My UK mobile contract is about to be terminated by 3, on the grounds that I haven't used my phone in the UK for a couple of years. They haven't apparently heard of Covid... anyway, I've argued my case and got nowhere, so I've just ordered an Irish SIM from Clear Mobile, who do a cheap deal. However, I've just tried to register my "membership" (necessary to set up the monthly payments) using the temporary password they've emailed me, and the little box tells me that this password, or my email address, is invalid.Â
Great, they have online chat. In order to use this I've had to change my cookie settings (whatever they may be - I just do what I'm told). Then I filled in a box with my details, without which I can't chat to anyone. But one of the details they want is my mobile number - which of course I don't have, because they won't send me my new SIM until I've registered... gargh.  Â
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
The " Look at/Listen to Me " car and motor bike owners who obviously feel that their vehicle doesn't work unless it shatters the eardrums of anyone within a 2 mile radius. Apart from the basic stupidity, Sparrowhawk came in the garden, grabbed a young Blackbird. killed it and had just started to pluck it when along came the noisy pratt, scared the hawk off and left the bird partly plucked. No winners - hawk and it's young lost their meal and the blackbird lost it's life for nothing whilst the biker went on his way without a care. Stupid buggers
I've got a clip of fox cubs at play when the pratt went up the road on the noisy bike. They all stopped, stared at the direction of the bike, sat down for a moment, Had the look of "what the F was that?" then resumed play.
Trying to make an appointment for my missus to see the doctor. What a faff around. The surgery website said to use 111 service first then e-consult. I went through all the rigmarole on 111 online and ended up being told to contact the GP, which we were already certain would be the advise. Took the link to e-consult and that link informed me that they are not currently using e-consult. Next step - call the surgery. The most long winded message ever, telling me to use 111 and e-consult, even helpfully telling me that if I press 4 on my phone it will send me a link to e-consult which their own website says they aren't using. 45 minutes later I did actually get to speak to a very nice human and have an appointment later today. I mentioned to this very nice lady that they really should update their message as they aren't using e-consult any more. "Aren't we" was the response. Lord help us.
I had similar with the pharmacy on Friday ,  all the guff first,  then the options,  3 was to speak to someone,  no,  it went through to another ringing line,  then to their answerphone again.  Went down there,  wanted to have a go about it,  would he argue back, no!  Like KT I said that number 3 should be removed if youâre not going to answer,  he said he had to leave it in case anyone wanted to  get in touch,  I said,  but you donât answer it,  so we canât get in touch,  You canât get anywhere with them,  itâs infuriating. The whole system has gone to pot.Â
Iâm reluctant to change to somewhere else, at least I can go down there to the shop, Â it cost me ÂŁ5.00 in petrol but timewise, quicker than the phone.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.Â
There's a trend in my area to make your boy racer car backfire every time you change gear. I guess they think it sounds like they're driving a rally car but it just sounds like they're a moron who doesn't know how to tune a car properly. My dog is petrified of fireworks and other loud noises so he's basically becoming agoraphobic now with these cars going around. Back in my youth I was building a car that needed a custom made exhaust and I asked the fabricator to fit an extra silencer on there. He was quite taken aback by that as he said no one ever asks him to make the car quieter.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Some years ago a mate of mine changed his noisy car for a much quieter one. The following weekend one of his neighbours jokingly complained that they had overslept because they had used his old car as an alarm clock.
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Great, they have online chat. In order to use this I've had to change my cookie settings (whatever they may be - I just do what I'm told). Then I filled in a box with my details, without which I can't chat to anyone. But one of the details they want is my mobile number - which of course I don't have, because they won't send me my new SIM until I've registered... gargh.Â
Apart from the basic stupidity, Sparrowhawk came in the garden, grabbed a young Blackbird. killed it and had just started to pluck it when along came the noisy pratt, scared the hawk off and left the bird partly plucked. No winners - hawk and it's young lost their meal and the blackbird lost it's life for nothing whilst the biker went on his way without a care. Stupid buggers
 Went down there,  wanted to have a go about it,  would he argue back, no!  Like KT I said that number 3 should be removed if youâre not going to answer,  he said he had to leave it in case anyone wanted to  get in touch,  I said,  but you donât answer it,  so we canât get in touch,
 You canât get anywhere with them,  itâs infuriating.
The whole system has gone to pot.Â
Iâm reluctant to change to somewhere else, at least I can go down there to the shop, Â it cost me ÂŁ5.00 in petrol but timewise, quicker than the phone.