The DMV hold music is not bad! It is just jazz, but not soft jazz. Regular 4/4, mid-tempo bop.
They're playing "Makin' Whoopee," with a woman singing, but it's not a version I know. Anyway, "Makin' Whoopee" is a hilarious song to listen to while you're on hold with the DMV.
Horace Silver now.
Now the music has stopped and I hear only silence. Maybe they're playing 4'33".
Should I be worried that the DMV hold music has just stopped? Have I reached some inner circle of holding, closer to my ultimate goal of a live person, or have I, instead, slipped into some parallel telephonic space where my call will be ignored forever?
MOTHERFUCKERS HUNG UP ON ME.