observations from the license branch....

**sabrelvssammy** · 12-04-2009, 07:55 PM

so today dh invited me to go to the license branch with him to renew his license...(am i 'lucky' or what...while other wives get an invite out to dinner, or perhaps a movie, or maybe just a day of fun)....'I' get to go to the license branch for my 'date'...weeeee....

so the place is a little crowded and we stand around for a little while til it's 'our' turn... i go grab a chair while DH is doing his thing...and i start people watching...(gotta tell ya that someone once posted a link here to 'the people of wal-mart.com' and it was like watching a live version of the thing....).... but a couple of things that really stood out and i need some clarity on are this:

what the heck are women carrying in these purses....??? i mean some of them are short of being 'suitcases' ....i think i have taken smaller bags on vacation for a week then some of the bags that i witnessed being drug in...i mean, these things have got to weigh a ton...and what on earth is in them ?

and then there was the lady that couldn't read the 'eye-chart'...i was sitting close enough to hear the whole thing... the clerk told her to read 'such & such line'....and the lady stuck her head in the little 'box' and started reciting a bunch of numbers... the clerk just sat there and looked at her with a puzzled look on her face..."no, read such & such..." she said again.... the lady started with her numbers.... the clerk stopped her and said "can you see the line i am asking you to read?"..."no" says the lady..."ok-then read what you CAN see"..."i can't see any of it" she replies....clerk: "do you wear glasses or contacts"?...."no" says the lady.... the clerk looks at her for a few more moments and then says "ok, well then i will have to put a restriction on your license"....and proceeds to type away on the computer...

while all this is going on dh has come over and sat down next to me and is witnessing this himself... i look at him and ask him "what on earth kind of restriction can she put on her license...? that's she's practically blind and can't see so here's a little note on her license stating so...?"... great...you pass...here's your restriction...here's your license....see ya on the roadway.... oh boy....

**joyofsix** · 12-04-2009, 08:39 PM

Oh my! Gotta love the Hoosier State!

**bumplett** · 12-04-2009, 08:42 PM

scary stuff - and this explains sooooo many accidents!

**dcompton** · 12-04-2009, 09:21 PM

sabrelvssammy,

Many years ago I read a short vignette in Reader's Digest. This woman was madly in love with a guy, but was getting very, very annoyed with him and was about to give up. He would ask other girls out to the movies, to nice dinners -- he took her to the grocery store and other dreary mundane places, including, yes, the driver's license bureau. She finally asked him why. He said, well, they were just dates, but she was being auditioned for wife. So consider your exciting DH date a good thing - you're obviously a keeper!

**NikoSan999** · 12-04-2009, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by dcompton

sabrelvssammy,

Many years ago I read a short vignette in Reader's Digest. This woman was madly in love with a guy, but was getting very, very annoyed with him and was about to give up. He would ask other girls out to the movies, to nice dinners -- he took her to the grocery store and other dreary mundane places, including, yes, the driver's license bureau. She finally asked him why. He said, well, they were just dates, but she was being auditioned for wife. So consider your exciting DH date a good thing - you're obviously a keeper!

That is good!!! Had a good laugh. So sabrelvssammy, isn't it nice to know that you're a keeper after all this time.

I went August 30th for my renewal. On top of being the last day it was also the last day before everything in the place doubled in cost. ( I didn't know this before hand ) So just imagine the place. Half the people in there were unemployed ( myself included and I still had to report that day ) and when I first went into the idiot house and went up to the counter the ( cough, cough ())(*)(*) woman cops an attitude with me when I asked if she had any idea how far behind they were. She starts bitching about how hard they worked and all the overtime they were being made to work. WRONG THING TO SAY TO SOMEONE WHO IS UNEMPLOYED AND ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR A JOB ( ME )!!! I let her have it with both barrels and wanted to go over the counter after her. It's only 9 in the morning and she's tired. State job and overtime at god knows what hourly rate and she's complaining. I almost got a standing ovation, least from the unemployed who were also looking for work.

That was my observation.

**KeithBC** · 12-04-2009, 10:38 PM

I can just picture it:

Cop: Didn't you see the speed limit sign back there, ma'am?"
Driver: No, but it says right there on my license that I'm not expected to."

**monkeywrangler71** · 12-05-2009, 12:33 AM

The restriction on her license means she is no longer permitted to drive without corrective lenses.

**Sassyclass** · 12-05-2009, 12:51 AM

Originally Posted by monkeywrangler71

The restriction on her license means she is no longer permitted to drive without corrective lenses.

Yes, but I'm pretty sure she didn't have corrective lenses on when she left and drove away.That would be no different than a cop letting a drunk get back behind the wheel after failing a breathalizer test. That's what is wrong with this country, no common sense. SS I hope you saw what her car looked like, that way if you see her on the road you can get out of her way.

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