DT50MX Tax Catch-22 - Part Two

Right, drop Jamie off at CBT and head down to the PO with his bike's
insurance, MoT and V5. And the lady in the PO won't tax it because, as
she points out, I've brought the insurance Schedule, not the
Certificate.

Buggery bollocks. OK, zoom home, pick up certificate (which looks
identical, with all the same info, except that it says "Certificate" at
the top, and stop off at local sub-PO on the way back to the training
centre.

All documents pass, and she aims the bar code reader at the V5 and
frowns.

"It says it's a car."

"It's not. It's a moped. Look at the V5."

"I know, but we have to go by the bar code, and that says it's a car."

"XYZ!!?!Z"

"Sorry, I can't issue a tax disc. The computer won't let me[1]." She
advises me to go over to the local DVLA office in Wimbledon and sort it
out there. Fark. It's now gone 10am, and he needs the tax disc by 12.

Over the the Wimbledon DVLA, this time taking the bike, and ride like a
total twonk, because time is getting shorter. It's shut. **** **** and
buggery bollocks. **** the cunting DVLA up their collective arse.

Back to the training centre, and wtf, might as well try the PO I tried
first before giving up altogether.

"Says it's a car!" says the lady who served me earlier, her brow
wrinkling. She taps another few buttons, and bingo. "Ah, that's OK!"

Tax disc issued.

Nail bomb being prepared to throw through window of small sub-PO whose
staff can't use their bloody machines....


[1] All together now: "Computer says nooo......."

 

The Older Gentleman scribbled on the back of a napkin:

What? You expect a *government* office to be open when it's convenient
for the customer?

More a case of "we don't need to stinkin' training IME"...

 

Read his post again you thick ****. It seems fairly obvious to me what
happened but I've got more than 2 brain cells.

 

Someone posting through talkaboutmotorcycles.com? What did you expect?

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, The Older Gentleman amazed us all with this pearl
of wisdom:

<Stops munching>

Fancy a peanut?

</sm>

 

the computer says.......................................................

A Cliché is the handrail of a crippled mind.

Remember that for next time.

Peter M CBR600F

 

Mine says 'Learn to snip posts and sigs, feckwit'.

I trust you will.

 

tog did your lad pass the cbt

steve

 

Nah

 

better luck next time to the lad

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, The Older Gentleman amazed us all with this pearl
of wisdom:

You mean you had a clue WTF he was going on about?