Monday, March 30, 2009

Do I look like a push over?

As many of you know I have been known to get somethings done that other may not have thought possible. The big green box is one of those. From time to time I have the annoying bill that should not have been billed or a bill that is not correct. I usually call up and explain the situation and all is well. A month or so ago we bought a new car. It's not a "brand" new car but it's new to us so it's a new car. Many people were surprised to find out the deal that we got on this car. And they were even more surprised when they found out I had done it myself. Well the car is great and we have had no problems with it and everything seems to be going smooth. As many of you know especially my family I plan ahead. My mom is a planner my sister is a planner so of course I am a planner. So these past few weeks I have had in the back of my mind the fact that the temporary registration is going to expire on April 1st. I called a few weeks ago inquiring about this to only get an answer something like this " you have two weeks before it expires, there is nothing to worry about." At this point I felt kind of silly even worry about it. Our past cars we had gotten the plates long before the temporary expired so I wanted to make sure all was well. So I just put it back in my mind and didn't worry about it. Well, today I called up since I only have three days before the big day and the women tells me that the DMV sometimes takes a long time with these things. So my response was "so it's the DMV that is slow?" Here response was very quick (I am sure she knew exactly what I was getting at). She said actually we haven't turned in the paperwork yet but it will be here by Wednesday or Thursday. I then told here my registration runs out on Weds. And she said oh that is no big deal police officers won't pull you over for a day or two on a expired registration (she obviously doesn't live where I live). Then she explains if I do get a ticket they would pay the fine. (Oh how generous of them). I say whatever and then hang up the phone. At this point I am not too happy. So I decide to call the DMV and ask them if they have the same policy on "it's no big deal if your tags are expired a few days." As you can guess they do care and even though it may not affect your insurance because it is a none moving violation it still goes on my license. I have never had a ticket in my life and I will not be getting one because someone else can't do their job. So needless to say I called them back and explained to them that this was unacceptable and they told me that the manager would be calling me back. That was at 1 pm it is now almost 6. If they think I will go down quietly they have another thing coming. Just ask Utah Power.

2 comments:

Marylin said...

I am so with you on this one girl!! I am the same way and people learn the hard way far too often that they don't mess with me or they will get it big time!! Keep on pluggin cause if we don't stand up for us who will?? :) Love this

Jen said...

Good to hear from you-it's been awhile!
I still am amazed everytime I think of the big green box!! Ha- ha you are amazing-and no, you are not a pushover!