Rant of the day.

[onesea]

9 hours ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

Having been unwell since Boxing Day I decided it was finally time to contact our GP. Only it turns out they have changed the system yet again. 

 

I rarely ask for a GP appointment and every time I've tried it's a new system. So this evening I've had to download a new app. Submit all my details, scan a photo ID, all the usual faff. 

 

Now it will take 2 days before the app can verify I am who I say I am. 

 

If they change the system why not send an email letting you know all this needs doing? By the time you need to make an appointment it's a bit late to find out that system introduced six months ago has been superceded.  

Suggestion phone in or use NHS app, or even drop in note, give vague symptoms (don’t mention chest pain or short of breath or then you should be calling 999) do not request to speak or see Dr.  

The gate keepers (receptionists) are experts at deflecting this.  Symptoms they have to pass info the to Dr, it’s the Chinese in the armour they don’t like you knowing. 
 

Accept it will all start with a phone call from Dr, they are amazing and can diagnose everything without actually seeing patients

 

sounds like 3 week history of pain, blood, or whatever symptoms not improving or worsening.  Unable to do whatever.

need advice.

 

something like that might wake dr up

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

16 hours ago, onesea said:

Suggestion phone in or use NHS app, or even drop in note, give vague symptoms (don’t mention chest pain or short of breath or then you should be calling 999) do not request to speak or see Dr.  

The gate keepers (receptionists) are experts at deflecting this.  Symptoms they have to pass info the to Dr, it’s the Chinese in the armour they don’t like you knowing. 
 

Accept it will all start with a phone call from Dr, they are amazing and can diagnose everything without actually seeing patients

 

sounds like 3 week history of pain, blood, or whatever symptoms not improving or worsening.  Unable to do whatever.

need advice.

 

something like that might wake dr up

That's the problem. My wife downloaded the NHS app, entered her NHS number and email address and it was fully functional. 

 

I downloaded it, it already had all my details from the previous app they used, which only 6 months ago, so it knew all my details. But then it asked me to scan my driving licence, then scan my face, and now it won't do anything until it confirms my identity.  Which it says will take 2 days. 

 

I'll ring one of my mates who is an undertaker. Be quicker just to skip the GP.

Edited January 15 by Mississippi Bullfrog

[bud]

How do people like my dad, who can't even text get an appointment? It's stupid.

I told him after covid that my doctor won't do prescriptions from the doctors anymore. You have to do it online. Or go to your registered chemist. Then have them do it for you. 

He nearly freaked out!

[rennie]

Because of Sue's ongoing health issues we have had a lot to do with several NHS departments over the last few months! By far the most difficult to deal with are our own GPS practice!

[S-Westerly]

Dealing withmyGP is actually not bad. Dealing with my father's is enough to reduce me to frothing incoherence. Totally useless shower of brown stuff.

[Mickly]

Why do motorcycle battery manufacturers make the terminal screws just too short to engage with the square nut as soon as you add more than one eyelet to the terminal

[husoi]

45 minutes ago, Mickly said:

Why do motorcycle battery manufacturers make the terminal screws just too short to engage with the square nut as soon as you add more than one eyelet to the terminal

I always replace them with proper ones.

I think the yellow crap motobatt ones are even worse with those weird Allen Chinese tiny ones and bent connectors

[Mawsley]

I find it amazing MotoBatt polarises biker opinion so much - they're a real Marmite product!

[bud]

You are right. I know people who love MotoBatt batteries. And others who wouldn't fit them if they were free.

[Simon Davey]

Yup, my Motobatt is great, holds charge for months, and always has a huge amount of starting power, it's just those feckin' screws 

[rob m]

I've used Motobatt batteries on all my BMWs, they just work. Even with that weird arrangement with the allen bolts!

[husoi]

I'm not disputing that they work.

It's just the connectors.

Seem have been invented and manufactured by apple

[Mawsley]

*whispers* And I love Apple products too! 

 

 

[Fiddlesticks]

Apple laptop, Linux media PC/home server and Android phone here.

(Windows laptop gets dug out of the crate of spares under my desk every 6000 miles to reset the service indicator on the Explorer.)

[S-Westerly]

Rant - whoever re-designed the road access to Newcastle RVI hospital needs to go back to school. The main road outside has been reduced in width by a third to accommodate an enormous cycle lane. The hospital car park has a one way system which isn't too bad but leaving its left turn only which means to get back to the patient pickup point can take up to half an hour which is ridiculous. The short section of road has at least 3 pedestrian crossings and the Newcastle University students wander across them regardless of the lights like bloody lemmings. That's assuming they even bother with the crossings as opposed to just randomly wandering across the road. I suppose when one does get mowed down they are at least handy for the hospital. 

[Mawsley]

I spend my days deleting emails from PR companies promoting Instagram "celebrities"

 

God do I hate Instagram "celebrities"

[RideWithStyles]

9 hours ago, S-Westerly said:

Rant - whoever re-designed the road access to Newcastle RVI hospital needs to go back to school. The main road outside has been reduced in width by a third to accommodate an enormous cycle lane. The hospital car park has a one way system which isn't too bad but leaving its left turn only which means to get back to the patient pickup point can take up to half an hour which is ridiculous. The short section of road has at least 3 pedestrian crossings and the Newcastle University students wander across them regardless of the lights like bloody lemmings. That's assuming they even bother with the crossings as opposed to just randomly wandering across the road. I suppose when one does get mowed down they are at least handy for the hospital. 

