#JohnGalt2014 @ Montana DMV
Today I am wearing a t-shirt with A is A on it and my hat that says Atlas Shrugged. Now Non-Fiction. I had to pay my registration today. This is how it goes:
Clerk: May I help you.
Me: Yes, thank you. I hand her my renewal slip and prepare my check (with pirates on it of course.
Clerk: You have to get new plates.
Me: Why? What's wrong with the ugly ones I have?
Clerk: Those a the most popular ones. Your plates are 5 years old so you have to get new ones.
Me: Why?
Clerk: The state requires it because they say they fade after 5 years (note, there is no fading on of the plates on either of my vehicles). They just want to get more revenue.
Me: Yes they do. That is ridiculous. When I come next year and I get the permanent registration on this vehicle I'll never have to change my plates, even if they fade out completely.
Clerk: Yes, that's right.
Me: Idiocy...total (mumble, mumble) idiocy! I write my check and get the new plates.
The guy at the next counter kept inching further away from me. There was no place to put my postit's without some difficulties as this is the county courthouse too.
Clerk: May I help you.
Me: Yes, thank you. I hand her my renewal slip and prepare my check (with pirates on it of course.
Clerk: You have to get new plates.
Me: Why? What's wrong with the ugly ones I have?
Clerk: Those a the most popular ones. Your plates are 5 years old so you have to get new ones.
Me: Why?
Clerk: The state requires it because they say they fade after 5 years (note, there is no fading on of the plates on either of my vehicles). They just want to get more revenue.
Me: Yes they do. That is ridiculous. When I come next year and I get the permanent registration on this vehicle I'll never have to change my plates, even if they fade out completely.
Clerk: Yes, that's right.
Me: Idiocy...total (mumble, mumble) idiocy! I write my check and get the new plates.
The guy at the next counter kept inching further away from me. There was no place to put my postit's without some difficulties as this is the county courthouse too.
And, if I HAVE to use a public john, I ALWAYS use 2 or 3. You just paid for 500 with your faded license renewal fee... I hope you used them ALL.
How many years ahead do they work, and how do they dispose of prestamped ones when a plate reaches the 'permanent plate' stage?
Do they recycle? Just askin' :)
I need to get a NO CONFIDENCE stamp to put on multiple places on the ballot in November. I'll get a hand cramp otherwise.