City of Lakewood — Local services in Lakewood

Ok I'm here to vent. I have been to City of Lakewood to get my water and trash taken care 3xs in the last week. What is it with the rude people helping you. Omgosh today was the worse Tatiana or whatever the name is was unbelievable. I said to her you having a bad day she said nope. I said ok then. Should have said hate your job then. ? Last week I went in to clear problem. Ask to speak to supervisor after the other lady was rude. Saw Jacob. He said you have to go to bank to get letter. So I did, brought it back. He said no this won't work I have to call her. I said what. Whatever after 10 min he came back said ok. But here's the best part. Went in to bank to thank the lady , she said no never received a call. Lived here since 1968, Come on City --give a customer service class. After checking in I walked started walking down the other end, omg I was stopped by 3 people. Saying I had to ck in again. Why this crazy afraid of your residents, and the sign is bizarre. Goback to your old ways, get older folks who know...

I have lived in Lakewood for over 25 years. Paid my bills on time and had respect for this city until today. My teenage daughter's car died backing it out of the driveway. Part of the vehicle was extended into the street. I was on my way home to help her move it when the street sweeper came and gave her a ticket. She was standing at her vehicle and explained that it had just died and was disabled and was still cited and treated rudely. I called city hall and was told too bad so sad that's our policy. Well here's my policy. Project mayhem starts tonight. With every 2nd of spare time that I have I will cost the city of Lakewood as much money as I possibly can. I hope a forty dollar ticket is worth the headache you are about to have. In addition I will publicly boycott every single city function thrown by the city of Lakewood for the rest of my life. I seriously don't think you're ready for The determination and creativity of a long time resident scorned. I think you know where you can stick your policies. It's dark...

Terrible Experience with Lakewood Community Development Department - Rude Staff and Unreasonable Fees I had an absolutely horrible experience trying to get a permit through the Lakewood Community Development Department. The entire process is unnecessarily complicated, filled with endless hoops to jump through, and the fees they charge are downright unreasonable. To make matters worse, I had to deal with someone named Sean, who works in this department. He was incredibly rude, condescending, and completely unpleasant to work with. His unprofessional attitude made an already frustrating process even more unbearable.

If you need to deal with the Community Development Department, prepare for a nightmare of bureaucracy, poor customer service, and exorbitant fees. This department desperately needs improvement, starting with staff who know how to treat people with basic respect. Save yourself the headache if you can - this was a terrible...