From the BBC: "A letter sent to about 4,000 retired people in Jersey asking if they still exist has been described as offensive by some of those who received it. … The department said it wanted to make sure money was not paid into the accounts of people who had died." [via Arbroath]
Are you dead yet? Letter sent to pensioners to confirm existence
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