Shout Your Frustrations to the World! (You know you want to.(READ FIRST POST))

[Mouse]

I think she's meant to be in Crewkerne at 10.30. She's doing Yeovil first... I think. I only know they're closing the roads before she arrives and decided to do it at the worst possible time of the day.

I'd spy too, but unfortunately I'm busy with the Americans.

edit: good luck with the slicing!!

[HoopyFrood]

Blimey, she must be on a tight schedule! Maybe it's later here, then. I know 'entertainment' starts from nine am, maybe she turns up at about 11am onwards then, and then I know she's at the university post lunch.

And yes, roads are already being lined with barriers this evening and the centre -- where pretty much ALL the buses pass through -- will be closed off tomorrow. These royals. No consideration

And thanks!

[Mouse]

There's only one road through Crewkerne, unfortunately, so we'll all have to get to work early!

She must be on a really tight schedule. I know she's only looking in the townhall for 15 mins before moving on. I suspect they'll move her on quickly before she gets chance to see how scabby the town is.

[The Ace]

Originally Posted by HoopyFrood

Blimey, she must be on a tight schedule! Maybe it's later here, then. I know 'entertainment' starts from nine am, maybe she turns up at about 11am onwards then, and then I know she's at the university post lunch.

And yes, roads are already being lined with barriers this evening and the centre -- where pretty much ALL the buses pass through -- will be closed off tomorrow. These royals. No consideration

And thanks!

Think they own the place.

[alchemist]

Originally Posted by Mouse

I think she's meant to be in Crewkerne at 10.30. She's doing Yeovil first... I think. I only know they're closing the roads before she arrives and decided to do it at the worst possible time of the day.

I'd spy too, but unfortunately I'm busy with the Americans.

edit: good luck with the slicing!!

Originally Posted by Mouse

There's only one road through Crewkerne, unfortunately, so we'll all have to get to work early!

She must be on a really tight schedule. I know she's only looking in the townhall for 15 mins before moving on. I suspect they'll move her on quickly before she gets chance to see how scabby the town is.

Al Qaeda will be talking to you shortly!

[Menion]

Where I live it's a very touristy part of Spain, the holiday season is betweeen April and October. When I finished work in November I had a nice relaxing few months to get back to my writing and the pile of books/videogames I've been meaning to read/play.
I started to look for a new summer season job in March, I was told "Oh yeah we'll give you a call closer to summer" and similar. Now with my savings rapidly depleeting I am in need of another job. All those people and places I had asked before now seem to be full.
And I now ask, how is a messy looking spaniard (pardon my racism) better then a bilingual, well dressed, hard working Me!
I'm annoyed...

[allmywires]

Menion - story of my life for the last 4 years looking for a summer job to tide me over. Luckily, I got my current job as a freelancer that I can do at uni and after I sent about 500 CVs around town, I FINALLY got a shop job as well. Don't stop looking! It'll come round eventually.

Although 'the state of this economy' isn't exactly helping things

[Menion]

Thanks for the encouragement!

Every now and then I check for jobs in England aswell, and a few weeks ago I saw a job in Waterstones in Manchester. (where I used to live) Shame I havn't got the money or guts to go there.

[Overread]

Hoopy - good luck being all sliced and diced and suchlike - also remember whilst in hospital you can make a good case for stealing all the clean zombiewear you can find - its a treasure trove of plasters and bindings and all sorts of things zombies like to wear (even though they tend to get them rather messy in the process).

[hopewrites]

@mouse those darn Americans
@hoopy good luck! i enjoyed both my stays in hospital except for the "bed" which was really a chair that could be laid flat, i was sure i was going to fall off during the night (i'm not the most restful of sleepers even at the best of times)

[Mouse]

Originally Posted by alchemist

Al Qaeda will be talking to you shortly!

ha ha!

Originally Posted by hopewrites

@mouse those darn Americans

I love my Americans, they're also so polite!

Anyways, my boss let those of us who wanted to, go out to see the Queen. So I did! Mostly, I just saw her hat. Later, she was driven past really close so I saw her properly.

A vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SpGf...ature=youtu.be

[HoopyFrood]

Most of the office scarpered out to see her, but I stayed inside because I am a growly republican who would only go out to see them getting their heads chopped off.

No, not really. By then the crowds had well and truly gathered and I knew little me didn't have much chance. The guys from the office came back with a three second video of her gliding past in the car.

My friend at university, however, sent me a photo of Prince Philip. Think she may have met and spoken with him -- can't tell for sure, she was drunk on a glass and a half of alcohol.


