Who has ever heard of not having pens at the DMV?!
Apparently, it is some kind of cost saving measure common through much of the northeast. There’s a point at which cutting costs just isn’t worth it. This stupidity is well past it.
BTW, got my new Connecticut drivers license today. Feels really weird not to have my California one any more. Though I have to say, getting the license here was a lot easier than I feared. One vision test (which I passed!) and I now have a license good for 7 years. My old license had to be renewed every two. Major improvement. Now if only I hadn’t had to wait 2.5 hours at the DMV to accomplish that.