A letter I wrote to a company

[Guest Lizzie McTrucker]

I wrote the following letter to a company called Driver's Legal Plan. It's a pre-paid legal service that I pay for and they help fight traffic tickets for professional drivers and try to get them reduced or dismissed so as to not affect the driver's professional career. I had to utilize their services a few months ago for a bogus speeding ticket in Arkansas. When the final court ruling was given, Driver's Legal Plan sent me a letter detailing what happened and letting me know I'll be refunded some of the court costs and legal fees. I was both shocked and, well, kind of angry that the name on the envelope was Mr. Elizabeth (last name).

I decided to take some action, and wrote this letter via their website:

Hello,

I have been a member of DLP for a little while now and have used the services twice regarding tickets I've received. It wasn't until my most recent case, after the final ruling, where I received a letter from DLP with some startling information.

The name on the envelope that was mailed to me said Mr. Elizabeth (last name). I was rather shocked to see this and was not quite sure where that came from.

Please update your records to indicate that I am, in fact, female.

Thank you for your time,

Ms. Elizabeth (last name)

Did you like how I threw in that Ms. at the end? I did.

(and I'm not lying. My driver's license does in fact state female)

[Guest angels wings]

Well said Lizzie

Angel

[Guest rexxmarksley]

Good on you

[Guest DianeATL]

You go girl!

[Charlize]

Well stated! I am looking forward to more Ms.s on my mail. It is getting better but i get solicitations from some charities who just don't get the change. After writing to them i get a Charlie instead of Charles but they just don't seem to notice the Ms. i place before it. Needless to say i can't see the reason to send them any money.

Hugs,

Charlie

[Carolyn Marie]

I couldn't have said it better myself.

HUGS

Carolyn Marie

[Guest]

Lizzie.

Not much else you could add to the letter, short and sweet and to the point.

I especially like the "Ms." part.

Huggs,

Joann

[Guest Lizzie McTrucker]

Well I received a response. It was kind of wishy-washy the way they glossed over it like it was a simple mistake because they're so used to dealing with men in this industry and not-so-much women, but, they're taking care of it.

[Guest LizMarie]

Well done and while wishy-washy, maybe that's for the best? They probably don't even think of trans women so that probably didn't even cross their radar.

[Guest Melissa~]

I had that from a company that dealt with my name change. It was Ameriprise, after my name change I got a Mr Melissa --- monthly statement un huh. They fixed it with a call. The next "he"-fun with them will be renegotiating life insurance policies as a female for lower pricing.

[KathrynJulia]

Since I've notified the entire world of my name change, any mail addressed to my former name gets a return to sender, no one by that name living at this address. Obviously junk mail that I'm not going to even look at. Let them figure that one out.

Kathryn