Minor rant thread 2017

[Greenleaves]

first full day after our hols and the MiL wants her grass cutting....."I will do it tomorrow mum" no not good enough

[Lumpy]

That GL might have to buy his MIL a pygmy goat for Chr..........mouse

[Guest]

Who's daft idea was it to start a business?

Two steps forward, one step back.......then one to the side and start again eek:.

I fear I may be a bit of a mess by this time next year

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming swimming....

[Cadalot]

A TV Licence reminder came today, I paid it last month so I phoned them and waited 10 minutes for an answer after all the press 1 for this 2 for that 3 to give up all hope etc. and they have no record

"have you checked the Bank"
"No"
Phoned Bank, guess what they were extremely busy could be 15 minutes and was
Telephone banking gives me a code and confirms it was paid.
Phone TV Licensing press 1 for this 2 for that 3 for ......... gave them the Authorisation details
"Have you got a statement?"
"No" says I "did telephone banking and they gave me the Authorisation code you required"
"Well you better get a statement as you will need it if you get a knock on the door"
"Hang on can't you send me an email to say you are looking into it to show them?"
"No"
"How long will it take for you to find out which licence you put my payment too and re assign it"
"3 weeks at least"
"How will I know once you have found it and re assigned it"
"We will send you a paper licence 10 day after we have re assigned it"

Phone Bank wait for 10 minutes for an answer ordered a statement

I'm turning into Victor Meldrew - I can't believe it I feel like having the BBC removed from Box!

[Lumpy]

That we are one of a very few countries that have to pay for TV twaddle...........................

[Potstubsdustbins]

You wouldn't believe it ................ brand new van delivered 2-30 on Tuesday 9o/clock this morning BANG car in the back end

Slow speed bump but £1107 to repair

[lottie dolly]

My rant poor PTD

[alldigging]

Person on allotment until half midnight last night. It's ok they were only hammering for about an hour.

[Small pumpkin]

I thought my days of hospital visiting were over. It turns out they may not be.

[Florence Fennel]

Bought a new Kindle. Spent an hour with an advisor to be told that there's a technical issue preventing access and they're working on it so waiting for 24 hours for resolution before I send it back grrr

[bramble]

My Samsung Galaxy just died on Monday.
Waiting to see if its fixable.
Its 3 and a half years old.

[Jungle Jane]

I nearly put this on another thread but it's not very happy,didn't want to rant & ruin the peace so Ive come here,I don't like the way councils are charging some for green bin collection,soon it will be all of us,they start these things in a small area first so there's no riots probably,easier for them to deal with a few complaints rather than thousands. They should carry on giving us the services we pay for & stop overpaying themselves,sort out their finances better,look how many more of them are on over £100,000 a year compared with previous years,there's no way I'll be giving them money to take my green bin to give them a bigger pay packet,but it does mean I'll have to bag up the neighbours aphid covered ivy & take it to their house like a really rubbish present. Also why do we have more MPs than the USA,we could have a few less?

[burnie]

Our council started charging last year, I also declined to pay, what doesn't go into my own compost bin, just goes in the purple landfill bin, at least my rubbish is bio degradable.

[bramble]

My washing machine packed up this afternoon.
Got as far as the empty and spin but just sat there full of water.
After trying everything me and hubby decided to leave it until tomorrow.
When my back turned he decided to pull out the machine to take a look in the back.
Of course he pulled it by the door which opened and flooded my lovely wooden floor in the kitchen.
Well, there were a few raised voices which he took exception to.
Sufficent to say we are now waiting for a takeaway delivery and the clothes line is weighed down by wet towels.

[Nicos]

The hunting season has begun.
And yes, we have 3 roe deer (one male and 2 female ) who wander out of the woods next to our home and across the back field every dawn and dusk.
A wonderful site, but I dread that next time there will be only 2 of them.