T
he universe was formed about 15 billion years ago. About 2 minutes after that, certain people began to disagree with everything the DSA said, and have kept on repeating this disagreement at every conceivable opportunity up to the present day.
The latest example involves the rumour that from some time next year the DSA is going to remove the option to book your theory test by telephone.
As you can imagine, those whose existence stretches back beyond the age of the dinosaurs, and whose only purpose in life is to fill their colostomy bags at the mere mention of “DSA”, are far more prepared to believe a rumour of this sort – probably heard from another fossil in the test centre waiting room – than they are to worry about simple things like facts.
In fact, if you go to the DSA’s Facebook page, they have made it abundantly clear that they are revamping their online systems, and have stated in black and white that people who cannot or will not use the internet will still be able to book by telephone.
Hold on. You mean there are people who refuse to use online services? Absolutely there are – and many of them are the same fossil artefacts I mentioned at the start of this story, whose repetitive opposition to the DSA becomes so tiresome.
The DSA has made one fundamental mistake in my opinion. On it’s Facebook page it says:
We’ll be encouraging everyone who can use digital services independently to do so. When people phone us in future, we’ll first offer them help to use the digital service. If they are unable to for any reason, they’ll be able to complete their transaction over the phone as they do now.
This doesn’t involve the total capitulation that the fossil-brains are always looking for, and so no doubt they will continue to whinge and whine about it as though the original accusation were true. We shall see.
For everyone else out there, it’s far simpler to book online than it is by phone anyway. If you can get online, don’t be foolish – use it to book your tests. If you genuinely cannot get online then you can still book by phone (bearing in mind that you may have a long wait if the lines are busy).