My son finished his driving school driving hours last week and was green lighted to sign up for his driver’s license road test.
The school charges $175 to schedule the test and do a 60 minute driving test “boot camp” just prior to your appointment. They have the inside track when scheduling tests because they get designated blocks, so they were projecting mid-October for his appointment.
That seemed silly to me, both financially and in terms of scheduling. Friday I signed into the road test scheduling portal and found all calendars for all locations booked solid through October, and into November. Since I figured out the system for getting grocery deliveries, acquiring Clorox wipes, toilet paper & paper towels during a pandemic, I decided I could crack the driving test code.
I stayed up Friday, and as the clock turned to midnight I signed back in. Interestingly, the next available day in November came online for appointments, but no September/October cancelations populated. When I woke up Saturday morning I checked again…nothing…but it was early. I checked online to see what time the brick and mortar locations opened on the weekend. At exactly 9 a.m. I logged back in, and what do you know, an appointment this coming Wednesday morning opened up at a location about 30 minutes away! I scheduled it immediately.
I walked into the kitchen to let my wife know how awesome I am. When I told her she looked at me and said, “That’s the first day of online school you dummy.” Oops. Thankfully, it’s a half day, so he’ll get two classes in at home and part of his third class in while I drive him to his test. I guess it’s better than missing a full day…