Milwaukee Point 08

If you like to get stinking blotto drunk Wisconsin’s the state for you.

I’m new in town, after 30-some years away, and I stand outside the collective conciousness. No one here likes to admit it, but there’s not much to do in this state except drink, so everyone drinks. They drink in restaurants, theaters, taverns, bars, clubs, parties. They drink after work, on the weekends, at night, on holidays, at Baptisms, birthday parties, weddings and convenience store openings. They even drink—God help us all—at the Milwaukee Public Museum. “Food and Froth Fest”.

WTF Milwaukee? Your museum is so pathetic you have to get people drunk to get them to visit it?

And what do these people do after they drink? Well, they drive home, of course. More

Part two of two: Complaint letter to Milwaukee Northwest Service Center, Wisconsin DMV

April 12, 2009
Gerald Williams, Supervisor
Department of Motor Vehicles
7301 W. Mill Road
Milwaukee, WI 53222

Dear Mr. Williams:

On Wednesday, January 8th, 2009, I had a terrible experience at your DMV office. You asked me to document the problems I had, because you did not know the procedure for handling customer complaints of rude and inappropriate behavior by DMV employees. More

Part one of two: Wylie Coyote visits the DMV

I’m trying to be a good citizen, now. I moved to my home state from New Jersey and I dutifully went to the DMV for my Wisconsin driver’s license. My sister warned me that the DMV is infamous for sucking, but, Jeez—I’m from New Jersey. How bad could it be? More