Messed-up Society - #1 Lack of trust

We have gotten to the point in this world of ours where someone's word is worthless.  If a statement is not written down on a piece of paper, some official piece of paper.  A form that has been approved by a legal department that deals with laws, code, by-laws and not humans.  I guess we have been there for many years....today I had another example of it though.  Frustrating as it wastes all of our time.  I wasted thirty minutes.  The clerk only wasted 2 minutes.  We are able to hide behind the rules.  The clerk said that I couldn't because the rule says I can't.  

I wanted to renew our car insurance.  Simple enough.  We own the car.  My wife and I.  Last I checked we had a legal marriage, a union that is protected under the law .  I got to the insurance broker's office and was told that I could not renew the insurance.  Why?  The car insurance is in my wife's name.  Unless she has signed the renewal notice stating that I can renew it I cannot renew it.

No trust.  We assume that people are up to no good.  We assume that people are breaking laws.  The assumption of guilt is how the world is run.  Not the assumption of innocence.  Ya that's right....most spouses that show up to renew their car insurance are out to screw the other.

Good assumption. 

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