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Wine Legs Sep 2019 9:24am, 20 Sep 2019 5,004 posts	Quote Pin Wine Legs People who park across the road from a carpark, on double yellow lines, obstructing the road "because they're making a delivery/just popping in". It's double yellow lines. That means no waiting or parking at any time.
Carpathius Sep 2019 9:45am, 20 Sep 2019 17,678 posts	Quote Pin Carpathius B-Lass, what a mean and strange thing to say! I hope she grows bingo wings the size of dinner plates.
Hills of Death (HOD) Sep 2019 11:37am, 20 Sep 2019 34,703 posts	Quote Pin Hills of Death (HOD) B Lass as you well know some people are twats
Diogenes Sep 2019 4:35pm, 20 Sep 2019 40,358 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes Getting an e-mail at 7:30 on a Thursday telling me my parcel is on my way (excited) Then seeing expected delivery date is Delivery Expected: 08:00 Mon 23 Sep 2019 BST - 18:00 Sat 28 Sep 2019 BST (disappointed, but optimistic) Clicking on the tracker link shows that it is sitting in the warehouse awaiting despatch It is finally despatched at 16:14, whatever despatched means because as I write it has still not made its way on to the courier's tracker. (despairing)
Dave.O Sep 2019 9:45pm, 20 Sep 2019 26,508 posts	Quote Pin Dave.O People responsible for the depot taking no responsibility and i'm left to deal with it like a scolded child.
Fellrunning Sep 2019 8:35am, 23 Sep 2019 2,319 posts	Quote Pin Fellrunning The use of grandiose military style names by the government to describe things that are a result of their incompetence or dishonesty. Operation Yellowhammer Operation Matterhorn
ChrisHB Sep 2019 9:12am, 23 Sep 2019 18,340 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB [ one of those is nothing to do with the government's folly and will practically certainly do all it's meant to do ]
Diogenes Sep 2019 10:16am, 23 Sep 2019 40,442 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes School e-mails about (compulsory) year 7 drama/dance productions (which we have to pay to see) for which we also are "requested" to buy t-shirts for the children to wear... ... the shows are rubbish and each child, unless they are favoured ones, hardly appear. Also, school emails which you have to print and return. Why can't we respond electronically also?
Markymarkmark Sep 2019 4:07pm, 23 Sep 2019 9,666 posts	Quote Pin Markymarkmark [ Time for a parental Strike, Dio? I suspect I had a terrible reputation when my kids were at school because I had no patience for stupid rules and arbitrary deadlines they imposed! Letters to teachers, cc'd Head & letters to Head, cc'd Chair of Governors!]
LazyDaisy Sep 2019 4:11pm, 23 Sep 2019 27,861 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy [Dio, have you asked them why electronic responses are not possible? I bet, if the staff don't have the knowledge to set up such a system, somewhere among the parents or kids there'll be someone who might lend a hand ]