Question

What takes more time?

A) Waiting in line to be helped at the Mesa Division of Motor Vehicles to get your car inspected, registered, and obtain a new driver's license OR

B) Waiting in line at Sonic to get a cherry limeade.

Ah ha!! You think you know, but you don't!! You were fooled by the word "Sonic" that so inaccurately describes how fast the service is at the drive-inn so famous for it's 1,468 different flavor combinations. And then you saw the words "Division of Motor Vehicles" and immediately felt like going into a rage of anger followed by a long nap. The correct answer is B!!

Breena and I decided that we would dedicate the afternoon of our precious Friday to get all of this nonsense done at the DMV. You know how it is. It's like waiting in line at the post office times 50. It's SOOOO boring and the customer service is always terrible since it's a government operation. After waiting 2 hours just to be looked at when we got our Virginia licenses last fall, I went prepared this time carrying my Business Week magazine along with a pad of paper to play tic-tac-toe and draw stick figures. Didn't even need them. In fact, the service was so fast, that we didn't even hear them call our number because we were still busy filling out the paperwork. We had to go get another number because WE weren't the ones who were ready. Holy geez. We were in and out in an hour. ONE HOUR!! We both needed new licenses, they had to inspect our car, we had to change the name on the title, and register the car in Arizona. How is it possible you ask? Well, maybe it helps that my once you obtain a license here, you don't need to renew it until you are 65; thus, fewer peeps. This perk alone is worth the move here. Let this be a lesson to everybody else.

So afterward on the way home, we stop by Sonic to feed my addiction of drinking a cherry limeade at least 5 times a week. These things are SOOOO good (still far cry from a dole whip, however). Breena and I have renamed Sonic "Slowsky's," named after the tortoises on the Comcast commercials that constantly complain about having a fast internet connection. Seriously though, no fast food joint is slower than Sonic. Where did they get this name anyway? It's a marketing trap. It's to make you subliminally think that they are fast so you will wait in line anyway. Well, I'm not falling for it any more. No more waiting in lines to feed addictions for me!! (I'll just make Breena do it for me, hehehehe).