<Scriven> The first one I noticed was beautiful and competent.
\n<Scriven> of course we didn’t know it was an android, not at first.
\n<Scriven> when they passed the testing phase, the DMV phased out all the humans, so the androids just dealt with everyone, one per location.
\n<Scriven> lines stayed the same length, it was just more efficient for each of the thousands of daily transactions.
\n<Scriven> Soon businesses cropped up serving the people who are standing in line. over-head drone delivery of smart-phone ordered food from vendors that hover around the perimeter.
\n<Scriven> then came the ‘holding the place in line while you use the bathroom’ people… and the adult incontinence device sellers.
\n<Scriven> garbage collection.
\n<Scriven> A collection was taken up one day, and one section got a tarp installed.
\n<Scriven> They were angry when the other people didn’t let them take it with them when the line moved slightly, but the security guards pulled out the rowdy ones and put them at the back of the line… that shut up the rest… no one wanted to be reset.
\n<Scriven> That set up the precedent that installations stayed where installed… umbrella sales skyrocketed.
\n<Scriven> Eventually people started to wonder why, if the dmv was so efficient, did the line not move faster…
\n<Scriven> shouldn’t they be shuffling along at a slow but regular pace? Not camping out?
\n<Scriven> That was when the rumour started… the dmv had started a pay-to-the-front line…
\n<Scriven> “Before The Riots”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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