Wednesday, February 3, 2010

One step back . . .

It's an odd day when you don't learn something, right? Today we discovered that parking permits are no longer renewable on line. We almost discovered the hard way.

You know, as in, "Ma'am your permit is expired. Here's a citation to remind you in the future. Have a nice day." (I assume the ma'am because Southern cops do that. Most of 'em.)

The application for renewal is available for download on line, though. It felt strange to download, print out, stuff an envelope, and then affix a snail-stamp to what used to be a strictly internet process.

Progress is a strange beast, sometimes.

4 comments:

Big Ed said...

I wonder if people were hacking into the system or signing up who did not have doctor's orders.

ol Doc said...

I took my out of date registrations to the local tag agency, drove through to the window at 7:30am enroute to work and got replacements. Next day, I took Tom's unexpired and did the same thing. Both times, the clerk was sweet as pie. Sometimes it's nice to live in small-town America. Saved myself a stamp!

Big Ed said...

I was told that I couldn't run anymore and I didn't even get a tag. Your lucky as pie to have one. Their nice to have. I know I wish I had one. I broke my leg and Had a temporary one. It was nice to park in the middle of the university and not walk far, I've missed it since.

RANGER said...

The online site said that we could have picked one up at the Tax Collector's office.

Huh? Tax Collector? Weird!!!