Common Sense, DMVApril 7, 2009 2:02 pm
Me: Do you want to be an organ donor?
Girl: Can I? Here?
DMVFebruary 2, 2009 3:52 pm
After explaining that a birth certificate or passport was now necessary to renew a driver’s license in Missouri to a large black man who in the photo on his license was to all appearances a woman I had this exchange with a fellow.
Me: Would you like to be an organ donor?
Man: Nah, hmm-mm… I need all my organs.
Once again I was at a loss.
Then a few hours later a woman who had failed to identify correctly 4 out of 6 road signs (including the stop sign) was looking over a study guide I had given her. As she was refreshing her memory she casually commented to the man next to her, “oh that’s the stop sign,” and then added, her confidence surreal, “but you know, most of the stop signs are yellow.”
Finally I came across two names today that were just too good not to mention:
Tequila Pettigrew
Geneva Calvin
BTW - I would just like to share with you dear readers, that the most frequent answer given when asked to identify a picture of a merging traffic sign is, “straight ahead.” This astounds me. You don’t get a sign for straight ahead. You go straight ahead unless there is a sign. Do these people just stop barring a sign directing them to continue forward motion?
DMVJanuary 26, 2009 11:11 am
I work for a drivers license bureau. This affords me some frustration and many surreal experiences. Everyone has to go to the license bureau. Everyone. So, I’ve decided to create a category for relating some of my more interesting encounters. Here’s the first installation.
I was making a young lady an updated license today because her address had changed. There are certain questions that I have to ask anytime I print a license. So here’s how the conversation went when I got to that point.
Me: Would you like to be an organ donor?
Girl: No.
pause…
Girl: Unless I die.
I had no idea what to even say.
