by Sepka » Sat Jul 15, 2006 8:32 am
Actually, what's probably happening is that as in any bureaucracy, there are so many laws, procedures, etc, that none of the first-line staff actually know all of the relevant ones. Because it's a bureaucracy, it's safer to refer a novel situation to someone else, or to do nothing, than to show any initiative and potentially act outside of guidelines. There's less chance of being punished that way. You've presented them with an unusual situation, and nobody wants to touch it, for fear of doing something that will end up on their record, and cost them at their yearly evaluation.<br><br>I still think a lawyer's your best bet. In my experience, they come in three flavours - principled, unprincipled and quixotic. The principled ones will represent you to the best of their ability, whether they agree with you or not, because that's part of their professional pride. The unprincipled ones will stay bought, and work for the money, because they know that if they don't, word will get around and they'll lose business. The quixotic ones who want to change the world should be avoided, since they're necessarily going to consider your case as being less important than their convictions.<br><br>-Sepka the Space Weasel <p></p><i></i>
