Ok
so everyone hates the DMV, it's no big secret. I myself loath going to the DMV
and after last Friday I feel even more contempt for the organization! Sit back
and buckle up ladies and gents, I'm about to tell you a story of mine and JR's
magical adventure to the Department of Motor Vehicles! So here me and JR are
tearing it up at work "as is the normal" and we decided, hey it's
Friday, we have a lot of meetings to attend and don't really have time to get
started on any big project so let’s get the new service van and box truck
licensed. That was the first mistake! So me being me, and having just done this
myself for my personal vehicle, get everything together to make the trip.
Everything you should need I might add! We decide to go to the Republic DMV as it’s
probably closer to our shop and since at this point it’s about 9am we figure
it's probably less busy anyways. So we walk in and luckily there isn't anyone
really there. We walk up to a teller "not sure if that's what they are
called, but whatever" and she immediately points us to a different booth.
We present our neatly organized documents to teller #2 like a peasant making an
offer to their king. Hoping with all our heart that it’s enough. WRONG! So as
it turns out if you start a new business, and use your home address as the
primary location, having the personal property tax for your home isn't enough!
That's right you have to have a personal property tax waiver for the business.
Why? The business is registered to a home address and the property tax is paid!
It makes no sense to me! But alas, the mighty DMV has spoken! So off we go,
where too you ask? Great question, the courthouse back in Springfield! Time.
10:15 am. Location. Greene county courthouse. Now this seems self-explanatory
right. Just walk in and follow the signs to where you need to go. FALSE! This
assumption leads to mistake number two! JR and myself walk in and try to follow
what is probably the most ridiculous set of directions I've ever seen. We are
walking around this place and finding nothing. up to floor 2. Negative. Let’s
try floor 3. Nope. Luckily we run into what can only be described as a flock of
elderly women on the third and top floor. Who were kind enough to advise us
that the magic room we seek is in fact back on the first floor. Back down the
stairs we go to room 117! Now it's important to note that I'm pretty sure this
entire building doesn't have any form of A/C, I assume to try to keep you from
lingering any longer than you have to, but that's just a guess. Anyway here we
are in room 117. We finally found it! Huzza! Negative! Ooh....yeah....sorry I
can give you what you seek but you have to go down to room 37 in the basement
to really get the process started! So down into the depths of the courthouse we
go. To a hidden room tucked secretly away in a corner numbered room 37. I kid
you not, after waiting in this line for 10 minutes all this lady asked for was.
Name, Address, Phone number. That's it! The reward.... A piece of paper. Back
to room 117 she commands! Of course now there's a line so after waiting we give
the hard earned piece of paper to the nice counter lady. She takes it with a
smile and asks JR for his Name, Address, and phone number. It's like a joke to
these people. Why send us down there to give 3 pieces of information, much less
ask us the same information when we get back. This place is a mad house! It's
now close to 11am and we have a meeting to be at around 11:30 so we decide, our
meeting is on the south side of town let’s go to the DMV on South Fremont.
Aaaaaand mistake number 3! We get there and there is a line around the
building! It would take hours to wait in this line so we do the only logical
thing you can do in this situation. Back to Republic!!! Don't judge us! We get
back to the Republic DMV and luckily the line there was minimal, it probably
did save us a fair amount of time to be honest, except when we finally get to
the counter "the first counter we went to in the very beginning I might
add, like somehow its now the correct counter" our teller is brand new!
This has got to be the longest process I've ever sat through. Its constant
questions and re-entering information and so on and so on. Now I get that
everyone has to start somewhere, but shouldn't there be someone training this
poor girl? Don't just throw her to the wolves! Meanwhile I look over at JR and
I can just see the poor guy age before my eyes, he's literally losing years off
his life! I've seen smokers age slower. lol. Needless to say we finally get
everything taken care of at about noonish. And in case you were wondering, 3
long hours later we did in fact make it to the tail end of our meeting. Don't
ask me how tho! :/ As always I apologize for my poor spelling and grammatical
errors. English wasn't my strongest subject. Haha. Feel free to leave a comment
below and if you need any kind of heating or air work give us a call at
831-9500! Thanks for your business! ^_^
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