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Re:A woman's battle to prove she isn't dead by Igelau on Saturday July 03, 2021 @10:06PM (#27726747)
It sounds like the trouble is that no one knows how to fix it. There's no "[ ] Dead" checkbox to uncheck on the computer, and no "Declare Nondeceased" forms to file, so they kick it up the chain of command. "This is above my pay grade!"

The next person doesn't have a clue what to do either, so the buck never stops being passed. The pencil-pushers don't know how to push this pencil. The bean-counters don't know how to count this bean. The bureau has a problem it can't crat.

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Re:A woman's battle to prove she isn't dead by FpUser on Sunday July 04, 2021 @12:22AM (#27727206)
I am pretty sure this [] dead checkbox is derived from some field in the database and the database can be modified directly.

I've done my share of fixing similar situations in the past while doing some jobs for Telecoms.

And it this was normal country ( I am not singling it out as we are fucking up people as well ) they should be able to quickly escalate it to the level that can simply order the fucking box unchecked. Unfortunately the victim is not some VIP otherwise they would've solved it in no time.

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