But that wasn't necessary for the handful of people who showed up Friday at the offices that handle everything from professional licenses for teachers, doctors and many others to corporate filings.

"We didn't have anyone get upset," said Jennifer Bolton, Commerce Department spokeswoman. "We were gratified there wasn't a line of 30 people. There was just a trickle between 8 and 10 a.m. They all left with a doughnut, a smile and a flier."

Few of the people at the DMV Friday morning, however, left smiling.

"I don't know what more we could do," said Charlie Roberts, spokesman for the state Tax Commission, which includes the DMV. Roberts said he was "surprised as well as disappointed" to hear people showed up at DMV offices on Friday.

He said the five Wasatch Front DMV offices had handled more than 640 customers over the first two days of the week during the extended hours of operation, between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. in the morning and 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. in evening.

"Hopefully," Roberts said, "people will adjust."

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