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Originally Posted by Richard
.........Nope - but better government should certainly be a part of the solution. 
Richard's $.02  |
Government - an example
My PO Box Renewal comes in the mail to my PO Box. Comes once a year for the last 15 years. Write a check, stick it in the pre-paid mailer, it's returned to my branch and I'm good to go for the next year.
The last time I did it I was going by the desk to the drop slot and a worker at the counter said "I take that for you" so I handed him the few letters. He saw the PO box envelope and tore it open. As I was fixin' to go out the door he said "Wait a minute, I'll need to see your drivers license."
I asked "Why" and he said since I was paying with a check he needed to see my drivers license. I said that if I would have dropped it in the slot or if he had waited to open it until after I had walked out he would not have seen my license. Didn't matter, it was in his hand so I needed to show my license.
Another time my truck registration failed to show up at the house and the tag expired. I called down to the DMV and asked what happened. They said they mailed it to my home in Washington, DC. I explained to them that I had never lived in DC and to change it back to where it had been coming for over the past decade.
The worker said they couldn't do that, I had to come down and change it in person. I asked if you had to change it in person how did it get changed in the first place. The worker said somebody must have made a mistake. So I asked them to undo the mistake. Can't do that, have to come down and do it in person. Round and round we go but rules are rules.
Both were good government employees.