And whoa, nothing that major, guys! No hospital or anything. And frustration that I walk all the way to the Doctors' just to find out that a proper surgery specific appointment was needed. Doctor was most apologetic for not being specific and I have to go back tomorrow instead. Another night of waiting!

[Overread]

You know I'm a dab paw with a scalpel - at least on resin and metal. I'm sure flesh is much easier to work with if they keep putting of whatever it is that needs cutting off - - I'm sure I can get ride of that extra finger or toe without much trouble. If its an extra leg you've grown or something, that er -- that might require a bigger saw or something, but I'm sure I could find one of them somehow somewhere.

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by HoopyFrood

Blimey, she must be on a tight schedule! Maybe it's later here, then. I know 'entertainment' starts from nine am, maybe she turns up at about 11am onwards then, and then I know she's at the university post lunch.

And yes, roads are already being lined with barriers this evening and the centre -- where pretty much ALL the buses pass through -- will be closed off tomorrow. These royals. No consideration

And thanks!

Good luck with the surgery Hoppy and i hope you will be fine afterwards.

Im little scared of anything to do with medical,hospitals. Lucky enough i have never had to deal with anything being done or being really sick.

I will take my pollen allergies gladly in exchange

[Boneman]

I'm going to invent a 'Buck-stoppers' award and give it to the person who accepts responsibility for what they're paid to do!!

My cousin is terminally ill, and basically putting her life in order. One thing that's frustrated her for years is a subsidence claim on her insurance, which has taken over two years to sort out, and she's determined to have it done. She has an excess of £1,000 on her Insurance policy which is fair enough, and they appointed loss adjusters to 'help' sort it all out. So far, so normal.

But... builder's quote, accepted by LLoyd's as he's one of their selected/preferred/retained builders came to £1400. She was told to send a cheque to said builder for £1,000, which she had to do before they would start work. Since she was in hospital, I queried how long all the alterations and decorating would take, and was told by adjusters: "One day." One day for £1400!! I ssumed there's be a team of twenty rushing around like on the telly, and when I contacted the builder I was told "No, no! It will be four days!"

Yesterday I waited at my cousin's property for Builders to arrive. At 9.40 one man and a small van arrived. Very nice builder who looked at the quote, looked at the job and said "can't do that bit by the lintel, the decorators will do that - it doesn't need the micromesh and making good because it's a only a surface crack." Then got on and did good job with all the pointing, and was finished by three in the afternoon , and that included a trip to Jewsons for a nibbler. No complaints about his work at all. He didn't know when the decorators were coming. But he did say, "this is a smaller job than the quote makes out..."

Five hours of a semi-skilled brickie, watjer reckon £200? So, that's £1200 left to decorate two walls and re-stick some coving. Okay, I'm not even semi-skilled, but I reckon I could have done it in a morning. Or an afternoon.

I phone the loss adjusters. To get some jobsworth tell me it's a standard excess and she has to pay it. "Even if the job is only £200?" asks I, omitting to tell him that his predecessor had said if the decorating was left to been done by my cousin, they'd naturally reduce the bill accordingly... As far as he was concerned, the excess was payable in full no matter how much the builders estimate was. "Even if his estimate was £500?" Yes. (I don't think he'd been in loss-adjusting long...)

It didn't matter how many times I asked him who would refund the rest, he kept saying it was an agreed schedule between LLoyds and the builder. "But you're the loss-adjuster appointed by LLoyds, to minimise a claim." Long silence then: "You'll have to contact the insurers. " "But you authorised this claim; you told my cousin to send the money to the builder in advance of works carried out, and all we've had is five hours work." "You'll have to contact the insurers."

Unfortunately, it being past 4 on a friday, said insurers had all gone home for the weekend, but builder's secretary was in, so I informed her that decorating would be done independently, and what might my cousin expect as a refund on her excess? "It's an agreed schedule between Lloyds and us, we have to keep to it. " "Yes, but the loss adjusters, who instructed you informed my cousin that there would be a reduction if she did the decorating herself. " It's an agreed schedule between us and Lloyds." "I understand that, but if you think £1200 to decorate two walls and stick coving down is a fair price, then perhaps the schedule could be looked at? As agreed with the loss adjusters appointed by the Insurers? £1200 should cover decorating the whole house, it's a very small end of terrace." "You'll have to speak to the Insurers."

Oh I will... haven't played the worst trump-card there is yet, but I'm angry enough to do so: 'Famous Insurance company (name inserted) and their builder (name inserted) rip off elderly woman dying of leukaemia'. I'm dealing with this ( I have power of attourney) so that this sort of sh*t doesn't stress her. FFS!!

ps: phew... I feel better for that rant!