DMV

So this is actually about going to the Drivers License Division, but to everyone outside the people who work there, it's pretty much the same thing as the DMV (Division of Motor Vehicles) to everyone else - ridiculously long lines and extreme wait times.

As I'm sure you've guessed by now, we had to make a trip to the DMV, i.e., the Drivers License Division.  I needed to renew my drivers license and Sarah needed to get a Utah drivers license with her new name on it.  I'm sure most of you have been to the DMV before, and my guess is that it's only worse now that Utah passed the law that you have to show up in person to renew your license rather than doing it by mail.

The thing that surprised me was the attitude of people who work there.  They must have just accepted the fact that lines are always long there and people wait for a long time.  So, here's how it went:

We walked in, got in the first line and filled out our paperwork.  Then we got to the "information desk" where they took our pictures, checked our documents, and got our signatures.  Then the guy handed us the papers and nonchalantly said "It'll be just an hour wait."  Just an hour?!?!  How long do things around here normally take?

Then after our wait that was just an hour, I got called up to the desk and the lady asks me, "Did you have to wait long?"  I thought to myself 'yeah, I had to wait long'  but then thinking that their perception of time is different there, I responded with "No, only an hour."  She looked at me funny as if she was thinking 'Only an hour?!?!'  to herself, then apologized.  I guess not everyone there has a strange perception of time.  Lucky for me, I don't have to go back for another five years.