Your Trip to the BMV

When you go to the BMV (Bureau of Motor Vehicles) do not assume that their snail like pace and appearance of confusion can't get worse. The best thing to do when you go to the BMV is to "go with the flow". Pack a lunch, take every shred of information related to your vehicle from the beginning of time and prepare to camp out.

Do not assume that the conference off to the side among three supervisors about how to license your car that has a title that once said "owned" but now says "leased" although it is "owned" is going to speed up dependent upon any action you take. Any action you take will only confuse things and slow them down.

Do not offer an opinion.

If one of them says, "what did they do last time". Do not say - and this is advise based upon experienced - "What did they do last time? They who? They is you, and I don't know what you did last time?"

No matter what happens, do not, under any circumstances no matter that you have been there two hours, say words to the effect, "you are all a bunch of idiots".

Should you choose to do this they go into the back room. A part of you, that child like naive part of you, thinks they are continuing their conference and/or calling the State Capital to talk to a higher "muckaty muck", but the realistic grown up part of you knows they are drinking cappuccino and eating donuts. They are not now going to help your sorry ass.

It is best to just sit there and "take it" and keep you mouth shut.

Have a nice day.