Serris
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Boy, do I have a story to tell you guys. Sit back and relax, because this is going to be a doozy:
My family and I recently moved back to our home state of Massachusetts, from California. We lived around Fresno, which is notorious for high crime rates and drug problems.
My mother's license expired this year, so she had to go to the RMV today to get a reciprocal license. This is when they take your out-of-state license and run it through a machine, to exchange it for a new in-state license.
A man at the front desk was especially rude to her, often not paying attention. He asked a woman nearby about her situation (using vague details), and subsequently gave her a form to fill out. About an hour later, she was called in, only to be informed that it was the wrong form. They started to copy the information onto the new sheet, but they needed proof of ID.
She showed them her California driver's license and her old Massachusetts license. They claimed to need proof of address, so she showed them her social security card. Again, they need more proof. They get the registry to our car (which we bought locally), and things appear to be running smoothly.
Then, it happened.
When they ran her California license through the machine, she appeared as a "high-risk" 10. This means that she was categorized as a possible domestic terrorist. It was also the first time they had ever seen such a thing, so everyone was shaken up.
My mother is 51 years old, is employed at a small bank as controller of accounting, and makes around $85,000 a year. This is not the kind of woman you normally associate with terrorism.
To confirm, they ran the license through a different machine, and everything came up fine. A temporary license was issued to her, though the employees were still a bit scared. They forgot to give her her eye exam, too.
The only explanation I can come up with is our three-year stay in a high-crime area, but even then, that's no excuse for stupid screw-ups like this.
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Feel free to post your horrible stories about the DMV/RMV.
My family and I recently moved back to our home state of Massachusetts, from California. We lived around Fresno, which is notorious for high crime rates and drug problems.
My mother's license expired this year, so she had to go to the RMV today to get a reciprocal license. This is when they take your out-of-state license and run it through a machine, to exchange it for a new in-state license.
A man at the front desk was especially rude to her, often not paying attention. He asked a woman nearby about her situation (using vague details), and subsequently gave her a form to fill out. About an hour later, she was called in, only to be informed that it was the wrong form. They started to copy the information onto the new sheet, but they needed proof of ID.
She showed them her California driver's license and her old Massachusetts license. They claimed to need proof of address, so she showed them her social security card. Again, they need more proof. They get the registry to our car (which we bought locally), and things appear to be running smoothly.
Then, it happened.
When they ran her California license through the machine, she appeared as a "high-risk" 10. This means that she was categorized as a possible domestic terrorist. It was also the first time they had ever seen such a thing, so everyone was shaken up.
My mother is 51 years old, is employed at a small bank as controller of accounting, and makes around $85,000 a year. This is not the kind of woman you normally associate with terrorism.
To confirm, they ran the license through a different machine, and everything came up fine. A temporary license was issued to her, though the employees were still a bit scared. They forgot to give her her eye exam, too.
The only explanation I can come up with is our three-year stay in a high-crime area, but even then, that's no excuse for stupid screw-ups like this.
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Feel free to post your horrible stories about the DMV/RMV.
