{"id":8640,"date":"2017-02-01T09:07:31","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T15:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=8640"},"modified":"2017-05-11T10:51:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T15:51:09","slug":"the-ongoing-quest-for-license-plates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2017\/the-ongoing-quest-for-license-plates.html","title":{"rendered":"The Ongoing Quest for Licence Plates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I joined the long line, almost an hour before opening time. Within a couple of hours, I had reached the front door, and Mayra joined me.<\/p>\n

Before actually getting into the line to request the plates, we talked to the man at the information desk. He looked at our papers, and told us that we could use a couple copies. Also, we needed to go to a stationary store, get a magical form, fill it out, and the magical form would allow us to get the plates.<\/p>\n

So, playing a little real-life Frogger, we dashed across the highway, got the magical form, dashed back across, filled it out, and were permitted to take a number and join the indoor line, where we could wait in cushy seats.<\/p>\n

Finally we spoke to the man with the power, who shuffled through our paperwork and entered the information about the van into the computer.

\"No
Oh dear! It appears that we won’t be able to help you today, sir.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Hmmmmm…. can’t give you plates today. You see…. <\/i> [a) excuse about the computer system] and<\/i> [b) excuse about personnel available today]. But come back Thursday, and everything will be rainbows, tulips and unicorns.<\/i><\/p>\n

So we left – me, feeling very bad for Mayra who had spent all this time on a process that wasn’t hers – to no avail.<\/p>\n

So – what can I say? Tomorrow is another day …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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