I think a monkey could run NJ DMV better.... (1610 hits)
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Submitted by Rubixxcube (View user info) at 2004-05-11 13:41:02 EDT
In the recent months NJ decided to finally get rid of their high school laminated licenses and upgrade to digital licenses. Along with that they added a 6 point ID check system where to even take a piss at DMV you need to bring 6 points worth of ID They also compeltely changed how they run DMV, which in some ways is good, instead of walking in and simply guessing where to go they organized a reception desk where they take everything from you and place it in the correct pile and tell you where to sit or stand next, it actually is a good idea... or so I thought.
I walk up to the recption desk and tell the woman that I am there to take my written and vision test in order to get my motorcycle permit.
Me: Doris I would like to get my motorcycle permit
Doris:(DMV recpetionist):I need your 6 points of ID sir.
Me: Here you go,(big smile, I did my homework):
--Doris takes my birth certificate, current driver's license and social security card and approves all of them.
Doris: I need something to verify your address besides your current driver's license
Me:?
-- I produce my paycheck stub which also has my SSN which was my backup plan.
Doris: This is not valid proof of an address because it was not mailed to you.
Me: But doris it COULD have been, it does have my address on it and if I was not at work on payday it in fact would have been mailed to me. I mean come on, it has my address, the same as on my license and my SSN.
--Doris does not like my attitude
Doris: You must leave and get a utility bill, I cannot accpet a paycheck stub.
Me: You're kidding right?
Doris: No
Me: This is ridiculous!
-- I storm out not in a pleasant moood.
I return a half hour later with my utility bill, no longer in the chipper mood I was in before. Now I get nancy at the reception desk and explain my prioir encounter with Doris.
Nancy: I don't know if I can accpet this birth certificate, it is not really in the best shape and very wrinkled.
Me: I understand it is slightly wrinkled but it still has the raised seal from the state of NY.
Nancy: I might not be able to take it in the current condition.
Me: You do realize it IS 25 years old, you're lucky it's in one piece.
Nancy: You don't have to be so serious, smile.
--I have never felt so much rage towards a stanger in my life, you just told me my birth certificate may not be good and you have the nerve to tell me to not be so serious and smile. It's like telling someone they have cancer, but don't be so serious, smile.
Me: So can you accept this or what?
Nancy: Doris will have to sign your application if she thinks this is ok.
I force a smile and ask doris politely to review my credentials, Doris signs my application and I pass my written test.
Barbara now asks if I would like to schedule my road test, I decline and inform her I am taking a safety class and at the end they stamp my permit which waives the road test. Barbara tells me the class I mentioned is not one she has heard of and that I should make an appointment. I tell her the class is valid and my friend did this 2 months ago, again she disagrees. I tell her that I will take my chances, I grab my permit and leave. To top it all off, it had started pouring rain minutes before I went outside.
2 weeks later I go to a different DMV after passing the safety class and receiving the road test waiver. I walk in and am greeted by Maria who is wearing a keychain necklace that says "I love Jesus" all over it, maria was only the beginning, this DMV had more religious propaganda then some churches I have been in.
Me: I need to add the motorcycle endorsement to my license, I already passed the road test.
Maria: you need to fill out this form and wait in the reception line.
Me: Are you sure? I already have a regular driver's license, I just need to have the endorsement added and get a new license, I see no reason to wait in the reception line.
Maria: You have to wait in that line.
Me: Are you sure? I already passed the test, have all my paperwork and just need to add the endorsement.
Maria: Yes.
Me: That line is long, I have all my forms ready, all my ID's etc...
Maria: Yes you need to wait in the line.
I wait in line for 10 minutes.
Recepionist: How can I gelp you sir?
Me: I passed my motorcycle road test, I just need to add the endorsement to my license and get a new digital license.
Receptionist: You need to go to line 6 sir(which currently has 0 people in it)
Me: You mean I didn't have to wait in this line?
Receptionist: Nope
Me: Maria said I had to, I asked maria woman 3 times and she told me I did!
Receptionist: Sometimes people make mistakes sir.
Me: How come it seems like all those people work at DMV......
The rest of the people at this DMV were actually not too bad, after I went to the correct line I was out of there with my new license in less then 10 mintues.
I don't understand how DMV can be run so poorly, with such poor attitudes and miserable stupid people working there. What really kills me is that the process will never change because no matter what hoops they make us jump through we will still need to go to DMV. I can't wait to run into one of the fuckers from DMV and they need something from me.....
User Reviews
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-08-24 15:05:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Brand new Shlongy!
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2005-08-24 14:59:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
ahhh...good ol' shitty jersey.
Submitted by Random Joe at 2004-06-09 09:26:43 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by TommyG (user info) at 2004-05-11 19:45:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
You didn't deserve to get shit on, but if I had to deal with a bunch of the ssholes I've seen in the DMV, I'd be bitter too.
Submitted by lojope (user info) at 2004-05-11 16:11:15 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by TripinDayZ420 (user info) at 2004-05-11 15:23:48 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by BoOyah <PP.at.yahoo.com> at 2004-05-11 15:17:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Yes, I also believe that,
GEORGE BUSH JR. could run the NJ DMV better.
Submitted by hcp28 (user info) at 2004-05-11 15:08:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Smithers:
Next. There's a problem with the reactor -- what do you do?
Homer: There's a problem with the reactor?? We're all going to die!!
I Married Marge
Submitted by BalloonKnot (user info) at 2004-05-11 15:01:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Not Bad.
Ballon Knot has spoken.
Submitted by Goldeneyes (user info) at 2004-05-11 14:45:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I have to agree with you.
Although, I must say, that when I renewed my license a few months ago (at the Bakers Basin DMV in Lawrenceville, NJ), they were pleasant, helpful and courteous. I was in and out, picture and all, in about 30 minutes.
Apparently I was one of the lucky ones...
Submitted by Rixes (user info) at 2004-05-11 14:29:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Man: You must be stupider than you look.
Homer: Stupider like a fix!
Lemon of Troy
Submitted by girlreporter (user info) at 2004-05-11 14:15:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Beautiful. If there's a reason why I don't miss living in Jersey, the DMV in East Brunswick would be it.
Submitted by AshK (user info) at 2004-05-11 14:10:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
It must be a national requirement that the majority of DMV employees must be anal, angry, and unable to use basic critical thinking skills.
Submitted by slowlyrotting (user info) at 2004-05-11 14:07:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
"The Lord giveth, and the DMV taketh away." - License to Drive
Submitted by Envenom (user info) at 2004-05-11 13:48:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I've been to hell I spell it
I spell it DMV
Anyone who's been there knows precisely what I mean
I've stood in line and waited and choked back the urge to scream
And if I had my druthers, I'd screw that chimpanzee
Call it pointless...