worth cheering about

Best Department of Motor Vehicles Experience I've Had in All My Moves: Griffin, Georgia.

Yep. That's right. Today it took me about 20 minutes to exchange my South Carolina license** for a Peach State one. And the service was pleasant and efficient.

The little Driver Services bureau, located in the same building as the Georgia State Police, was festooned with posters and signs that the workers had made. They had posted their values, or customer service commitment, and also had colorful pictures of themselves as cheerleaders.

I commented on this to the branch manager and told her I was impressed. "We do a cheer every morning," she explained. Apparently this was the brainchild of the DS head honcho, who witnessed a daily cheer at another business [note: it was NOT Wal-Mart, but I cannot remember what the business was]. He then instructed DS bureaus across Georgia to follow suit.

"At first we kind of rolled our eyes about it," the manager explained. "But now it really does get us going. Sometimes the troopers come over and do the cheer with us."

It seemed like a pleasant place to work, with good team spirit. Go-o-o-o-o-o-o y'all!___________________________
** You thought I was going to hand over my UK license? Not a chance. They'll have to pry that hard-won baby from my cold dead fingers.