[ericvsmith]

I’ve worked at places where subverting firewall rules like this would get you fired. I now refer to such situations where I’m forced to twiddle my thumbs while no work gets done as “letting the process work”.

[exe34]

I always kick this kind of decision upwards: we can do it this way and break this rule, so I need director level approval, or we can wait until the customer blinks.

[n_plus_1_acc]

Yes. Ask your boss for approval and tell them otherwise nothing will get done.