There is something strange about the Department of Motor Vehicles that is not limited to a specific country, they look like crap.

The strange thing is, this is my experience in several different states and, wait for it... Japan!

What is it about the process of dealing with the bureacracies involved in owning and driving that fosters an environment that resembles a modern day scene from some 1950's immigration office?

And the poor bastards that work there day in and day out? I have a new found respect for them now that I am just an observer.

The funny thing,is, is that with the cast of characters both in front of and behind the counter, there is plenty of material here for a long running sitcom.

So my view of best and worst is Newark being best (at least the have computers on most desks) and Sumeizu in Tokyo being the absolute worse. My reason for Tokyo being the worst is that, like most government buildings, they have been in the same location since the US occupation after WWII and being a country of "if it aint broke, don't fix it" their processes have also pretty much remained the same; very manual and with lots of papers.

So what about where you are? I would like to think that it is not this bad everywhere and that somehow it is just part of my destiny to have to deal with shit hole DMV Offices.