I blocked off the entire afternoon to renew my driver’s license today, assuming it would take hours.<\/p>\n
Last time I was able to renew online, but this time I had to come in person. Still, they have this online system where they send you your time slot. After I registered, I got a text saying to come in an hour and a half.<\/p>\n
So an hour and fifteen minutes later, I pull into the DPS parking lot on North Lamar and walk into the office. I grab a renewal form. And I ask the woman at the desk to verify that I just need to text ‘J’ to confirm my arrival.<\/p>\n
“What are the last four digits of your phone number?” she asks. “I’ll put you at the front of the list.”<\/p>\n
Well, ok… not literally the front. As I sit down in the very full waiting room, I see my number on a big screen hanging from the ceiling. I am third — with an estimated wait of three minutes.<\/p>\n
Well, ok… my estimated wait time reached five minutes at one point. But in no time at all, a voice comes over the speaker, “Number 3271 please report to booth nine.”<\/p>\n
I feel guilty when I stand up. All those people sitting around me, there must be a hundred, and it’s already my turn.<\/p>\n
At booth nine, Shiela has a smiling face to greet me. She takes my paperwork, gives me an eye test, takes my picture (a decent one at that), and gives me a temporary license. It takes all of something like 20 minutes.<\/p>\n
Altogether — I kid you not — I was in and out of that place in 25 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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