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Today, it’s my schedule to renew my professional driver’s license at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Laoag City. This is my fourth renewal in 10 years. Driver’s licenses here in the Philippines are renewed every 3 years for the non-prof and prof types.
The only thing that makes me feel sick is the long queue at the booth. Sometimes it takes a whole day to wait for the processing of a signed sheet of paper.
Although the Land Transportation Offices are centralized and the processing of documents are automated, the very slow action of employees are truly disgusting. Add to the that the presence of “fixers” who happen to be friends and “kumadres” and “kumpadres” of employees inside the office, well what do you expect to happen with your queued application?
The LTO is one of the offices I really don’t like going to. Staying there is a big waste of time. Many members of affluent families in Ilocos do not renew their driver’s license or car registration themselves. Instead, they send their driver or “boy” to do the waiting for them. Other times, they just pay under the desk 
For this writer, the above-cited case will not work. First off, I cannot afford to pay someone 500 pesos just to fall in line for me. With the way things are in this country, I mean economically, paying a fixer is quite an impractical act.
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Tags: Driver's license renewal, Land Transportation Office, LTO, personal, Philippines
4 Responses so far to "Learning How to be Patient"
June 19th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Naku Fren..uso sa atin yan fixers..wala ,sanay talaga iba na madalian daw ay ewan. Buti ako nung apply ako student license half day lang inabot ko. Ako pa mahaba pasensya ko pag important. Peo yung patience nayan kelangan yan matutunan ng hubby ko jusko!
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jessie reply on June 20, 2008:
Ay pareho kami ng hubby mo fren. Minsan impatient ako when waiting. Lalo pa eh active writer ako. I can do so much with my time pag nasa harap na ko ng computer.
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June 22nd, 2008 at 12:51 am
mas ikakagulat kona kung walang mahabang pila ng mga tao ang ating ahensya ng gobyerno. sad reality.
well, patience is a virtue.;0)
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June 22nd, 2008 at 11:41 am
Points of View,
That is correct. it would be “abnormal” if there is no long waiting in government agencies anymore.
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