ok, since I am going to New York, thought it would be a good idea to get one of these new nifty creditcard-size driver licenses instead of the old big paper one.
office hours are from 8:00am-12:30pm, so I had to get up early (despite the fact that I had a splendid time with an old friend of mine, Matthias Fenzl, incredible photographer and one of the most charming dudes I know. check out his site. oh, done by me 
). went there, got a waiting number at the info desk.
“There is a problem sir, your self printed form (from the internet) is a little bit old & offscale, please fill it out again. Here is one of ours. ¬†But no worries, you will have plenty of time.” which was actually true. I consider 2 hours wait time pretty long.
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While I was waiting I discovered something rather funny. There is a photo-booth to take a picture for your driving license.With samples how you should look.Now take a closer look at those crossed out samples.No sexy poses anymore you misses outthere!
Can’t¬†count the times where¬†(female)¬†friends of mine got away for speeding¬†by flirting with the officer. Ha!¬†Your are not allowed to do that¬†anymore! At least not on your picture |
Since I had to wait THAT long I got bored and jumped around a little bit on the floor (since it had that tempting checkerboard pattern and I had my iPOD pluged in ). After a while a young guy approached my and asked:
“Hey, do you take drugs? Have you smoked something or took pills of any kind?”
So what the heck?! Can’t I jump around a little bit? …¬†:)
I sighed a little bit and answered no. Next question: “Can I have your urine?”. Ah, now I knew where this was going. Not because of my jumpy jumpy, no,¬†getting wasted and little doctor asking for sample was the problem. Had to disappoint him. yeah, bad me. but kids, really, don’t take drugs and drive.
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Next funny thing: a door sign, to keep it closed all the time or the alarm will go off. English readers, have to disappoint you, this is hardly translatable, but believe me, it is spelled wrong in a very funny way (”Please close this door or otherwise alarm is going touchy all the time”). But honestly,¬†please keep it and make more. Looking forward to further “examples”. ¬†;) |
ah, and I have a last one, too. There was a second waiting queue after the first one to get your temporary drivers license, with an arab guy waiting before me. When it was his turn he was handed the driver license with the words “Here is your driver license Mr. Hussein” ….