On this last day of 30, I headed on up to the DMV to renew my license as it expires at midnight tonight. I’ve got three words for you: TEN MINUTES FLAT. Well, maybe even less. I couldn’t believe it actually.
I rolled into a somewhat crowded parking lot with a few hours to spare before my next committment (which was actually cancelled prior to leaving the house, but since I had planned for it, we’ll pretend it still existed) and I got a chill that I’d be there for the entire time.
Here’s how it went down:
- Enter building and greet receptionist
- Get given a ticket and instructed to proceed to Window Two
- Arrive at Window Two and complete last two lines of mostly-filled-out paperwork
- Pay the $23 that it takes to renew your license for two years. This was actually, I think, the longest step in the process, as the guy behind Window Two had to dig for a moment to find change
- Step to the camera area (10 feet away), check my hair, look at Betty Boop while the man from behind Window Two snaps my picture
- Sit in the sort-of comfy chairs next to the camera area and begin reading Business Week online on my Treo
- About a half-sentence later a woman behind the desk in the camera area calls my name and hands me my new license
- Walk out the door of the DMV
In and out in less than ten minutes flat. Completely amazing.