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Hot take: I finally got "The only way out is through" after 11 months of fighting my city over a $40 permit
I used to think that quote was just a cheesy poster line until I spent almost a year stuck in a loop of rejected paperwork at the Salem office for a tiny fence permit. What finally got it approved was walking in person and asking a clerk named Dana to show me exactly which line was wrong, so now I'm curious, has anyone else had a quote hit different only after a long dumb slog like that?
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ryanh7720d ago
The "stuck in a loop of rejected paperwork" part got me because man, that was me with the DMV trying to get a title transfer sorted after my uncle passed. Every time I mailed stuff in they'd send it back with some new problem circled in red, and nobody would tell me the actual issue over the phone. After like 5 months of that nonsense I finally drove down there and stood at the counter until a lady walked me through it line by line, took maybe 20 minutes once I was talking to a real human face to face. Funny how these sayings we've all heard a million times just bounce off until you live through something that makes them click. That permit was probably the most expensive $40 of your life by the time you factor in 11 months of your sanity.
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