0844 numbers

[tim.....]

because having to use the helpline is usually necessary only because the company screwed up

tim

[Mr Macaw]

It's just as likely to screw up with me as you. But you're forgetting a= bout two things: certain people are stupid and will need to use the help= line more. And certain people are more impatient and won't just wait an= extra day or email the company.

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If it's zero degrees outside today and it's supposed to be twice as cold= tomorrow, how cold is it going to be?

[bert]

And if they get it right then you wouldn't need to call them.

[Mr Macaw]

To err is human.

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Interesting fact number 923: Half the world's population has seen at least one Bond movie.

[tim.....]

I currently have an issue with a company that doesn't appear to have an email address - it isn't always the solution

tim

[Davey]

And not everybody does e-mail.

[Huge]

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I currently have an issue with people who don't know how to operate their delete keys.

[Huge]

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or knows how to snip.

[tim.....]

I was replying to the class clown, you didn't need to read it

tim

[Mr Macaw]

Every company has an email address. If they don't, write to them.

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Many contemplative moments spent I, squatting on a cold, sixteenth-centu= ry sandstone toilet bowl, its edges worn down by generations of shiverin= g buttocks. -- Edward Radclyffe

[bert]

In article , Mr Macaw writes

Law of natural consequences applies.

[tim.....]

the amount in question is 18p

but if I don't pay it, they will slap on a default penalty of 25 quid!

tim

[Mr Macaw]

To what?

[Mr Macaw]

Tell them to f*ck off as you couldn't contact them to arrange payment.

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Chaos will reign over order - it's easier to implement.

[Huge]

Thanks for the suggestion.

*plonk*

[Davey]

And the other half aren't.

[Mr Macaw]

That's a very small unimportant part of the population, who can ask a younger friend or neighbour to do it for them, or learn how.

[tim.....]

I pay by standing order (and what a lot of effort it was to get that option from them!)

the problem is they told me that the amount that I have to pay each period has increased - after the date it was supposed to be (and was) paid

tim

[Mr Macaw]