partial_accumen , 7 hours ago

I actually feel sorry for this person. It sounds as of they’re getting properly fucked by bureaucracy

I don’t think its that so much as a lack of “adulting”. I’m seeing a number of “adulting” failures:

1. Drivers licenses very typically expire every 4 to 8 years and on a persons birthday in many states (looks like the case in Georgia and maybe in Colorado too). This person waited to renew 2 days before it expired after moving to a completely different state.
2. They don’t have a copy of their own birth certificate readily available.
3. They just bought a new car.

None of these by themselves is a huge problem, but part of adulting is recognizing that things regularly don’t go as they should and you need to have extra time to account for this. If the person didn’t have an immediate need for their birth certificate waiting 16 to 18 weeks is not a problem at all. If this person had gone to renew their drivers license (in their new state!) months before it expired this still wouldn’t have been a problem. If this person had done both of the above when they bought the new car, they’d already have hand their new driver’s license and this wouldn’t be a problem either.

This isn’t being fucked by bureaucracy, this is possibly a learning moment for young adult to learn about getting things done as an adult.