Behind the State
As I waited for my number to be called at the DMV this week, I had plenty of time to reassess my longstanding antipathy of government agencies. They're inherently inefficient and wasteful. Yet when my turn to write a check finally came, I encountered a friendly clerk. Her humanity reminded me that our government is not evil. It's just inevitably incompetent. That's why I don't relate to hysterical freaks on the right or the left.
posted by Happy In Bag @ 9:16 AM
3 Comments:
At 10:40 AM,
kcmeesha said…
actually I think government services improved a lot.at this level they are people from our communities,evil starts way above
At 12:23 PM,
Faith said…
When I went in to renew the registration on both cars that are in my name last year, I needed to make a change to them into my married name at the same time. I was lucky enough to get a clerk who was not only uber-helpful in that regard, but she was also very nice and patient with my slow grasp on what she was suggesting I do. I can't say it made the long wait we'd had worth while, but it certainly didn't exacerbate it, which I appreciated.
At 1:40 PM,
Happy In Bag said…
Your point is duly noted, Meesha.
I wonder if we were both lucky enough to draw the same person, Faith. Or is it- gasp!- possible that more than one competent person works at the D.M.V.?
Here's an additional positive observation: Homeless people are allowed to sleep undisturbed at the Mission facility. (I was there on a cold and wet day.)
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