WAMT....what annoyed me today!

Well, the last few days really. A package was dispatched to me on Wednesday via Royal Mail 24hr. Looking on the tracker, it was received at Bristol MC on Wednesday evening. The next one says "Sender despatching item" Friday afternoon. The latest says it was received at Home Counties MC at 2.32 today and it "will be sent to your local delivery office today".

So the 24hr is fast becoming 96hr and will probably end up closer to 120hr!

Yes, I know that things are difficult right now and I expected there might be a delay but I'd hoped there would be some form of prioritisation in place. The package contains medication.
 
Firstly, hope the meds have turned up, Marc.

Now for what AMT.
Contactless on my debit card has ceased working. Since some places (understandably) don't want people to use the keypads unless unavoidable, I've been using my credit card instead which means I have to visit the bank to pay the bill - I don't trust internet banking and never will!
New card should be on its way, ordered while in the bank paying cheques in (which should have been credits to the card used to pay for the "goods" but the DVLA won't do that.)
 
WAMT?
Just a bit p***ed off with UPS TBH
The prcel was loaded on to the van @ 6am delivery by the end of the day.
The depot is about 20 miles away.
I happened to see the Van go by about 1.5 hours ago, and now I get this.

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To be fair it was snowing very hard at the time ( NOT) :rolleyes:
 
Cobra said:
WAMT?
Just a bit p***ed off with UPS TBH
The prcel was loaded on to the van @ 6am delivery by the end of the day.
The depot is about 20 miles away.
I happened to see the Van go by about 1.5 hours ago, and now I get this.

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To be fair it was snowing very hard at the time ( NOT) :rolleyes:
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But your parcel is on the van that goes via the highlands of Scootland first.
 
As my hair is getting longer I thought I'd order some cordless clippers from Amazon. Lots were out of stock but I found one in stock and ordered it. Great. The email came this morning saying it had been dispatched and would arrive on 10th June. So where is it "in stock" then? Mozambique? Scrap that. I'm sure that there's a logistics guy in Mozambique who could get it to me within a week.

Amazon Feckers.

I'd leave a scathing review but my experience is that Amazon delete them.
 
woof woof said:
As my hair is getting longer I thought I'd order some cordless clippers from Amazon. Lots were out of stock but I found one in stock and ordered it. Great. The email came this morning saying it had been dispatched and would arrive on 10th June. So where is it "in stock" then? Mozambique? Scrap that. I'm sure that there's a logistics guy in Mozambique who could get it to me within a week.

Amazon Feckers.

I'd leave a scathing review but my experience is that Amazon delete them.
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Is that 10th June under normal conditions, or COVID19 conditions, if it's normal conditions it could take even longer. :(
 
Big Andy said:
But your parcel is on the van that goes via the highlands of Scootland first.
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Strangely, I have to work, and in the desperate hope, it arrived today I left delivery Instructions pinned to the door ....
( the same as on the order) as I drove onto the estate a UPS van was driving out ... Too much of a coincidence?
Nope there it was in the "safe place" and a note from the driver posted through the door.
Out of curiosity I checked the tracking number..
"sorry we missed you, your parcel is at the local USP hub ( about a mile away)
Should I go there and ask for my parcel? and then bitch because its not?
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Mr Badger said:
@Cobra Altogether now: You take the high road, and... Oh, sorry, wrong thread! ;)
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:lol: Brilliant
 
nilagin said:
Is that 10th June under normal conditions, or COVID19 conditions, if it's normal conditions it could take even longer. :(
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I've ordered another one with an acceptable delivery date, if true. If it arrives I'll send the 10th June one straight back.
 
Just read about an Oxbridge lecturer who wrote a newspaper piece in which she said that she hopes Oxford doesn't win the race to develop a c19 vaccine as "it will be use as it has in the past, to fulfill its political, patriotic function as proof of British excellence."

If this is true and assuming everyone is entitled to one major incident of spouting utter tosh maybe she just deserves a pie in the face and nothing more but if she ever says anything like this again or has a history of spouting drivel like this (I suspect she probably has) could someone please sack her before she addles more impressionable young brains. The thought that someone could hold views like this is bad enough but that they should be a lecturer beggers belief.

