Make me feel better LJ Land!
Today I discovered I have done something incredibly stupid. Possibly the stupidest thing I have ever done. I'm actually too embarrassed to admit it just yet but can anyone offer a prime example of their own stupidity to cheer me up? if it's as bad or worse I'll admit mine.
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The Stupid Thing I have done:
When I passed my driving test two years ago, feeling very pleased with myself I put my pass certificate in a safe place with my provisional licence. You can drive on a provisional license for two years so it wasn't a Scarlett Priority to send off for my full licence. Lots of happy driving later with my faithful hound riding shotgun, ears flapping in the wind I feel like a fully fledged driver, complete with all the bad habits. A Driver. And failing me doing something really stupid (I was thinking along the lines of being a really bad driver), noone can take that away from me.
Just before Christmas alarm bells started to go off - I hadn't replaced my provisional license yet and two years was nearly up. Somehow I just didn't think about it, or when I did, it wasn't the highest priority. Today it was so I retrieved all my documents from the safe place and phoned the DVLA, slightly concerned as I missed the 2 year deadline by a few weeks. I thought I may need to do a bit of negotiating to get the extension I needed (my own naivety astounds me). As you've probably guessed this did not work and I have to do my driving test again. Of course I can't redo the practical test until I've redone the theory test. I've phoned and spoken to different people in different departments and I've tried appealing to the DSA who set the 2 year rule. After the very first phonecall I lied and said I had in fact sent off my documents, before christmas, oh my! They must have been lost in the post and now I'm innocently chasing it up since I haven't heard anything back yet. That didn't work either. There is absolutely no appeals process but if I really want to I can write them a letter.
So now due to my utter stupidity I'm not allowed to drive my car unless I have L-plates and an appropriate supervisor in the car. I've booked the earliest theory test I can get - 26th February. What if I fail the theory or the practical...never mind the inconvenience, the shame! Actually no, the inconvenience is pretty shit. I've spent part of today applying for Social Worker jobs since I'm nearly qualified. I am wonderfully competent at organising other people and their lives, dealing with bureaucracy and form-filling, working to deadlines and agency policies,etc, etc.....
EDIT:
The Stupid Thing I have done:
When I passed my driving test two years ago, feeling very pleased with myself I put my pass certificate in a safe place with my provisional licence. You can drive on a provisional license for two years so it wasn't a Scarlett Priority to send off for my full licence. Lots of happy driving later with my faithful hound riding shotgun, ears flapping in the wind I feel like a fully fledged driver, complete with all the bad habits. A Driver. And failing me doing something really stupid (I was thinking along the lines of being a really bad driver), noone can take that away from me.
Just before Christmas alarm bells started to go off - I hadn't replaced my provisional license yet and two years was nearly up. Somehow I just didn't think about it, or when I did, it wasn't the highest priority. Today it was so I retrieved all my documents from the safe place and phoned the DVLA, slightly concerned as I missed the 2 year deadline by a few weeks. I thought I may need to do a bit of negotiating to get the extension I needed (my own naivety astounds me). As you've probably guessed this did not work and I have to do my driving test again. Of course I can't redo the practical test until I've redone the theory test. I've phoned and spoken to different people in different departments and I've tried appealing to the DSA who set the 2 year rule. After the very first phonecall I lied and said I had in fact sent off my documents, before christmas, oh my! They must have been lost in the post and now I'm innocently chasing it up since I haven't heard anything back yet. That didn't work either. There is absolutely no appeals process but if I really want to I can write them a letter.
So now due to my utter stupidity I'm not allowed to drive my car unless I have L-plates and an appropriate supervisor in the car. I've booked the earliest theory test I can get - 26th February. What if I fail the theory or the practical...never mind the inconvenience, the shame! Actually no, the inconvenience is pretty shit. I've spent part of today applying for Social Worker jobs since I'm nearly qualified. I am wonderfully competent at organising other people and their lives, dealing with bureaucracy and form-filling, working to deadlines and agency policies,etc, etc.....