DVLA in SOH shocker

Alright, it is a bit twisted, but what would you expect?

I needed to speak to my local DVLA office this morning, so I checked
the website and found the specific Luton DVLALO 0870 number. There is
a bit of blurb advising that the call will be routed through the DVLA
Swansea call centre initially, but will shuffle you off to where you
want to be as you progress through the menus.

Ok then, I pressed the star and off I went.
Some fourteen 7-or 8-choice menus later (none of them were _exactly_
on-topic, of course) I ended up listening to hold music.

Then there was Dim Welsh Tart #1, followed by DWT #2, #3 and #4,
interspersed with the bloody hold music. Eventually they saw fit to
supply me with the number that I needed in the first place, so I could
call Luton direct. TFFT, only 30 fucking minutes.

And my point? The hold music all the way through:

"Road To Nowhere", by Talking Heads.

 

[snip endless tedium by phone]

How appropriate.

I have attempted to get the VFR MOTed and relicensed having let the
license lapse for a short period - bike kept off road though.

Eventually get MOT and repairs sorted. Bounce off to Post Office to
obtain tax disc. Oh no - can't renew that. You need the log book. How
many bloody bits of paper are required to entitle you to pay the
government £60!

I really wonder whether the bureaucracy etc is cost effective relative
to the problem they are trying to solve. The hassle is now so great I'm
not surprised that people opt not to tax and insure their vehicles.

 

Then there was Dim Welsh Tart

No way to talk about my sister... oh no she don't work for the dvla, as you
were.

D

 

Paul Corfield secured a place in history by writing:

I sent off an application a couple of days ago to change the reg plate on
my new Sprint (sad f**ker with a personal plate, sorry). I printed the V62
from the DVLA downloadable forms section on their web site. Today I get in
and find a letter saying "We have rejected your application as it is not
submitted on an original V62: Please resubmit on an original form"

It even says "Online" on the PDF form. Assholes.

 

Pip wrote

Better than the Blondie "hanging on the telephone" I had a few months back.

Bastards.

P.

 

I live not far from the DVLA in Swansea and they have lots of windows (if
you get my drift ) just say the word