If there's a race surely saving lives is the goal.
 
Cobra said:
Strangely, I have to work, and in the desperate hope, it arrived today I left delivery Instructions pinned to the door ....
( the same as on the order) as I drove onto the estate a UPS van was driving out ... Too much of a coincidence?
Nope there it was in the "safe place" and a note from the driver posted through the door.
Out of curiosity I checked the tracking number..
"sorry we missed you, your parcel is at the local USP hub ( about a mile away)
Should I go there and ask for my parcel? and then bitch because its not?
:D



:LOL: Brilliant
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You're lucky, our local UPS delivery driver can't be bothered to deliver parcels half the time. He just leaves them at the drop off point instead, it's only if you track the parcel online, you find out where it is. He did it to me once and if I had left it another day to check the tracker, the parcel would have been sent back to the sender.
 
woof woof said:
If there's a race surely saving lives is the goal.
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To quote Francis Urquhart (who I sometimes think is less of a fictional character than any member of the current government) "You might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment".

:tumbleweed:
 
nilagin said:
You're lucky, our local UPS delivery driver can't be bothered to deliver parcels half the time. He just leaves them at the drop off point instead,
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That's where the tracker tells me it is at the moment :D
 
AndrewFlannigan said:
To quote Francis Urquhart (who I sometimes think is less of a fictional character than any member of the current government) "You might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment".

:tumbleweed:
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I just wonder if the Germans are allowed to be proud Germans and not mention the war and if the French can be proud Frenchmen and women and not mention Napoleon or blowing up Greenpeace ships then why can't we have the merest hint of pride in the achievements of the pharmaceutical industry in England? Assuming they do succeed and also I'm assuming it wouldn't be an issue if the vaccine was developed in Scotland.
 
Then it would be British...
 
Nod said:
Then it would be British...
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I think she'd certainly have a problem with anything English and might have a problem with British too but would probable not criticise any achievement thought to be Scottish. I may be wrong, it's just a guess.
 
WAMT was the pitter-patter of massive bird-sheet on the conservatory roof as we were having breakfast. Did mean that I was inspired to hose the roof down and give it a proper clean though so not all bad news!
 
WAMT
Deep breath

Lot my balance on Saturday when trying to persuade a recalcitrant caping chair to fold up and crashed to the concrete yard on the left side of my face. My glasses were in two pieces and the left lens very badly scratched and scraped. We won't go into the injuries except to say it was not pretty :(

Found out last night how to get in touch with the Vision Express

Rang the number this am at 9.15 - finally answered and given the number for the emergency place in Glasgow. That branch is shut but there's an optometrist working there doing emergency stuff and replacements to the same prescription in case like mine and the new glasses are then sent out.

Still can't get through to Glasgow

I NEED some glasses I can see properly with !
 
Reaching into the dishwasher to get hold of the handle of the bottom rack to pull it out so I can place my lunch plate into it, I find something has stopped my hand. Looking down I see that a fork has fallen forward in the cutlery basket, and one of its tines has embedded itself to a depth of half an inch under the nail of my left index finger! Lifting my hand up I see the fork follow it, I then have the experience of pulling the fork out of my finger! Yes, it did sting a little bit... but I didn't cry! :giggle:
 
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Mr Badger said:
Reaching into the dishwasher to get hold of the handle of the bottom rack to pull it out so I can place my lunch plate into it, I find something has stopped my hand. Looking down I see that a fork has fallen forward in the cutlery basket, and one of its tines has embedded itself to a depth of half an inch under the nail of my left index finger! Lifting my hand up I see the fork follow it, I then have the experience of pulling the fork out of my finger! Yes, it did sting a little bit... but I didn't cry! :giggle:
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Ouch! :hug:
 
Mr Badger said:
Reaching into the dishwasher to get hold of the handle of the bottom rack to pull it out so I can place my lunch plate into it, I find something has stopped my hand. Looking down I see that a fork has fallen forward in the cutlery basket, and one of its tines has embedded itself to a depth of half an inch under the nail of my left index finger! Lifting my hand up I see the fork follow it, I then have the experience of pulling the fork out of my finger! Yes, it did sting a little bit... but I didn't cry! :giggle:
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Ouch, my sympathies. In almost 35 of years being a toolmaker, having a cut or shard of metal stuck in my hand would be an almost daily occurrence and barely worth a second thought, but there was nothing like the excruciating pain of when something stuck in your finger under the nail. Makes me go cold just thinking about it.
 
