Scheduled this whole day which is probably why Mr. Cook said, oh, I’ll do my annual Fall announcements then! No, I had no clue when he chooses those dates, nor the products, it’s life in a call center, you’re the last to know since leakers are lurking everywhere.
I used a vacation day to finally get my car’s tags. I procrastinated too much last Summer and blew it for online. However, I was lucky for a change. I managed to cruise around for a year without getting busted by the fuzz. What I’d give for an equivalent streak at the craps table while I have sixes and eights, odds behind point and a hard eight for the hell of it! When this July rolled around, I tried again. Nope, it said I had to show up in person.
Now I’ll cut to the chase because it was a good experience and here’s why:
- Despite requiring the inspection first, my dealership had an opening around noon! I go with them because hybrids still are a mystery to the generic shops.
- I lucked out on getting more gas in the tank before it jumped 40 cents/gal by the afternoon or 11 cents/liter.
- I only had to pay for July 2023-24. I told the clerk, but I’m expecting to pay the year I missed. They said Travis County doesn’t have the means to collect it. Enjoy your free year. I told them, talk to the IRS, they get every penny.
- Waiting at the Nelda Spears Wells building is great! They’ll call your number by text on your phone while you’re recharging your phone browsing on free WiFi.
The last bullet point demonstrates how a key function is operated very well by the “deep state” and doesn’t require a private corporation to carry it out…at twice the cost.