We should all call tomorrow morning when the phone lines open and overpower them with an avalanche of complaints. This is a major pain.
In the meantime, there is a work around for US Censuses 1880 and after. Once you have navigated to a Post-1880 census, you can click on "see others on this page" and then click on the head of household and get a "fresh" load in the Merge box in the lower right corner.