CUTE TRUE STORY ON GETTING AN IDENTIFICATION CARD

Usually people dread going to the department of motor vehicles to get vanity plates or for title changing, taking eye test to change driver’s license  for some reason.

I went to get what is called a state identification card if you stop driving and need an ID card almost like a driver’s license, but you cannot drive with it.

I went and the line was not busy and I got taken in about 10 minutes, so at first it was easy. I showed her all they required which was  my birth certificate, my old license card to drive, a current bill with my address on it and everything else I was told to bring plus cash of ten dollars.

She checks it over and says where is your marriage license  which was not  required. She looked at my application and she says “  your application does not have your married name that is not on the birth certificate.” I replied “ my married name is not on my birth certificate, because I was born then and had not married till 26 years later.” We need to see your marriage license to compare it with your birth certificate.She actually wanted my birth certificate not containing my marriage now last name.

By  then, I almost laughed in her face, I did not for fear she would send me home to get my marriage certificate which was framed and hanging in my kitchen. I am in a wheelchair when I go out until I walk better and also use a walker. She goes over to confer with her boss, he looks at me, looks at the old expired license, says “ go to get your photo taken now and you are finished,”

Funny, by then I was exhausted hoping I would not have to come back and lo  and behold, it was the best picture I had ever taken there and the whole happening was so funny, we almost  could not stop from laughing.

Here is a brilliant idea for the states to make some extra money and they could use it to pay for fixing potholes, for giving you hot chocolate or coffee while you are waiting or something else. The idea was for you to bring your birth certificate and they could write in your married name as it appears on the marriage license on your birth certificate and charge only five dollars and wow, the state would be rich. Also, they would give you five dollars for your gas and they would have a special line for addition of married names to birth names and it would only take 10 minutes.

What brilliance it is for me to suggest this and maybe I would get an award for most innovative thought from a senior.

Do not get angry with me, it is only a joke and we have not stopped laughing about it and I figure, she was new (???) there. Ha Ha.You should try to learn something new every day to keep your senior mind active. This could be it, bring your marriage license along side of your birth certificate and then they will know it really  it is YOU. elita sohmer clayman