When it comes time for that dreaded driver's license renewal, and that notice that comes in the mail states that you must come in...you can't mail it in, you go out to the Driver's License Center on West Dunbar Cave and take a number. You may or may not get a seat. If you do not get there when the door is unlocked and push and shove your way to the front of the line, your wait may be 2 hours. If you wait until later in the morning, you end up circling the parking lot doing the vulture hunt for a parking spot. That is what happened today when King of Patience went to renew. He went inside while I was parking the truck, and was back outside before I could get my cell phone out and check my email...and he repeated every negative comment that I had read on the 2.0 rated reviews.
Luckily, someone had posted on Facebook some time ago about the kiosk at the Election Commission office...one of those 'do-it-yourselfers'. After uttering a few choice words...well, he didn't exactly utter them but I was the only one in the truck to hear them...I drove to the Election Commission office to see if we could find this little 'do-it-yourself' box. And sure enough!!!! No lines, No waiting! After reading the directions on the screen we were in and out of there in a matter of minutes.
As we were leaving, KOP make a comment that stopped me dead in my tracks. He said, "You were smart to think of this!" After letting it register in my brain and savoring it for what seemed like minutes, but was likely only a few seconds, I called to the two clerks seated at the reception area at the Election Commission, "Did you all just hear what he said?!?" Their response was, "Yes, we heard it at 11:15. It has been noted."
Next time you get one of those notices to renew your license and it tells you to come in, go to the kiosk at the Election Commission office. You will be glad you did, and someone may even tell you that you were smart for thinking of it. 😉
That was really smart, and good advice. Hardly anyone probably knows that.
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