The DVLA. Oh, the DVLA. I don't even know what the hell is stands for. I can work it out though... Driving and Vehicle Licencing Authority? I'm guessing. Someone else can look it up.
I fear we may have taken on a bureaucracy that will smash us with their calous contempt rational thinking. We've had to withdraw our applications for our British licences. We need a letter. Without which, we have to re-test. But they've set up a lovely little Catch-22. We need our British automatic licence to re-test, meaning we can't legally drive a standard transmission vehicle. So how do we get our manual car to the testing site? We still have our fingers crossed that this can be avoided. We have a friend who has pulled it off, so there is hope. I'm living on this hope right now. But this faint hope that keeps my heart from racing 24-7 has been frayed somewhat by the hope that the chain might close on the house and we might actually have bought it.
I wonder if this is a characteristic of the British culture: hope that one day things might go smoothly. I'm too harsh. But Ange did point out that it is feeling like the second Anna goes to bed, all we do is fight a never-ending battle against bureaucracy. Canadin International Tax Office. Getting the right document from the Bank for our Canadian Income Tax. Getting our money back from an insurance company without original receipts for everything. Buying a house (that encompasses so many, you care not to think). Getting a British driving licence. Trying to sign up for online banking with Lloyds (its only been 9 months!). Trying to recover a ridiculous service charge because I can never get to bank during banking hours and they can't work out online banking.
Anyway, back to square one with the licence thing.
I hate square one. I hate bureaucracy. I hate spelling bureaucracy. Someone at Hooked on Phonics should step in on that word. Maybe that is our next fight. The Oxford Dictionary people are in trouble once I sort out getting a licence and can legally drive over to their office to complain.
1 comment:
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.
I'm sorry you're having such a hard time of it in this country! Maybe it was easier for me because I came as a student..? Although getting a bank account and proving I was not a terrorist was a bit of a trip.
See you tomorrow!!
PS I'm going to add you to my growing list of blogs I must read!
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