Every vehicle registration and driver’s license office I’ve been to, no matter what state it’s in, no matter what town it’s in – the vast majority of the clientele there tends to be from the far bottom echelon of society. Morbidly obese, tattooed single moms with three or four screaming kids in tow. Skinny, methed out mulletheads. Mac daddies quietly but clearly singing “kill whitey” rap, following the tinny beat ceminating from their headphones. Doesn’t matter if the DMV office is in a rich suburb or poor neighborhood – I always feel as if I’ve stepped onto the set of a bad Jerry Springer episode.
No, this doesn’t bother me (I’m just noticing, that’s all), except for the mild discomfort I feel when I step into my local driver’s license office and heads turn, in a collective “whatcha’ doin’ here, boy?” I’m just wondering … where do middle and upper class folks get their driver’s licenses? Is there some special, secret DMV office I don’t know about, something that’s located on the second floor of a typical shopping mall Dillard’s? Can you get your vehicle registration and driver’s license at the customer service counter of Whole Foods or Wegman’s? 