1/5 Thacks A. 2 years ago on Google • 19 reviews
While
certain
elements
of
this
municipality
are
fantastic,
a
1-star
review
to
their
Traffic
department's
unhelpfulness
and
probable
disregard
to
covid
safety...
Today
I
went
to
renew
my
driver's
licence.
The
wait
wasn't
long
(I
was
last
in
the
queue)
but
I
noticed
that
after
the
woman
before
me
was
helped,
the
eye-sight
testing
station
was
not
disinfected
or
cleaned
before
I
was
asked
to
push
my
eyes
against
the
testing
device
(who
knows
if
it
was
even
wiped
before
the
woman
who
was
ahead
of
me
in
the
queue
-
or
maybe
it
was
just
wet
from
when
she'd
used
it).
So
I
failed
2
attempts
and
the
'inspector'
just
said
I
must
go
have
my
eyes
tested
at
an
optician.
He
didn't
think
to
perhaps
wipe
the
instrument
or
see
if
there
was
a
reason
why
I
failed
my
test
so
dismally...
Off
I
went
to
have
my
eyes
tested
and
paid
a
fee.
The
optometrist
said
I'm
not
the
first
person
to
have
failed
my
traffic
department
test,
but
had
near
perfect
vision
on
their
more
thorough
tests...
So,
I
went
back
to
the
traffic
department
and
was
happy
there
was
no
one
else
in
front
of
me
in
the
queue.
This
was
at
14:35.
The
two
inspectors
are
sitting
there
chatting,
not
looking
at
all
busy
but
probably
being
paid
for
their
time
(until
at
least
3pm
when
other
areas
of
the
traffic
department
are
open).
They
obviously
recognised
me
and
when
I
told
them
I
actually
passed
my
optician
test,
they
said
the
'cashier
was
already
closed'
so
they
can't
help
me...
I
must
go
back
tomorrow.
I
wonder
just
how
much
these
inspectors
earn
and
if
they
had
pleasure
in
telling
me
to
waste
more
time
by
having
to
come
back
tomorrow.
But
surely
this
'Best
Municipality
in
SA'
have
harder
working
more
helpful
staff.
As
I
left,
I
just
kindly
reminded
them
to
please
wipe
the
eye
testing
machine
after
each
use
and
to
perhaps
just
wipe
it
before
use
too;
because
it's
very
suspect
that
everything
was
such
a
blur
on
my
'eye
test'
with
them,
but
clear
as
day
at
the
optician...
and
me
now
being
more
money
out
of
pocket
in
having
to
take
unnecessary
eye
tests.