I have the misfortune to reside in the London borough of Havering.
This is how stupid their council people are:
- ignore email correspondence relating to a maintenance issue
- consequently try to shift blame for the delays on me
- I protest with evidence
- they finally make an actual appointment to come over
- I tell them I charge ยฃ25 in case of no show
- of course they fail to keep the appointment
- I send them the no show invoice for time wasting
- they claim they were at my property but had no response
- their evidence: a photo of someone else's front door! Granted, EXIF data shows it was taken at the correct time, but certainly not in the right place.
And it's ME who is holding things up. Riiiiiiiiiiiight. ๐
Meanwhile, I've been trying to make a GP appointment at my local surgery. Phone - it just rings. Online booking - not available. Personal visit - no appointments available till April ("Keep trying to call at 9am").
Online consultation form filled - 3 days later and no call back.
And people wonder why Techie is stressed and irritable.
Has the council bod shown up yet? - Don't be silly!
After nearly a week's wait, the GP finally responded to my online consultation form by text message this morning: "If you would like to discuss this matter further, please make an appointment" --- Well whaddaya think I've been trying to do for the past week...!?
OMFG
Council bod finally showed up this afternoon. - Presumably only because I sent a stinking complaint to his higher ups yesterday.
It took over an hour and the reinforcement of two other council bods to figure out the problem.
I just despair. I am literally surrounded by morons. ๐
Another day, another nightmare. Plumber number 3 has chiselled away at my flooring, has dismantled various bits, finally found the leak - and promptly broke a valve in the process. ๐
FML
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