09-13-2018, 10:52 AM
"I wouldn't. Hilo tends to have long lines and grumpy staff.
Pahoa is just... friendly and nice."
Agree with friendly and nice... maybe things have changed but it took us over 5 hours to get our driver's licenses transferred (Pahoa) in 2012. Got there before they opened so we were only like third in line. They COMPLETELY closed for lunch so the line was moved outside behind the locked doors under the hot sun (I guess lucky it wasn't raining). It was bureaucracy's finest display: One lady only did vehicle renewals (no line or customers, she just stood there looking at us) and the other did only license stuff (short line, but did I mention over 5 hours?).
ETA: Okay, beaurocracy's FINEST display was actually when the lady acknowledged that the written test (old school pencil style) had one question where the answer key didn't match the right answer so "lots of people miss that one". I think it was the only one I missed. But the insanity that they wouldn't fix something like that after years and years... It's a paper and pencil test. Get some whiteout and fix it.
Pahoa is just... friendly and nice."
Agree with friendly and nice... maybe things have changed but it took us over 5 hours to get our driver's licenses transferred (Pahoa) in 2012. Got there before they opened so we were only like third in line. They COMPLETELY closed for lunch so the line was moved outside behind the locked doors under the hot sun (I guess lucky it wasn't raining). It was bureaucracy's finest display: One lady only did vehicle renewals (no line or customers, she just stood there looking at us) and the other did only license stuff (short line, but did I mention over 5 hours?).
ETA: Okay, beaurocracy's FINEST display was actually when the lady acknowledged that the written test (old school pencil style) had one question where the answer key didn't match the right answer so "lots of people miss that one". I think it was the only one I missed. But the insanity that they wouldn't fix something like that after years and years... It's a paper and pencil test. Get some whiteout and fix it.