See my edit above. It wouldn't let me reply for some reason. Basically, I just took it upon myself to help this guy but I needed the staff to help. Because I a

See my edit above. It wouldn't let me reply for some reason. Basically, I just took it upon myself to help this guy but I needed the staff to help. Because I already knew them over years of interaction, it was an easy conversation/ask that they agreed to and we were successful in giving this guy a hand up. No govt or coercion or anything needed.