Are DMV employees trained to be as unhelpful as possible?
Apr 27th 2006, 2:54 am
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Re: Are DMV employees trained to be as unhelpful as possible?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
Hehe. I called you today.........you must have been taking your nap........we had a troll invasion.......nice to play with but his cover was blown.
Apr 27th 2006, 2:57 am
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Re: Are DMV employees trained to be as unhelpful as possible?
Originally Posted by Ray
So I read earlier ... had an afternoon in the pool ...
Apr 27th 2006, 2:58 am
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Re: Are DMV employees trained to be as unhelpful as possible?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
Lucky you, our heaters not working for some reason, hubby's working on it.
Apr 27th 2006, 3:02 am
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Re: Are DMV employees trained to be as unhelpful as possible?
Originally Posted by Ray
Don't even need the heater on now ... water a pleasant 86f
Apr 27th 2006, 3:06 am
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Re: Are DMV employees trained to be as unhelpful as possible?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
Too cold for me......gotta be over 90F.
Apr 27th 2006, 3:47 am
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Re: Are DMV employees trained to be as unhelpful as possible?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
As my daughter is 21 next month she received a letter stating that her drivers licence has to be renewed before the end of May. She is away at uni. but will be home for Memorial Day weekend. Yesterday I went into the local DMV office to enquire if they would be open on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. The only answer I could get was 'probably not', when I asked if there was anyone who could give me a definite answer I was given a leaflet.
When I got back to my car I looked at the leaflet and saw it was written in Spanish, not one word of English. Do I look freakin' Spanish? I am fair skinned, have blonde hair and blue eyes. I was furious but knew I wouldn't get anywhere if I went back into the office. When I got home I called the DMV helpline, when I enquired about Memorial Day weekend I was asked, 'when is that?'
Are these people thick or purposely unhelpful or both?
When I got back to my car I looked at the leaflet and saw it was written in Spanish, not one word of English. Do I look freakin' Spanish? I am fair skinned, have blonde hair and blue eyes. I was furious but knew I wouldn't get anywhere if I went back into the office. When I got home I called the DMV helpline, when I enquired about Memorial Day weekend I was asked, 'when is that?'
Are these people thick or purposely unhelpful or both?
I gave it to the other half to translate.
EDIT: He'd put it in the bag before I saw it, I only knew once I got home.
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Apr 27th 2006, 11:25 am
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Re: Are DMV employees trained to be as unhelpful as possible?
Originally Posted by Ray
Thats a bleedin hot bath ..and a algae breeding ground ...I bet you get thru a lot of Chlorine
Apr 27th 2006, 12:13 pm
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Re: Are DMV employees trained to be as unhelpful as possible?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
.........and gas.
Cost to operate heat pumps is low because they are so energy
efficient. You will usually get about one dollar's worth of heat for
20 cents paid for electric input
Because of the low efficiency of gas heaters, their operating cost is usually high. A $1.00 worth of heat requires $1.20 or more of fuel
Apr 27th 2006, 12:31 pm
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Re: Are DMV employees trained to be as unhelpful as possible?
Originally Posted by Ray
No!! Gas heating ...that's so expensive ...two to four times the price of a decent heat pump ...get a Jandy 2500
Cost to operate heat pumps is low because they are so energy
efficient. You will usually get about one dollar's worth of heat for
20 cents paid for electric input
Because of the low efficiency of gas heaters, their operating cost is usually high. A $1.00 worth of heat requires $1.20 or more of fuel
Cost to operate heat pumps is low because they are so energy
efficient. You will usually get about one dollar's worth of heat for
20 cents paid for electric input
Because of the low efficiency of gas heaters, their operating cost is usually high. A $1.00 worth of heat requires $1.20 or more of fuel
Apr 27th 2006, 12:38 pm
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Re: Are DMV employees trained to be as unhelpful as possible?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
Tell me about it. It costs a fortune to heat our pool. We had the depth reduced last fall 'cos it was approx. 14' deep at one end.
Apr 27th 2006, 12:49 pm
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Re: Are DMV employees trained to be as unhelpful as possible?
Originally Posted by Ray
Thats ridiculous!!!
Apr 27th 2006, 12:56 pm
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Re: Are DMV employees trained to be as unhelpful as possible?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
We inherited the pool when the house was built 'cos it belonged to an old farmhouse that stood on our property. We've had it reduced to 6' max, its 40' x 20' so that's a lot of water to heat.
Apr 27th 2006, 1:04 pm
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Re: Are DMV employees trained to be as unhelpful as possible?
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About 30k gallons ... yup thats a lot ......
Apr 27th 2006, 7:48 pm
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Re: Are DMV employees trained to be as unhelpful as possible?
Originally Posted by ukemigrant
"Computer says no."
Apr 27th 2006, 7:53 pm
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Re: Are DMV employees trained to be as unhelpful as possible?
They were not breast fed.
