eLearningTechieMar 10, 2023

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 £25 in case of no show
- of course they fail to keep the appointment
- I send them the no show invoice for time wasting

Show threadeLearningTechieMar 10, 2023

- 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. 🙄

Show threadeLearningTechieMar 10, 2023
This attitude that my time chasing after these people and waiting around is somehow free of charge is utterly infuriating!
Show threadeLearningTechieMar 10, 2023

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.

Show threadBeccy Dresden
@eLearningTechie I feel your pain. Two weeks ago I actually got to see a GP in person, having first made an appointment in November (for January, the first they could offer me, which was inexplicably cancelled in December). While I was there I tried to book my six-month check-in with the diabetes nurse and was told 'there are no appointments... Try calling in a couple of weeks' 😳
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Show threadeLearningTechieMar 10, 2023
@dresdeb It is utterly ridiculous! How is this in any way acceptable? I've been trying for a week now to get an appointment and not getting anywhere. 😠