Huh.....

Sticker Schmicker

The state of Virginia requires all drivers to display two stickers on their windshield. You have to display both a current Virginia state inspection sticker and a county tax sticker. October is the month of the county tax sticker. Technically you're to have your new tax sticker up by October of the current year. Due to some unforeseeable complications I got my tax sticker a little late. Not a big deal though because the state gives you until November 15th to get your unforeseeable issues taken care of before they start ticketing. Well as Le Procrastinator Extraordinaire I waited until this morning to start picking away at the old sticker. (Note: November 15th was yesterday.)

Tearing away at this sticker was like trying to rip the label off of a Windex bottle. Not entirely successful. You can't exactly soak the inside of your windshield with warm soapy water either. So I picked and picked and picked at this sticker until a frustrating soft & fuzzy paper layer of sticker was remaining.

Running short of time I decided to say "Screw it!" and just put the new sticker beside the soft & fuzzy paper layer of the deceased sticker. I just needed to get to work with out getting a ticket. I made a pact with myself to use a razor blade later & scrape the residue of the deceased sticker off my windshield. (Yea right.) As I pulled out the shiny new 2005 county tax sticker I noticed it looked an awful lot like the untouched, unpicked, still intact 2nd sticker on my windshield. F-k(!) I'd spent the the last 15 minutes picking off THE WRONG STICKER!

Off to Johnny's shop I went to pay for my 2nd State Inspection in 6 months. Luckily I got there without getting a ticket. A ticket because now not only did I not have the current tax sticker displayed I also did not have a state inspection sticker. I had a soft & fuzzy paper rectangle instead.

There's no wonder why "needs to pay more attention to detail" comes up EVERY year on my review.

I feel better today by the way. :-)

posted by Jessiedc28 @ 10:46 AM