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by kstrauser 397 days ago
One time I got a senator to tell the Navy Exchange to stop hounding me for a bill where I had receipts showing that I paid. I would’ve loved to be a fly on that wall when the senator’s office called the admiral in charge, resulting in a wet-ink-signed letter of apology from him to me. I bet some people had a “fun” week after that.

Most recently, California’s Department of Insurance helped me when State Farm was being a thorn in my side: https://honeypot.net/2024/04/08/i-fought-state.html

Sometimes the only way to fight bureaucracy is with a bigger bureau.