If you like to be inconvenienced, encounter passive aggressive people or come across individuals who do not understand the concept of numerical order, then this DPS location is for you.
I went here, because I was thinking this place would be less busy than the bigger mega centers like in Rosenberg or Houston. I went to the Rosenberg location last month. I highly recommend that location because they are extremely efficient and everything moved quickly. I was literally in and out in roughly 10 minutes time.
Not so much in the Hempstead location. I was mistaken. BIG TIME. If you love to have people waste your time and take pleasure in doing so, this place is it. So, it is an extremely small office. There was a line of 6 people before me. You have to wait outside and wait for a DPS employee to guide you in. The miserable woman that was in charge of bringing people was, imho, a pain in the ass. I had all of the required documents (as listed per the DPS website) and she said I needed another bill with proof of address. So my mortgage statement and other mail was not enough. It felt like, because of my experience and watching those before me, she was on some sort of weird arbitrary power trip. All the people in line before me left because they lacked a document of some sort. She told me that if I needed something printed out, that there was law library nearby by. Two lights away, on the right. Bullshit. A gas station is not a library. So I GPS'd the info for the local library to have them print up a document that had my proof of address. Interestingly enough, the librarian informed me that I was the third person today to have something printed up today because of the DPS office in town. She recommended going to the DPS office in Brenham which was 15 minutes away. The Hempstead location has a negative reputation.
That same DPS worker said I had until a certain time to come back or the appointment would be canceled. I got back in time. This woman made a point to look at my check in text and her watch. Like wow. I am sure she was annoyed that I had the audacity to come back before my appointment was canceled. There was a guy in the line before me who originally was there when I first arrived. Someone who was in the DPS office waiting inside actually had an appointment and check in time after this particular guy. One of the DPS workers said that since (the former) his appointment check in was earlier, he can skip the other newer check in and come to the DPS desk and get started on processing his license. So logically thinking, I was literally next in line. Numerically and physically, I would be able to go. NOPE. Two other people were given the chance to skip over me even though their check ins were later. Lmfaooo the only explanation given was 'oh even though your number is 53, her number is 61 and she has to go first." Like what kind of insanity is going on here??? It is the f***** twilight zone where no one can count. I seriously could not make this stuff up. I wish I was lying because that is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard coming from an adult. The only good thing was when I finally able to process my application, the DPS worker I dealt with was extremely professional and courteous. So what gives with the rest of the people who work here??? If I would have known that this backwoods DPS was a nightmare, I would have gladly driven back to Rosenberg. How do rude, incompetent people stay employed here?? It is surprising. Oh, also skip this place because the seats are so filthy. Some of the seats were visibly damp. I stood up the whole time. I am not trying to catch a rash off the chairs there.
If you value your time, sanity and live in Ft Bend County, I highly recommend the DPS Rosenberg Mega Center. read more