You may recall that Mrs. Hillbilly Mom just renewed her 6-year driver's license two Fridays ago. I really hope it doesn't take 6 years to get my new license in the mail! The gal told me it would be 7-10 days. Well, 10 days has passed. She didn't specify business days! Not having my license is a hardship.
I first realized this on the Monday after I renewed my license. I was headed to The Devil's Playground and assorted other businesses. My purse sits on the kitchen counter next to the sink. So if you're planning to break in, no need to ransack. It's right there. Anyhoo... as I bring in the mail, I leave the important stuff sitting in my open purse. Bills to be paid. Insurance cards for the eleventy-billion vehicles. Every time we make a change, the company sends out all new insurance cards. With SilverRedO joining our automobile family, we all got brand spankin' new cards. I'm not in a hurry to dole them out, because our other cards are still current.
Anyhoo... I didn't need extra envelopes cluttering up my purse while I was in town, so I generally set those things aside on the counter, and deal with them when I get back home.
Well. Once I GOT back home, I realized that I had taken MY NEW PAPER TEMPORARY DRIVER'S LICENSE out of my purse, and purposefully left it at home!
I still have my OLD driver's license. You know, the one with the BREATHTAKING picture. That license gal had the nerve to stamp it, though. Not so much stamp it, as hole-punch it with a bite out of the plastic spelling VOID. Dang it! In the casinos, I carry my license in my shirt pocket. You know, just in case I hit a big winner and need to show it to be paid. But mostly because everything you do in the casino requires ID.
On our recent casino trip with my sister the ex-mayor's wife and the ex-mayor, I bemoaned the fact that I can't carry my 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of temporary driver's license in my shirt pocket.
"I'm tempted to use my old license. I can carry it in my pocket, but have the paper one in my gambling purse. It's just so much easier to show my old license."
"Yeah. You can hold your thumb over the VOID part. Maybe that'll work."
Let the record show that it did NOT.
I tried it when we first went in, at the player's card desk, where we went to scratch off our Valentine's Day comp to see what we won. The answer is $5. For each of us. A guy to my right must have had a good one, because a couple workers said, "SWEET!" and one pulled out a claim form. Must have been at least $100, because that time I won a drawing, I had to fill one out.
Anyhoo... I tried to palm that old license off on the worker, and she snatched it from my hands (okay, they always take it away, rather than just look at it as you hold it), and said,
"This license is VOID. I can't do anything unless I see a valid driver's license."
"Oh. No problem. I have that. I just renewed it."
I fished out the paper license, which barely shows my picture, the printer being sorely low on ink that day, but flush with blue ink that printed the seal for the state of Missouri on the paper. The worker took it, no problem. So I knew I couldn't mess around with that VOID license at the cashier or the food court.
Or if I won a big jackpot. Which I didn't.
4 comments:
I don't see a problem fitting an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper in a pocket. Just fold the damn thing. Or attach a giant pocket...anyway, I always assume business days when someone tells me 5-8 days or 2-3 weeks, or whatever, because I know relevant businesses simply don't even get out of bed on weekends. Only courier drivers work weekends and I have occasionally had stuff delivered unexpectedly on a Sunday. After I've made arrangements to be home on the Monday.
River,
It was folded already, in an envelope. I didn't want it in my shirt pocket, because I put my money in there as I gamble, and also my cash-out tickets. Didn't want to risk losing any of those while putting things in and out of a too-crowded pocket!
The only time I've gotten a package on a Sunday was at Christmas, with two-day shipping with Amazon Prime.
You need some hidden pockets!! I saw one that fits in your bra the other day. Great idea, but who wants to reach into their bra to get their ID out? Better than snaking your hand down into your pants to get something. I have seen some questionable people in Walmart do that. I would have to wear gloves to work there again. I would lose my job for refusing to take damp, limp bills that may have come from their nether regions. Nevermind that extra pocket. I hope it comes soon. Seems like mine came in about 3 days.
Kathy,
I don't have much extra room in my bra! But my pants... well, just tonight my favorite gambling aunt told me I needed to get new clothes, because I was going to walk out of my pants. So I won't be stashing anything in either of them!
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