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Mad with CDC

CDC=Comfort driving centre.

And why?

Because I think they're a bunch of lazy idiots who make the traffic police IT department look like incompetant fools.

Today I went down to renew my PDL as well as book my test date. Turns out my instructor did the booking for me and I only needed to print a receipt. So that leaves me with renewing of the PDL right? Went upstairs and pressed for a number. Turns out there were like 20 people before me. Not figuratively, really about 20 people.

And so I went to the counter to confirm if I can renew my PDL here, because the last time I did it at SingPost. The staff told me the system's down. And this is like the third time in 1 year I'm hearing it!

The first time I tried making my first PDL, told me it was down and asked that I come back another day. Fine, I'd rushed down for nothing. Had to make another trip down on a weekday after school.

Second time was after I failed my first FTT. Again, I made a special trip down on a Saturday because I was too busy on weekdays. Again, they told me the system was down and to do the booking online. Fine.

This is the third time. The first time they told me I thought it was a bit suspicious. Traffic police leh! The one who issues us the license that's like recognised worldwide! So particular about passing people and they can't even hire competant IT professionals to man their site?! But such things happen, even with the best IT professionals in the world. I let it go after some grumblings. The second time I was really considering writing the TP a letter to tell them to get a better IT professional. But after I get my license, what if they blackmark me and refuse to let me pass forever?

And this third time, you know what I found out? They're doing it ON PURPOSE! 'Cos my instructor called and asked if I'd printed the receipt. I said yea and grumbled to him, told him about the system going down.

"I think it's not down, they just too busy, don't wanna do it for you."

I was fuming mad! How irresponsible of them to make me make extra trips for fun! I would let go if it happened like once so far but thrice is just too much! Do you think I've got nothing better to do? My life does not just revolve around driving and stupid CDC ok? You realise that we got school/work too? That you just wasted 3 bus trips for me? I don't have a friggin license yet which is why I'm even a customer at this ulu center! Because if I can drive, it's just a few turns before I reach CDC, very convenient. But when you don't drive, getting there is quite a ride. Not like CDC is a 1 min walk away from an MRT station!

Ok fine! I realise that I've got to depend on this stupid center until I get the damn license. But I still have the right to complain because I'm paying for their salary! YES!

And what do I think they should do? Honestly tell me that they're very busy and if it's possible, try to wait for my turn, get me to go to SingPost or come back another day. If they'd done that, maybe they would have gotten a few pissed off looks but the average person with some common sense can scan across the room and tell that it's gonna take a while and I might not even get my turn before the closing time. I'm sure I wouldn't shout at them for telling me that they're too busy and if they offered me an alternative.

Besides, I would learn that Sat are bad days to get stuff done and try to come on weekdays instead. It's better then making me feel like some unlucky child who brings the system down everytime she wants to get things done!

Instead, they cheated me and if I were not in the bus, I would have marched back to the office, shouted at her, smashed that old pockmarked lady's face against the glass for making our TP department look like incompetant fools. No, I was kidding, why is it my business? I just hate the feeling of being lied to, that's all.

What difference does it make? I still have to make extra trips. The difference is, if they'd told me the truth the first time they were too busy for me, I could have avoided the extra trips on the second and third instances. Besides, if they'd told me to wait for my turn, I would have done so gladly.

Don't even tell me they close at 1230! I know they do. Polyclinics are very busy places and close at 4 p.m. on weekdays. Can they tell the patients, "hey I ran out of injections/dressings/medicines, can go GP or not?" just because the clinic is overcrowded? Whatever it is, they have to tell the patients the bloody truth right? Same principle here!

Goodness gracious. I could go on and on about this. Do we need another license to operate a bulldozer? Because if we do, I'm considering getting it, then driving one all the way to CDC and flattening it to the ground! Flat as a roti prata! Muahahahaha!

3.11.07 4:19 PM

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