The notion that "this is probably negotiable" is one of the things that persistently separates rich people from poor people in my experience. When I landed mys

The notion that "this is probably negotiable" is one of the things that persistently separates rich people from poor people in my experience. When I landed myself in this situation, that was exactly the problem: I felt like the Big Bad Court System would never cut a stupid kid like me any slack, and it just never occurred to me that I should talk to them and see what could be done about it. After trying unsuccessfully to deal reasonably with the DMV on the issue, I sort of assumed every aspect of the government was always out to screw me over in any way possible. Live and learn, I suppose.