DMV and doom
You know all those jokes you hear about the Department of Motor Vehicles? They’re not jokes — they’re all true stories.
I went to renew my license recently, saw the long line and decided to wait. I had all my documents in hand, or so I thought, patiently waiting while the person in front of me made small talk with the clerk.
Everything went fine until I presented my Hawaii Electric Light Co. bill with my proof of address on it. The service period on the bill was dated 01/16/18 – 02/13/18, but it was denied because it was more than two months old. You see, they go by the first date on the form, not the last date, which is when they read the meter and figured out the bill. You don’t even get the bill until well after the last date. How idiotic is that? A 10-year-old could have figured that out, but not the DMV clerk.
Then the clerk tells me I can go to the HELCO office and have them print a more recent copy for me. As she is telling me this I notice the line getting longer and longer, and this is just the prescreening line — you still have the actual line inside to contend with.
OK, fine, I’ll get a newer one printed out. But this time I got smart, got the printout from HELCO and figured I’ll go to the Pahoa DMV, a quicker, shorter line. When I got to the Pahoa office, there it was: a big old closed till further notice sign, mainframe is down and we have no idea when it will be fixed. If that doesn’t say it all!
After reading the closed sign, I got into a zen state to calm myself down, but it didn’t work. I drove back toward home and decided to try again tomorrow. I called the Hawaii County DMV office for additional info, 961-2222, got a recording saying everyone was busy and, no, you can’t leave a message. Tell me again why I voted for Kim? I’m voting for the next politician that says they will fix the DMV. I know it’s a dream, but I don’t care.
You see, this tells you all you need to know about county bureaucrats, and what it tells you is that we are all doomed.
Roger Schweitzer
Volcano
