Something happening here; what it is ain’t exactly clear.

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Weird day today. 30 minutes to renew my US drivers license from the moment I walked in the door to the moment I walked out, 10 minutes to obtain a form from the SSA, 15-20 minutes to obtain another form from the USVA. These were all in-person visits, not on-line.

Even more weird, all of the people I spoke with were friendly, smiling, and seemed to be having a good day. Remember, these were all government bureaucrats!

I finished up all of my business before the eclipse even started, so we can rule out any “spiritual influences”.

Granted, this is left-leaning, liberal California, but . . . bureaucrats!

This is a strange passage, which uses some emotional words like weird and even and“！”, but I can't understand the feelings it is trying to express.

Are you talking about the inefficiency of California's bureaucracy and expressing dissatisfaction with their adaptation to the status quo？

It seems to me that people are starting to be more kind. I think there's something in the air.

That has not been my experience most of the time with the SSA and the DMV. I have no experience with the USVA.

The DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) in New Work was kind of nightmarish. They did have a person at the front to answer questions, but you had to know what questions to ask and they were very dismissive. The DMV in Texas was way nicer and more efficient.

The SSA was a total nightmare. They didn't even accept calls so the only way to ask a question was to go in person and there were long lines, and then they were actually mean. This was also in New York.

I'm glad you had a good experience!

Maybe things are gradually getting better post trumplestiltskin? It's been a few years.. perhaps the trash is taking itself out via moving to Texas & Florida so those that remain have elevated moods ?

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No for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.

Our MVA is as crowded and daunting LOOKING as ever. But they do get you in and out faster faster as the years go by.

So color me happy.

Strange things do happen. I talked to a service provider's chatbot in January, and instead of sending me in circles and spewing out barely-related sections of the FAQ, it quickly deduced that I needed to talk to a human, and gave me the necessary information to do that. And the human was also co-operative until at the end I started wasting his time too much with pedantic and somewhat unnecessary follow-up questions.

Even more bizarre, I had a boss who once broke character and told me I was working too hard.

Surprising that in a country so technologically advanced they still make drivers renew their licenses in person and manage to have 2 forms for it. When I renewed mine in the UK it was just one simple online form, option to lift the photo from my passport (previous license had no photo), then they said they'd mail it to me within 2 weeks, and it was only 3 days before it was delivered. I don't know how long it took me to fill in the form. Knowing me, I'd have been very rigorous and risk-averse about preparing and giving my answers to the questions, but that's not really their fault. Anyway, if I ever do get a USA driving license, I'll expect it to be a relatively bad experience even if they only have me jumping through hoops for half an hour.