<VV> California DMV -- Now "If someone doesn't like you ..."

[Charlie]

On Ted.com there are poignant videos of how arguments go:

If you are wrong they win and they will make a point of it.

If you are right they will try to find some minor point and they will make a
point of that.

If you push it, you may win but they will hate you.

If someone likes you, you can't do anything wrong.
If someone doesn't like you, you can't do anything right.

So, just make them like you, and nothing else matters.

Case in point:

Captain asks a Private if he has change for the soda machine.

Private says, "Yeah. I think I do."

Captain says, "Address an officer as 'Sir'!"

Private says, "Sir! I have NO change, Sir!"

So, ...

Charlie


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From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of
Joel McGregor via VirtualVairs
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 12:34 PM
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Subject: Re: <VV> California DMV -- Now NJ DMV

I'm pretty sure they would just arrest you if you asked to see the law here.
That's been my experience any time you ask a question they don't like.

Joel McGregor


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Subject: Re: <VV> California DMV -- Now NJ DMV

On 6/11/2014 2:17 PM, Sethracer wrote:

> I have almost always been treated well at the DMV. Sometimes it helps 
> to know the rules better than the person on the other side of the 
> counter. And sometimes it doesn't! That said, if you try to "Put one 
> over on them", you can get slapped down.

Aah, an opportunity to re-tell my favorite DMV story, involving the DMV here
in my home state of New Jersey.

I bought a Corvair from an estate in Connecticut.  The executor of the
estate signed all the paperwork.  The DMV clerk in NJ said, "Whose signature
is this?"  I said that it was the signature of the executor of the estate.

The clerk said, "We need the signature of the owner."

I said, "The owner is deceased, this is the signature of the executor of his
estate."

The clerk said, "We need the signature of the owner."

I said, "The owner is deceased, so the executor of his estate has signed."

The clerk said, "We need the signature of the owner."

At that point, astounded by the clerk's lack of understanding that Dead Men
Don't Sign Title Documents, I launched into a Monty Python riff:

"The owner has died.  He's passed on.  He is no more.  He has ceased to be.
He has expired and gone to meet his maker.  He's a stiff. Bereft of life, he
rests in peace.  He's pushing up daisies.  That is why this is signed by the
executor of his estate."

At this point, virtually all activity in the office had stropped and staff
and customers were looking at me, since I had allowed my voice to rise as I
spoke, ala John Cleese.

And the clerk said, "We need the signature of the owner.  It's the law."

At that point all sense of humor had left me and I replied simply, "Show me
the law."

The clerk shuffled off and found a large book containing Title 39, the NJ
Motor Vehicle Codes.  Much to her annoyance, when she found the relevant
passages it indicated that in the event of a deceased vehicle owner, the
executor of the estate must sign.

I got my new title and registration.
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