Brent Council
Back when I was a student, I decided to stay on and do a Masters, and assumed that because I was doing 4 years in a row at uni, I wouln't have to pay any council tax until the Masters was finished.

So one day, I got a council tax bill, after I'd already sent in the exemption form. I called up, explained that I'd stayed on another year, and the phone-monkey said yes, it must have been a mistake, ignore it.

So I did. And the one that arrived after that, and the one after that, until I got a court summons. Panic. I called up, spoke to another phone-monkey, explained what had gone on, and that I'd been told to ignore the bills.

Turns out that because I graduated from my u/grad course in July, and started the p/grad course in September, I had to pay council tax for those two months. And now I had to pay to cancel the courts summons. I argued that I'd specifically been told to ignore the bills, but they were having none of it. So I paid up, but claimed I'd been living on my own for those two months, and therefore I should get 25% off. A small lie, but I like to think I made someone's life slightly more difficult for all of 15 minutes.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 11:14, Reply)