Maybe they never went to hospital or have a toddlers mind?

from the sounds of it they dont want vehicles in there, assuming the ill and infirm will either walk or cycling in and if they do they will be able to because they will miraculously be 100% well after a short time there from the magical healing of the doctors and nurses….

 

Ahhh you forget the pedestrian is now the ruler of the roads, can do no wrong.

 

[Punts]

On 16/01/2025 at 15:42, Mickly said:

Why do motorcycle battery manufacturers make the terminal screws just too short to engage with the square nut as soon as you add more than one eyelet to the terminal

Fit half an earplug under the nut, you cant get a full one in. This holds the nut up, so you can get the screw started and dosn't damage the threads if they stick through the bottom of the nut.

 

[Bender]

Granddaughters 16th birthday, out for Indians and a few drinks, so far so good, back to her house for cake, still all good.

 

Father in-law having a operation, mother-in-law decided to drop her phone down toilet, FFS, he can't call her, she's managed to call him to call us to sort something out but we've all had a drink...............fecking old people 

[Stu]

19 minutes ago, Bender said:

Granddaughters 16th birthday, out for Indians and a few drinks, so far so good, back to her house for cake, still all good.

 

Father in-law having a operation, mother-in-law decided to drop her phone down toilet, FFS, he can't call her, she's managed to call him to call us to sort something out but we've all had a drink...............fecking old people 

 

It only gets worse! 

[Fozzie]

It's very work related and specific to me, so I will try to translate this into layman's terms.

 

Two weeks ago I was asked to provide some information for an old project. I advised I couldn't as I was too busy, but asked they raise a task request with the manager of the design team, adding I wasn't part of the design team anymore. The next working day, the boss of the design team comes back and says the team is busy for the time being and it would need to be done by myself when I had time. I did give contact details for a supplier to get further info they needed. 

They didn't accept this, demanding the info they needed immediately. I get requests like this semi-frequently, so I've become accustomed to ignoring the ones where there's no meeting or request for a call setup to work through the hold ups. 

 

A week later I get around to knocking up the drawing they need. But I find out on the same day that it was escalated to the head of the entire European arm of the business. No attempt to speak to me directly, or my boss, even his boss, straight to the top dog. 

 

She's told 3 rather major lies in my view. She first made a small (less than 50k) profit for this particular request look like a £500k profit by grouping it with others and leaving it ambiguous (in my view deliberately). She then said she "eventually" got the drawing she needed, but then said it was my remit to store the suppliers documents she needed and that there was a document stating as much. I have this document, issued years back and it says no such thing, it describes how her department acquires the information. Finally, she said something I said was untrue, despite the fact I've led the design/installation on the thing she was saying never happened.

 

I gave a very firm reply, which was then heavily watered down by a manager and provoked her into throwing us under the bus even more. I've lost my patience and gone on a bit of a rant at the senior team. 

Why were they trying to massage and soothe the situation? This person has behaved extremely rashly, then justifying her approach to the big boss by essentially making up significant details. Why did we take bullets and fire back soft grapes? She should have been reprimanded for not following any due procedure, demanding deliverables with no notice and mis-representing the situation in an effort to shift blame and get her way. 

 

I get people want to keep things civil, but someone goes for the throat in a manner like this, you cut them down with the facts, dig your heels in and let them escalate it as much as they want as while messy, it usually results in them quitting and making the place a less "toxic" environment. When did the world decide to pander to these types of people, rather than challenge them?

 

The biggest stinking facts in all of this. The thing she is now managing, I was involved in its inception with the business nearly a decade ago now. I shaped the policies she was making up things about. It died a death when the team looking after it was largely made redundant. So this person swept in, demanded documentation we've not had to keep for years, spewed lies to upper management and we've had to play nice. In the meantime, one of her lackeys asked me technical questions, which I answered. He then basically says "I knew that, was just checking if you did"... Hmmm... Did someone forget some technical details and wanted to ask for them but save face at the same time?

 

Unprofessional, office politic playing clowns.  

 

 

[rennie]

Fozzie! It's a job! Only a job! It's taken me till nearly retirement age to get it and I struggle to keep my mouth shut even now on occasion but it's only a job! Don't take this the wrong way please, ambition, keenness,  being conscientious are all good but! It's only a job 

[Fozzie]

1 hour ago, rennie said:

Fozzie! It's a job! Only a job! It's taken me till nearly retirement age to get it and I struggle to keep my mouth shut even now on occasion but it's only a job! Don't take this the wrong way please, ambition, keenness,  being conscientious are all good but! It's only a job 

 

It is. You are right. And I shouldn't stress this much about it. It wasn't even aimed at me but rather the business segment as a whole, but it found a way under my skin. 

My mrs thinks I need a holiday very soon, I've developed night time asthma and wake up with restricted airways in the small hours, likely a result of stress. Dads very ill, work is rubbish, all I have time for out of work at the moment is DIY. 

 

I could cope with the silly fibs. It might be because she knows she's had a knee jerk reaction and is justifying it, or she knew they were in trouble for running late and they've tried to shift blame. But the tiptoeing of the leadership team around the "big boss" is what really tipped me over. Then the cheekiness of being asked by someone for help on how they needed to do their job, as they'd clearly forgotten. I asked for a meeting with this person and the person who escalated the issue, both declined without any suggestion of another time and that was the straw that broke the camels back. 

 

To top it all off, I now need to have my heart looked at as I could have a genetic bicuspid valve. If I do have it, I probably haven't done it any good boiling over like I have  

 

[rennie]

Take a break mate! Listen to the mrs 

[Old-codger]

Take it easy Fozzie nothing is worth buggering your health up for, as rennie suggested listen to your mrs and try to chill.