired April 4!! Can you hear evil laughter haunting on the wind? I think I can.

By: Your Mother

Your Mother — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:59:21 +0000

Have I not ever told you my experience with them?!? My story is a nightmare! Six times to DMV and three times to the Social Security office to get my license renewed because the day I had tried to renew it the computer was down and by the time it was working my license was expired altogether. I ended up having to take my marriage license, birth certificate, and passport because they wouldn’t accept an expired license. I had to drive 40 miles each trip and they used each visit to tell me the one thing I still needed to bring them to prove I was who I said I was. There was never a “list of items” they could give me so I could only make the one trip home. The final straw was when they told me I would have to go to a local Drs. office and get a signed affidavit from him. Luckily my dentist was in the same town as the SS office.
I think I need a glass of wine and a good TV show.

By: jenny roby

jenny roby — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:36:39 +0000

I’m mad for you. Josh would have strangled someone and I regardless of children may have done the same. Sooo sorry! I recently had to get a new driver’s license ( mine was lost by a J and J adventure through my purse ). I made Josh meet me at the downtown DMV to watch the boys. There was no way I was going to do that while wrangling two boys. It was swift, however I was informed that I will still have to renew it in 3 months! Ludicrous!

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:17:01 +0000

Thanks for the post!

It reminded me of how much I absolutely abhor the DMV and that I needed to renew my driver’s license. Fortunately, Virginia allows us to renew ONLINE with no lines or snarky DMV girls. So, I marched my little fingers right over to http://www.dmvnow.com and renewed my license.

Thanks Heather!