Mr Badger said:
Reaching into the dishwasher to get hold of the handle of the bottom rack to pull it out so I can place my lunch plate into it, I find something has stopped my hand. Looking down I see that a fork has fallen forward in the cutlery basket, and one of its tines has embedded itself to a depth of half an inch under the nail of my left index finger! Lifting my hand up I see the fork follow it, I then have the experience of pulling the fork out of my finger! Yes, it did sting a little bit... but I didn't cry! :giggle:
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Did you say "for forks sake" or "fork that" :)
 
Nod said:
Firstly, hope the meds have turned up, Marc.

Now for what AMT.
Contactless on my debit card has ceased working. Since some places (understandably) don't want people to use the keypads unless unavoidable, I've been using my credit card instead which means I have to visit the bank to pay the bill - I don't trust internet banking and never will!
New card should be on its way, ordered while in the bank paying cheques in (which should have been credits to the card used to pay for the "goods" but the DVLA won't do that.)
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You should be able to set up a DD to pay the credit card in full instead automatically by the due date. Card provider should offer it.
 
Mr Badger said:
Reaching into the dishwasher to get hold of the handle of the bottom rack to pull it out so I can place my lunch plate into it, I find something has stopped my hand. Looking down I see that a fork has fallen forward in the cutlery basket, and one of its tines has embedded itself to a depth of half an inch under the nail of my left index finger! Lifting my hand up I see the fork follow it, I then have the experience of pulling the fork out of my finger! Yes, it did sting a little bit... but I didn't cry! :giggle:
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This is the sort of thing that can be very funny, if it happens to someone else :D

I know this wont help... but thanks for that! :D
 
srichards said:
You should be able to set up a DD to pay the credit card in full instead automatically by the due date. Card provider should offer it.
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If I trusted banks, I would do just that! Were it not that I needed to have somewhere to convert credit to cash, I'd have a lumpy mattress!
 
nilagin said:
Ouch, my sympathies. In almost 35 of years being a toolmaker, having a cut or shard of metal stuck in my hand would be an almost daily occurrence and barely worth a second thought, but there was nothing like the excruciating pain of when something stuck in your finger under the nail. Makes me go cold just thinking about it.
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At the risk of being accused of being a wimp, I find paper cuts disproportionately painful too .......especially on the fleshy bits between digits.
 
broc said:
especially on the fleshy bits between digits.
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They usually get me between my thumb and fore finger

Stings like hell and takes ages to heal :(
 
Mr Badger said:
Apparently I have a very sharp, dirty fork you can borrow if you wish to compare? ;)
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I once managed to stand on a nail in a bonfire. Went straight through the sole of my workboot and stuck in my foot. Then I pulled the thing out with bare fingers! Once the wounds were bandaged they throbbed a bit but I managed to ignore them after an hour or two.

Paper cuts go on stinging for days! :runaway:
 
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Mr Badger said:
Apparently I have a very sharp, dirty fork you can borrow if you wish to compare? ;)
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Thanks anyway :p
I did manage to shove a small slither of rotting wood a good 1/4in down my nail as a kid. When dad tried to pull it out with tweezers it broke
There followed a few weeks ( it seemed like years) of cutting my nail back in a V bit at a time to eventually get the bloody thing out.
I still shudder at the thought of it...
 
Had a phone call from work earlier. Monday's return to work has been delayed again. A system failure that had been fixed once already has failed again. If they can get it fixed during the week, then I get to start the following day, if not, it is looking like Monday 11th.
:(
 
Cobra said:
Can you not take a hint? :p
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