Yes, I'm sure that I'm the only person who's ever had a difficult, frustrating, annoying, or inefficient time at the CA DMV. Even with an appointment (which I had).
And the person I responded to generalized your experience to: California is so bad he'll never live there, ignoring all the data points of people who love living in California and the many reasons to want to.
This whole thing is radical ideology, gullible swallowing of talking points, and bad faith. I won't respond further.
California recalls 325,000 Real IDs. Ooops.
https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/california-dmv-recal...
OTOH, my experience with licenses, renewals, etc., in the State of Washington was the polar opposite. Fast, easy, and efficient.