DMV hilarity

Who's ready for a great tale of idiocy at the DMV? You know you love it.

So, last week I get pulled over on my Vespa and humiliated for having an out of date registration. I get a ticket and a notice to appear in traffic court. Nightmare.

I call up the DMV today to find out what the deal is. I always return these renewal forms immediately, so I don't understand how I could have not renewed. Perhaps the letter got lost? Perhaps my sticker got stolen?

No no, wait til you hear what happened. Turns out that I OVERPAID in 2006 by $200 bucks on my renewal form. Who knows how that happened. Double paying parking tickets?

The comedy is that they won't send me a registration renewal until I claim the $200 back. And they never told me there was $200 to claim. So now, I have to go to the DMV, and wait in line to get my own damned money back. And then, I can not only pay my ticket for having an out of date registration, but I also have the honor of paying a late fee for not renewing on time. You getting this? I have to pay fees for not claiming my own overpaid money back.