Bureaucracy FTL

[unixronin]

I just got letters from the SSA (three of them, in triplicate, one for each kid) informing me that the SSA received an address correction from the Post Office for our kids, and if this update is correct, do nothing and the SSA will process the correction and update the records in about 30 days.

Well, gee, SSA guys, y'know, you could have had that address update in your files FOUR MONTHS AGO, if your data submission procedures hadn't actively prevented¹ me from giving you the update.

[1]  Because the SSA only allows one address update, for a single individual, to be submitted at any given time by any individual.  Then they compound that by providing no way to say, in that submission, "Yes, my children who live with me and also receive benefits because they're my dependents are moving with me.  Duh."

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[ithildae.livejournal.com]

I would submit that your situation may only be a plurality of cases that the SSA handles. I also submit that an efficient government bureaucracy is a frightening thing indeed.