AN AFTERNOON AT THE LTO
For everyone who doesn't know what LTO means, it is simply the Land Transportation Office. A short description of them would be: the government agency that issues driver's licenses to all the people in this country who wants to drive, as well as people who are going to register their private[repeat: private] vehicles.
Today happened to be the day that I was scheduled to get my driver's license. My Non-Professional driver's license. Yahoo! I can actually bring the family car to school! But that's beside the point. Anyway, this is how easy a driver's license can be obtained in our province.
We arrived at LTO-Noveleta[note: our town doesn't issue Professional and Non-Professional driver's licenses for lack of proper equipment.] at around 12:45 PM. Oh great. Lunch break. Anyway, while my dad and I were walking around the premises, there was this guy who suddenly approached us and asked if we were applying for a license. My dad said yes so he directed us to go to this "drug-testing center" he is in contact with. So there the usual sir kelangan ho namin ng sample ng ihi nyo thing with this little container that I doubt if it is clean. In the end, we paid P250 for a drug test that was fabricated from the start. Now, this is where the story gets, catchy.
While inside the LTO offices, my dad was finding his contact that his friend referred him to. So we found her in this counter with no one in line and no one inside. So I bring my papers to her and said she'll take care of it. This is where the corruption in the government agencies part enter.
- First, she personally falls in line for me for the payment of a written and practical exam.
- In the "written exam", before I took the "test", she personally ticked the answers in the questionnaire for me to just copy later on.
- In the "practical" exam, I just drove to a cemetery nearby. And when we arrived, they were just waiting for the examinees under a tree and asked "if I was the one driving" and "if I was the one applying for a license." After all this, we pay P232.80 for the license and wait for it outside.
It is that easy. All you need is a little patience and a lot of time to burn. And oh yes, the man that directed us to the drug-test shit, he was a fixer. Yes ladies and gentlemen, fixers are everywhere inside the LTO compound. And the ironic thing is, there is a huge sign inside the building itself that says "NO FIXERS ALLOWED".
And oh yes, another thing. This same LTO office where I applied for a license is the same office that was "scrutinized" by Imbestigador a year or so ago. I hope you get the picture now.
But I don't care. At least I got my driver's license. [Evil laughs. Loud evil laughs]
Peace out!
For everyone who doesn't know what LTO means, it is simply the Land Transportation Office. A short description of them would be: the government agency that issues driver's licenses to all the people in this country who wants to drive, as well as people who are going to register their private[repeat: private] vehicles.
Today happened to be the day that I was scheduled to get my driver's license. My Non-Professional driver's license. Yahoo! I can actually bring the family car to school! But that's beside the point. Anyway, this is how easy a driver's license can be obtained in our province.
We arrived at LTO-Noveleta[note: our town doesn't issue Professional and Non-Professional driver's licenses for lack of proper equipment.] at around 12:45 PM. Oh great. Lunch break. Anyway, while my dad and I were walking around the premises, there was this guy who suddenly approached us and asked if we were applying for a license. My dad said yes so he directed us to go to this "drug-testing center" he is in contact with. So there the usual sir kelangan ho namin ng sample ng ihi nyo thing with this little container that I doubt if it is clean. In the end, we paid P250 for a drug test that was fabricated from the start. Now, this is where the story gets, catchy.
While inside the LTO offices, my dad was finding his contact that his friend referred him to. So we found her in this counter with no one in line and no one inside. So I bring my papers to her and said she'll take care of it. This is where the corruption in the government agencies part enter.
- First, she personally falls in line for me for the payment of a written and practical exam.
- In the "written exam", before I took the "test", she personally ticked the answers in the questionnaire for me to just copy later on.
- In the "practical" exam, I just drove to a cemetery nearby. And when we arrived, they were just waiting for the examinees under a tree and asked "if I was the one driving" and "if I was the one applying for a license." After all this, we pay P232.80 for the license and wait for it outside.
It is that easy. All you need is a little patience and a lot of time to burn. And oh yes, the man that directed us to the drug-test shit, he was a fixer. Yes ladies and gentlemen, fixers are everywhere inside the LTO compound. And the ironic thing is, there is a huge sign inside the building itself that says "NO FIXERS ALLOWED".
And oh yes, another thing. This same LTO office where I applied for a license is the same office that was "scrutinized" by Imbestigador a year or so ago. I hope you get the picture now.
But I don't care. At least I got my driver's license. [Evil laughs. Loud evil laughs]
Peace out!
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