Department of Motor Vehicles

Worst. The worst just a crapday. Fuck the dmv. All kinds of employees nobody helps it like Walmart.

Love when you wait in line for the second day bc one teller tells you that something can be done then the person that’s doing the change tells you nothing can be done. Then they go get the «managers» that doesn’t know shit probably bc there underpaid and don’t care.

The place is near from DMV
It is fast services within 20 min
The guy is nice
I bring a photo of a coupon for 34.75 $
The total charge was 45 $
If you pay with credit there a 2 $ fee

Watching humanity stream through, and watching the State employees handling cases, I’m seeing a number of public servants who are polite, knowledgeable, and appear to enjoy working with the public. Good employee choices California.

Its the dmv so of course it sucks. Long lines. People talking loud on their cell phones. Make an appt and still wait. Stinky bathrooms I could go on and on.

I typically hate going to the dmv. Dread it. I normally bring a book and prepare for a few painful hours
Not this one. I’ve been here four times in the past four months and always fly through. Longest time I’ve ever spent waiting is 20 minutes.

Made an appointment to renew my tags. The place was packed with what was announced to be a 2 hour wait. With my appointment, I was out of there in about 15 minutes. Can’t ask for more.

I always DREAD going to the DMV in my hometown, there’s always someone sick or has many children. Always.
I never make appointments, but this time I FINALLY did and I got to beat the long line of people. I got mad looks from them, but hey? why you doggin’ me for? The DMV always insists on making that appointment, so I was smart enough to do so!
I came in early, and I was rather disappointed that even though I came EARLY to my appointment, I had to wait. HOWEVER, I didn’t have to wait as long as everyone else! My wait time was at least 30min. So compared to the 1−3hr wait, depending on the day, that was a good feeling.
The parking here is a hit or miss, some days there are none, some days the lot is empty. For the DMV? c’mon it always depends on the time of day, and what day of the week!
The customer service I can’t complain because it’s the DMV, they have to deal with rude people everyday from 7a-​5p, so I don’t blame them. I got a lot of help from the security guard. If I had any questions or help with what paper to fill out for certain things, he was really nice enough to help me and my mother out. That made my day at the DMV easier and more smooth.
I have to say though, THIS DMV is always better than the other! The other one is literally ALWAYS packed, longer lines, much more people with rude personalties etc. At least here, people have some respect and just want to be on their way.
Lastly, I hardly or never had any problems here unless it was my own damn fault, and I take RESPONSIBILITY for that, unlike others who come here and don’t realize their consequences and do not have common sense. That is all.

Not bad for a DMV, but if you walk in here I am advising you now to be armed with hand sanitizer and a freaking germ mask. thing. Because it’s likely you’re going to end up with the flu or ebola. I wish I was kidding. Germ city.

Let me say this is based on my experience from the two DMV offices here in Bakersfield. Of the two this location is a million times better. I went to pay for the tags and was in and out in about forty mins. Not too bad because I had stuff to occupy myself with. The lady at the counter was super nice and very helpful. I would always choose this location over downtown. At least people look like they’ve showered here and know what deodorant is.

I never have any problems when going here, especially when I make an appointment. it seems like the dmv takes much less time than it used to. The service I get is normally quick and friendly. why 3 stars? its the dmv, 3 stars = 5 stars when rating a dmv office.

Department of Motor Vehicles… need I say more. No, but I will.
First off good luck finding the place if it is your first time here (not that I had much problem but c’mon Bako). Every place I have ever lived has had the DMV on a major street clearly visible for all unlucky inhabitants to agonize in. Well not this one. It’s tucked away in between a bunch of warehouses, smog check centers and ironically but quite blissfully a brewery.
OK, moving on. Step two… walk up to the counter where your issue is sorted among the other unlucky patrons by a 20 year old girl who obviously hates her job and has applied enough lip gloss since you’ve walked in the door to paint the lips of Roseanne Barr’s vagina.
Ok, got my number… B89. I look up at the screen which shows which number is currently being helped. It is B78. Ok cool right? Only 11 more to go. How did I get so lucky?
…2 hours later…
My number has come up. I walk to the designated window where I am surprised to a see a sign that says «Not in service» or something to that accord. It takes me a second to compute in my brain that this lady behind the little sign obviously knows that I’m standing there but is choosing to ignore me. So after a few seconds I speak up…
ME: «Excuse me, I think this is the window I’m supposed to be at. Is that right?»
DMV LADY: «What’s your number?»
ME: «B89.» (I hand it to her)
DMV LADY: «Yeah that’s right.»
…Awkward silence…
ME: «So are you ready for me?»
DMV LADY: «Yeah, just give me one minute please.» (looking back at her monitor)
ME: «So you’re not ready then?»
DMV LADY: «Just a minute.»
…about 30 seconds later…(had to hold back on some smart ass comments. I thought «so when you call out the number it doesn’t mean you actually get any service here?»…I held it in which is pretty out of character for me.
DMV LADY: «Can I help you?»
Anyways, moving on. As you can see the service at this DMV and in all fairness just about every DMV I have ever stepped into has been pretty horrid. I did however get my issue resolved in a fairly timely manner once I had begun to interface with the woman and signed over a pretty hefty check. Overall this was a pretty decent DMV experience. I will give them some credit though as there are a lot of grumpy impatient people at the DMV that they have to deal with all day long. It would definitely not be my choice of career. Dealing with this organization unfortunately is just a painful necessity. I would not recommend coming to this one however as it was very busy and from what I’ve heard from others it always is. They all say go to Shafter. Well I say don’t go to Shafter. Don’t come here. Don’t go to any DMV. Ride your bike, take the bus, be a scrub riding in the passenger side of your best friends ride trying to holla at me. If you want to feel disrespected, raped and powerless all in the same place then by all means buy a car and come here.