A few years ago my wife ordered a dress and it hadn't arrived on the expected date. She gave it a couple more days and then phoned the company. They said it had been delivered, but my wife insisted that it hadn't. This was the middle of winter, so dark when we went out in the morning and dark when we got home. We have an outside security light, but no light in the porch. My wife then noticed a delivery card sticking out from under a boot in the porch. Note said "left behind the gate" which we thought would be a neat trick as the gates are 7'6" high and then there is 2' of trellis above that. Also, behind the gate is in total darkness and we rarely have cause to go out there during the winter months. I decided to investigate, and sure enough the dress was on the ground, soaking wet and totally useless. We have no idea how the delivery person got it through the trellis. Thankfully the company replaced the dress.
The other question is "As the delivery driver could put a note under a boot, why didn't they just leave the item in the enclosed porch too?"
You can get some pretty nifty parcel sized mail boxes for £300 or so. I wish I'd invested before we had kids. The door always gets knocked when you're elbow deep in a nappy or the baby has just fallen asleep.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I've just reported some fly tipping to the council. They're really good about getting it cleared up quickly but in this case someone has driven into the woods and thrown about 15 black bin bags as far as they can into a dense bramble patch on a steep bank. I hope they've left some traceable information in the bags as the workers will not be happy about having to fish that lot out. I've never really understood the mentality of it since they could have dumped it in a car park just as easily, or even taken it to the tip like a normal person would.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I don't understand it either @wild edges. During Covid/lockdown etc, you had to make an appointment at the tip, so people were obviously just not bothering. Utter scum. The worst thing is - our council is still making people get appointments. At least the problem seems to have diminished a bit though.
That sounds just the job @Liriodendron, but you shouldn't have to do that. Means they aren't fit for purpose. Is that another example of makers literally cutting cloth to fit the budget....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Designed and made in a country where most cooking is done on the hob rather than in the oven. In many places roasting and baking isn’t done in the home … baked goods are done in shop bakeries etc, and roasting meat is not an everyday thing and if done at all it would be in what we would consider to be a bbq or covered grill.
So, they don’t know how to use that type of oven glove or what it’s requirements are.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@Fairygirl we still have to book for the tip as well. We can now make same day bookings, but are still limited to one visit per day. Why? What is the point of refusing bookings on the same day if there is capacity? Council decision, so logic not included.
No booking needed here and there's a brand new recycling centre five minutes away or a big tip ten minutes away. Even if there wasn't I still don't see why throwing it into the woods seemed like a good plan.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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If they can afford to heat it that is
You'll need to sew in an extension
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Most of the time there's just the two of us so a small oven tin, if I use the oven at all. But I need the big one for the family at Christmas.
The worst thing is - our council is still making people get appointments.
At least the problem seems to have diminished a bit though.
That sounds just the job @Liriodendron, but you shouldn't have to do that. Means they aren't fit for purpose. Is that another example of makers literally cutting cloth to fit the budget....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
So, they don’t know how to use that type of oven glove or what it’s requirements are.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.