Fbg 6.9 on Saturday
Kaleidosaturday...
A very long day...
I was just writing the post, when I fell asleep...
I was more than tired of a early, very long, expensive day, obstinate computer boxes that refuse too continue, and paperwork...
And to top it all, Royal Mail, who had been given the job of delivering half my dry catfood, failed abysmally in their task...and the Amazon box had been dropped on my doorstep and had burst open, scattering bags of cat biscuits all over my path and my garden...
I am disabled on two crutches and I had filled in an extra box Amazon put on this year to say that I had disability and accessibility problems so please be sure to leave my deliveries by the back door... and this was marked clearly on the front of the package.
And then an email came through from the Royal Mail with a cheery face, saying, 'How did we do?'
Google did not accept my verbal response...
And believe it or not it or not there was worse to come later in the morning...that low life courier firm, Evri, dumped some parcels on my front doorstep. I have not ordered anything that was to be delivered by Evri... NONE OF THE PARCELS WERE MINE... I looked at the addresses, one was across the road. They have security cameras so they would see me load my walker with a load of parcels., take them over the road and put them on their front doorstep. I spoke in the ring doorbell system. It was barking instructions at me which I could not hear.. I explained. They can sort out the extra parcels at least I delivered them theirs...
And then there was a cherry on the cake later in the day....the other half of my Amazon cat bisciuts arrived by Amazon, and a few other items. I was attempting to get something out of the car. I am on two crutches. The delivery man can see that...
He went to deliver his first parcel by the front door despite I am disabled on two sticks and I had filled in an extra box Amazon put on this year to say that I had disability and accessibility problems so please be sure to leave my deliveries by the back door... and this was marked clearly on the front of the packages. And I had also left a message by the gate saying "Please leave my parcels beside the kitchen door as instructed. Thank you.."
I said to him when I realised what he was going to do was "hang on, but there are instructions on the parcels to put them by the kitchen door. So please could you do that please? Thankyou.". He could see both doors just a few paces away from the gate. He looked as though he was about to drop the parcel in front of me there and then. But like I said, I was on two crutches. My reason for using Amazon for heavy goods like cat food because I can't do it myself. I can't collect heavy goods from the shops.
I then politely requested that he put all the parcels besides the back door. In the past, other Amazon drivers have used their trolly to wheel the cat biscuits to the back door, and all of them have offered to carry them into the kitchen for me which I always gratefully accepted...
Not this Amazon guy. For a brief moment, I thought he was going to drop the parcel in front of me.... I did not say anything but my face went absolutely furious, and no one challenges me with that face. The Amazon driver thought better of whatever it was he was going to do and went through my gate towards the back door... then he came out and took the rest of the parcels from his van to the back door... however when he left, I did say thank you, but I didn't like the look on his face. And I am thinking at that point what's he done. He had only gone and deliberately piled all the parcels right in front of the open kitchen door denying me access to the kitchen... my mobile was in the kitchen, so I had no access to get hold of it to take a photograph of his handiwork before I had to try and move them. Normally, like I said, Amazon drivers have always offered to carry them into the kitchen.... and some have offered to take the cat biscuits out of the Amazon boxes for me, and put the cardboard in the passage to help me.
But not this obnoxious Amazon driver...
It took me a few hours to sort this and I was utterly absolutely exhausted...
I have sent a very strong complaint to the highest boss I can find in Amazon. The first draft of my email was not accepted by Google.... so ChatGPT helped me to write an acceptable letter ....
Actually, my day did not go well from very early. My pharmacy had sent me a message on Friday evening to go and collect some medicines. I had to catch a taxi.. and so I booked one on Friday evening for 8.30 a.m. Saturday morning. I have been unable to book a taxi before now because I cannot telephone and I needed something a bit more complicated than doing an email booking because I needed them to wait for me.. however I have found a Taxi firm which will do bookings from WhatsApp and I can have a one-to-one to talk to them and explain what I need and explain about my walker...
The taxi arrived 15 minutes early, which was not so good because I was going to have to pay for extra waiting time, and so I asked him, could we call in at Tesco express for those few minutes?. Although it was on the route I had to pay the extra for stopping at another place.
I got to the pharmacy, went in, and the till lady said oh I'll get your medicines for you. I am very sorry she said I cannot find them.. what do you mean you cannot find them I said.... you have done this too many times to me, text me that you have my medicines waiting for me and I have come in on a wild goose chase to say that you don't have any. And in a very loud voice I said, my Taxi meter is up to £20 at this minute just for this visit here and you tell me that you do not have my medicines. Please search for those medicines.... 10 minutes later, we still cannot find them they said.... this is not acceptable. I said you have cost me well over £20 for a wild goose chase, please find those medicines. We can't find them again, they said.. look on your computer system I said and tell me what medicines have been sent out from the GP surgery that are these medicines you have called me in for to collect. She goes right in the face.... I'm very sorry she said this must be a malfunction in the text alert system. There has been nothing sent out from the GP. You have collected all your medicines., and there has nothing been sent out from the GP surgery since you last picked up your medicines. Thank you I said this is probably cost me another £5 waiting time to try and sort this out.
I go outside and the taxi driver is waiting he has fallen asleep. He asked me where my medicines are.. I explained that there are none. It is a wild goose chase and it is a malfunction in their system.. he was furious on my behalf because he said because it has cost you all this money this morning. The cost of my taxi drive when I got home was just a few pennies short of £25.
I know you will be thinking now why am I taking a taxi when I have a car? The answer to that is my car is undrivable at the moment and I am waiting for it to be repaired. But I am having an absolute nightmare getting through the insurance claim., because it let me get so far and then it said we cannot continue this claim online. You need to telephone a person, and it gives me a telephone number. The claim up to that point kept timing out on me and I would have to start back at a certain point all over again..... it was almost impossible. And so I sent the insurance firm a letter....
Apart from an automatic response, I have not heard from the insurance firmand so I had to escalate a bit yesterday, and introduce another body.
And that email at the end of a long day was almost too much and I had to check and doublecheck I had written everything correctly...
And so that was my Saturday full of love, joy and harmony....
I apologise if there are any typos or errors and I will check later on Sunday, apologies....
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Kaleidosaturday... A very long day... I was just writing the post, when I fell asleep... I was more than tired of a early, very long, expensive...
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