Timeline for Why were sloths chosen to depict DMV workers?
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| Sep 15, 2017 at 2:39 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | In some states, AAA offices have their own little DMV branch, for members only. It's a LOT faster. | |
| Sep 13, 2017 at 12:55 | comment | added | David Richerby | @sgroves That's true, but I don't think it makes any actual difference for the purposes of this question. "The DMV" as a concept is a US institution in the sense of "a significant practice, relationship, or organization in a society or culture" (m-w.com). | |
| Sep 12, 2017 at 20:53 | comment | added | user9311 | DMVs are better now that many common tasks (e.g. license and registration renewels) can be done over the Internet, so the actual offices generally only have people doing things that must be done in person such as taking driving tests, getting pictures for IDs, etc. along with the technophobes who refuse to use the Internet and go in person anyway. Of course, it is still a slow process to do anything there, even if it is usually faster than before the Internet. | |
| Sep 12, 2017 at 18:46 | comment | added | KRyan | @MarchHo Your DMV allows you to make appointments?! That’s amazing! | |
| Sep 12, 2017 at 17:30 | comment | added | user428517 | @T.E.D. In my experience, if you don't get there and queue up well before the DMV opens, you're just about guaranteed to waste your whole day. Getting there early is key. But I'm sure this varies by state and location. | |
| Sep 12, 2017 at 17:16 | comment | added | user428517 | I think it's worth clarifying that the DMV is not a US institution. Each US state has its own DMV (or a similarly named department), and they're all independently run. | |
| Sep 12, 2017 at 16:10 | comment | added | T.E.D. | I went to one here in town 20 years ago a half hour after opening (9:30 AM), and was one of the last people processed before they closed at 5. Spent only 4 hours waiting in one to get a kid's license reinstated a couple of years ago. Progress? | |
| Sep 12, 2017 at 14:48 | comment | added | Charles Duffy | My experience with DMV offices is that they're awful in Texas, and (within the last ~5 years, which is the scope of my experience) models of well-oiled efficiency in Chicago. Perhaps the folks who come into government with the idea that it's doomed to incompetence have a self-fulfilling prophecy. | |
| Sep 12, 2017 at 14:35 | comment | added | March Ho | My personal experience (at least in NY) is that DMVs can be extremely efficient if you book an appointment in advance (under 15 minutes wait time). The one time I went there without an appointment, I had to wait over 3 hours. | |
| Sep 12, 2017 at 13:28 | comment | added | godskook | I can confirm, by personal experience, that DMVs were ATROCIOUSLY bad when I was a kid. They've been better, for some things, in more recent years, but even still getting a city sticker a few years back, there was a line around the block. Admittedly, mostly something I experienced in Chicago. | |
| Sep 12, 2017 at 9:07 | history | answered | Paulie_D | CC BY-SA 3.0 |