Posted on 09/01/2019 5:41:48 PM PDT by metmom
SANTA ANA, CA—When local man Ralph Dunkley found himself in the midst of a three-hour-long wait for a two-minute service at his local DMV office, he decided to redeem the time by pulling out his iPad and carefully pecking out a 5,000-word blog post arguing in favor of a government-run healthcare system in the U.S.
“America is way behind the rest of the civilized world—we need universal healthcare and NOW,” Dunkley typed as dozens of people around him moaned in agony while waiting in their seemingly never-ending DMV purgatory. “The United States government has more than proven its capability of running large-scale operations for its citizenry; for instance, the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Post Office are stellar examples of efficiency and financial prudence.”
“Also–almost forgot—Amtrak. Great performance and NO recent disaster incidents that come to mind. And NASA on top of that! If NASA weren’t doing a world-class job then you would expect a boom in private-company space exploration, to the point where NASA itself might come to rely on the private companies, even. Has anything like that happened? I think not.”
“Someone just let me know when a PRIVATE company shoots the most powerful rocket by a factor of two into space. I won’t hold my breath!” he added.
At publishing time, Dunkley had finally reached the DMV counter, but due to an unexplainable glitch in the system, had to go to the back of the line and start over again.
When he gets it, he is not going to want it nearly as bad as he thought he did.
The big city California DMVs do a fine job of teaching a proper attitude toward government.
Only part of the article is satire.
I’ve seen that happen.
I was just at my local DMV to renew my license. After 35 minutes of standing in a line that did not move, it was announced that the computers were down and NOTHING would be done that day.
Oh, and the DMV is also our MANDATORY insurance agency.
Yay socialism.
Me, too. I have waited for 45 minutes in a California DMV line only to be told by a rude clerk that I was in the wrong line. She pointed me to another, even longer line. After a few similar experiences I decided to patronize only rural DMVs, no matter how far I had to drive to get to them.
LOVE BB!. Also love that in our crummy little one-horse town, I’ve never had to wait more than 5 minutes to get my license renewed. (Oklahoma has privately run businesses that renew driver’s licenses and car tags).
In my neck of the woods going to DMV on a monday is just plain asking for it. Thursdays suck almost as much.
I have also learned that going to the local small town DMV is always worth the drive.
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