Yesterday I was at the DMV to get myself a NY State ID (yes, it apparently took me two years to get myself to do it).
This is my experience: I filled out the forms at home, prepared what I needed to bring and had an appointment at 11:45 am that I booked a week ago. I got there early. It was a lot of people there and I thought that this will take all day, I will probably not get it done on the time I had scheduled. I scanned my barcode and got a number. I sat down for not even 5 seconds and my number came up. I gave the lady my proof of name, backed up, took a picture, and she gave me my number back and told me to sit down. I looked at the board again and my number was up already. I wandered around like a crazy person trying to find what window that had my number and when I found it the girl had already taken someone else and she told me my number will come up again. This time I didn’t sit down and that was good cause my number came up again within 15 sec. The girl drew stuff on the paper, asked me to pay, gave me a note and I was done. My visit took 4 minutes! I was out of there 3 minutes before my actual appointment.
When my husband had to get a new ID two years ago he had to sit there for 5 hours, and that was what I was afraid of. But I guess, if you schedule an appointment online before, then you’re done in less than 5 minutes. I can really recommend this!! Best experience ever when it comes to do boring stuff like this.
Another good thing was that we have a DMV office only few minutes away from our apartment. When I was done I wanted to celebrate with a coffee from Filicori coffee next door. I sat there for awhile reading my emails and texting with Jim before I went to a deli to buy a salad and then go home. What a great day!
I can not believe how fast and smooth everything went yesterday. Can you? I have no idea how the picture will look, she just snapped a pic and done. I’m gonna have this for 8 years now so hopefully it’s not super crazy:)
A very long blog post about a very short experience 🙂
Igar var jag pa DMV (transportstyrelsen) for att fixa ett NY State ID (ja, det tog mig visst tva ar att ta tag i saken).
Detta ar min upplevelse: Jag fyllde i papper hemma, forberedde vad jag behovde tha med mig och hade en bokad tid klockan 11:45 am som jag bokade forra veckan. Jag kom dit lite tidigare. Det var valdigt mycket folk dar och jag tankte att detta kommer att ta hela dagen, jag kommer troligtvis inte fa det gjort den tiden jag hade bokat. Jag skannade min streckkod och fick ett nummer. Jag satte mig ner i inte ens 5 sekunder innan mitt nummer kom upp. Jag gav kvinnan mina bevis av mitt namn, backade, tog en bild, och hon gav tillbaka mitt nummer och sa at mig att satta mig igen. Jag tittade pa tavlan och mitt nummer var redan upp. Jag irrade runt som en crazy person i ett forsok att hitta luckan som hade mitt nummer och nar jag hittade dit had tjejen redan tagit nagon annan och sa at mig att mitt nummer kommer att komma upp igen. Denna gang satte jag mig inte ner och det var bra for inom 15 sek kom numret upp. Tjejen ritade lite saker pa pappret, bad mig att betala, gav mig en note och jag var klar. Mitt besok tog 4 minuter! Jag var utanfor dorren 3 minuter innan min bokade tid.
Nar min man skulle skaffa nytt ID for tva ar sedan fick han sitta dar i 5 timmar, och det var jag radd for. Men jag antar att om man bokar en tid online innan sa ar man klar pa mindre an 5 minuter. Jag kan verkligen rekommendera detta!! Basta upplevelsen nagonsin nar det kommer till att gora trakiga saker som detta.
En annan bra sak var att de har ett DMV kontor bara nagra minuter ifran var lagenhet. Nar jag var klar ville jag fira med en kaffe fran Filicori coffee precis intil. Jag satt dar en stund och laste min mejl och smsade med Jim innan jag gick till en deli och kopte en sallad for att sen ga hem. Vilken bra dag!
Jag kan inte fatta hur snabbt och smidigt allt gick igar. Kan du? Jag har ingen aning om hur bilden kommer att se ut, hon bara tog en bild och sa klart. Jag ska ha detta i 8 ar nu sa forhoppningsvis ar det inte super galet:)
Ett valdigt langt blogginlagg om en kort upplevelse 🙂
I will try to make my birthday just as fabulous as I probably felt when this photo was taken
