A busy couple of days
Well what a bloomin' day I've had. I'm exhausted.
I have still got my house insurance/ombudsman claim rumbling on . . and on. . . and on . . it is really tiresome now. The ombudsman has ruled in my favour, but the insurers won't accept that and so the arguments continue on . . . and on.
I have also been on the phone and email to my dog insurance company to try and get some sense out of them today. A pleasant young man said he would send confirmation of what I was asking, but when it arrived via email, it wasn't what I'd asked for at all.
Re emailed him - as yet, no reply.
Then, like an idiot, I decided to end paper billing with my water authority and opt for online bills in future, but without direct debit, I would rather just pay the quarterly bill when it comes.
I read my water meter and gave them an up to date reading and they said they would send my bill.
Shortly afterwards it came via email, but when I printed it I noticed there was no payment slip with it.
I phoned them up and asked how I pay without the payment slip?
They apologised and said they would send another bill out.
A while later the revised bill came - again without the payment slip.
I phoned them again, and while I was waiting to be put through to someone, another bill came - without a payment slip!!
Eventually a nice lady said she would have to send me a 'payment card' for this quarter, then it would come right next time.
Another bill arrived. No payment card - and no payment slip.
I gave up at that point.
Just about the whole of this afternoon was wasted trying to get some sense out of companies, and was unbelievably frustrating. All these calls start with the recorded message saying "Press 1 for . . . Press 2 for . . . etc. It nearly drove me nuts.
Meanwhile the dogs are barking while I'm on the phone, because idiots keep stuffing Pizza leaflets or Indian restaurant leaflets through me door when I have asked them not to. Then a courier came to ask me to take in a parcel for a neighbour. Then a couple of scam calls tried their luck and amongst all that, my mobile was going off.
How can some folks say they have a boring, quiet day?
I've got ironing stacked up in a pile nearly as big as me, grass to cut, plants to repot, housework to catch up on, vets again tomorrow, take car in for a service, and shopping to get. Oh for a quiet, boring day . . sigh. . .