Fekkin United Utilities..... their lack of in house communication, 8 houses all complaining about the swimming pool on the pavement... dig up the path 3 weeks after reporting the leak, establish there is a leak, leave it a week, dig up someones front garden, leave it a week then dig up the back garden of a house 3 doors down to establish what the first engineer said in the first place!!!
We are all ringing them and they just seem to dig holes and fill them in again then say the job is complete and we have to keep ringing them to say .... THERE IS STILL A LEAK
Their excuse... it's a process of elimination.... my suggestion... how about doing it in the same day (or week even)... instead of once a week?? )
Ohhh it gets better Sandi.... after 6 weeks finally some communication from Useless Utilites....
This morning they rang to advise that they will be issuing us with notices to get the leak fixed as it is on someones property although they don't know whose!!!
Today Ian & I registered the banns, (thats not the rant) whilst waiting 2 females discussing how they juggle school and being a mom, and its a shame that thier partners won't 'be out' till thier little ones are 1 ...
What really annoyed me was how matter of fact they were, like , its perfectly normal to be 15ish with a baby and a boyfriend in prison, they were even comparing what the prisons are like and how long the sentence was, what was worse was the ... And when he gets out we will be entitled to a house, can claim for furniture for it & grants for thus that n the other ... Try bloody working for it like decent folks do!
@Shell -when i taught in Primary schools I lost count of the ones who had several youngsters 4-5 years apart in age. This was to ensure that they never had to go to work, as they had a young child at home.
I knew of one 'mum' with 9 children, who 'allegedly' supplemented her benefits by going to London 2 weekends a month to work as an escort, cos her benefits weren't enough apparently!!!!
Aww and I love em.
When I had my rabbit (no, I didn't give birth to him) he thought he was a dog, he'd come when he was called and would run after a ball if I rolled it on the grass. He didn't do owt with it when he got there but he chased it every time. He would lay by my side if I sat on the patio, and he especially loved my black fluffy slippers, in fact that's how I found out SHE was a HE, he got rather amorous with my slippers if I wore them in the garden.
(Sadly some kind person thought they'd shoot him between the eyes and leave him to die, I had to let the vet do the humane thing as the rabbit was in shock.)
White lines that are about two and a half inches thick, and coat your tyres as you cross them.
White paint that makes your back wheel lock up when you brake - which you quite often have to do on boxed keep clear areas that are painted on the road like some kind of anti missile warning system to low flying parachutists.
These were definitely the Marks and Spencers; the Harrods; the Fortnum and Mason of white lines.
Rant over. Sun out. Tra la la la la. oooh - its raining. yuk.
People who can't make up their minds, who think I've nothing better to do than sit around, drink coffee and moongaze, and who are @rsing me around with a deadline looming, and who think I can do 6 weeks amount of work in what is now less than 3 week of working time and deliver a finished piece of work for the same fee !!!!! And that's after I've given up a weekend to put together a bl@@dy proposal to re - outline their requirements - yet again - and they now come back to me and want a full scale drawing - which they can't have, cos I haven't got the time to do it - and they know it!!!!
Drain Covers.
Not just any drain vovers but ones on short 90deg bends lending around a one way system where the road is rutted and dips at a nasty angle to the curb.
And the Twat that had the nerve to beep at me this morning becuase I slowed down for said bend the same twat who had driven in at 30 on a 50 MPH bit of road then got in the wrong lane at the roundabout and waved at me becuase I got in the right one and overtook him.
It was a good job I was hurrying to work or I would have a few wingmirrors to sell this evening.
Wondering how long it'll take for the next complaint (third) from Royal College of Nursing about my bike parking.It used to be next to our offices front door, right up against the side of our building...but apparently this was obstructive (it wasn't, I'd checked) so I had to start using a parking space. Unfortunately nearly all spaces are used on a daily basis, with the exception of RCN's, who have about 20 allocated and only use 5. So I started using one of their spaces as they didn't want me parking my bike next to the building every day.Eventually, after a month or so, they complained about me using their unused spaces. So we wrote to the land lord and asked where I should park my bike. I have now been instructed by the land lord that I can park in any of the dedicated car parking spaces allocated to us (which are all full) or I can park in any of the cycle parking zones provided they are not full of bicycles.I'm now using the bicycle parking at the back of the RCN building and of course it's important to warm your machine before riding away (I spy open windows). XDNotice now posted on cycle parking bay:
"To whom it may concern,When I parked my motorcycle next to the building under the gutter to save on parking spaces, you complained that it was causing an obstruction (where it clearly was not).When I started using one of the many un-used RCN allocated spaces because we do not have enough, you complained again despite it being acceptable for almost anyone with a car to use your spaces at will. I've now been in contact with the landlord to request advice on where I should park my motorcycle and have been instructed that I should use the bicycle parking at the back of the building, near to the canal.Any further complaints shall be ignored.RegardsDavid Allain"
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