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Feeling rather violated!
Had a big old fit yesterday so couldn’t go out for pig veggies, went out this morning then out for grass in the garden (as I haven’t seen the neighbour and his poopy dog for a good while).
I didn’t lock my door as out for 10 mins in the garden, came back to find a postman has let themselves into my flat! Two boxes waiting in my hallway as I came back in! :yikes: Shocking!
I’ve sat on hold for 40mins to make a complaint, not like me but what if I’d been having a fit on the floor?! Or dodgy neighbours seen my door open and helped themselves?! Hate to get people in trouble but quite upset me!

Will be locking my door when in the garden now but didn’t expect that! 😡
 
alpacasqueak said:
Feeling rather violated!
Had a big old fit yesterday so couldn’t go out for pig veggies, went out this morning then out for grass in the garden (as I haven’t seen the neighbour and his poopy dog for a good while).
I didn’t lock my door as out for 10 mins in the garden, came back to find a postman has let themselves into my flat! Two boxes waiting in my hallway as I came back in! :yikes: Shocking!
I’ve sat on hold for 40mins to make a complaint, not like me but what if I’d been having a fit on the floor?! Or dodgy neighbours seen my door open and helped themselves?! Hate to get people in trouble but quite upset me!

Will be locking my door when in the garden now but didn’t expect that! 😡
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Mine has stopped ringing my buzzer if there's parcels for me because he'll just hand it over to a staff member instead. Which is fine Monday to Friday, but we've no staff on Saturdays right now. I was due a parcel a couple of weeks back on the Saturday, now I'll give him the benefit of the doubt because I was asleep for 20 minutes after the start of the time slot so he could have turned up then (he didn't, but whatever), but two days ago? The door to the building was propped open, so my helpful postie left my parcel outside the office door and if I hadn't been watching for the delivery confirmation email there's a good chance I'd never have known. I have an intercom. It's not hard to just...push it. It's more effort for him to leave it inside the building.

I should've rung it in as a complaint but I don't have the patience for it. The pandemic has done some weird things to the brains of some posties, I swear.
 
Lorcan said:
Mine has stopped ringing my buzzer if there's parcels for me because he'll just hand it over to a staff member instead. Which is fine Monday to Friday, but we've no staff on Saturdays right now. I was due a parcel a couple of weeks back on the Saturday, now I'll give him the benefit of the doubt because I was asleep for 20 minutes after the start of the time slot so he could have turned up then (he didn't, but whatever), but two days ago? The door to the building was propped open, so my helpful postie left my parcel outside the office door and if I hadn't been watching for the delivery confirmation email there's a good chance I'd never have known. I have an intercom. It's not hard to just...push it. It's more effort for him to leave it inside the building.

I should've rung it in as a complaint but I don't have the patience for it. The pandemic has done some weird things to the brains of some posties, I swear.
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How annoying, like you say, not hard to ring a buzzer! 🙄😡

I’m totally mortified, was cleaning tank a little while ago and postie knocking my door even though not expecting a parcel 🙈 Came to apologise but you could tell he was pretty 🤬 off about it, said he’d been called in the office and had a talking to. Said what should he do next time then? Well leave it where the rest of the posties have for 16 years since I moved here or take it back with you surely!? 🤷‍♀️
So good old me and my stupid conscience, went a new shade of Becci beetroot and came in and had a few tears! 🤦‍♀️ Shouldn’t feel bad as he let himself into my blinking flat but it’s me and that’s what I do! 🙄🤦‍♀️
 
alpacasqueak said:
How annoying, like you say, not hard to ring a buzzer! 🙄😡

I’m totally mortified, was cleaning tank a little while ago and postie knocking my door even though not expecting a parcel 🙈 Came to apologise but you could tell he was pretty 🤬 off about it, said he’d been called in the office and had a talking to. Said what should he do next time then? Well leave it where the rest of the posties have for 16 years since I moved here or take it back with you surely!? 🤷‍♀️
So good old me and my stupid conscience, went a new shade of Becci beetroot and came in and had a few tears! 🤦‍♀️ Shouldn’t feel bad as he let himself into my blinking flat but it’s me and that’s what I do! 🙄🤦‍♀️
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I have no words, what an :rant:, how tonedeaf do you have to be to think that's a good idea? A sincere, hell a civil apology isn't that difficult, and to give you that crap instead is beyond belief.
I spoke to one of our staff today about Saturday and they said they'll have a word in the ear of whoever turns up to deliver post next. He said he didn't think one of our usual posties would be that daft but nobody should be doing that anyway. One of the few things this staff member and I agree on lol.


I'd just got some good news in the post and told my mum, and she said it was great, then told me a woman I'd asked her about recently is in ICU with Covid, and was getting better, then took a massive stroke. Mum had only said she'd seen her a few weeks back and was looking alright, it's a bit of a punch to the gut.
 
Lorcan said:
I have no words, what an :rant:, how tonedeaf do you have to be to think that's a good idea? A sincere, hell a civil apology isn't that difficult, and to give you that crap instead is beyond belief.
I spoke to one of our staff today about Saturday and they said they'll have a word in the ear of whoever turns up to deliver post next. He said he didn't think one of our usual posties would be that daft but nobody should be doing that anyway. One of the few things this staff member and I agree on lol.


I'd just got some good news in the post and told my mum, and she said it was great, then told me a woman I'd asked her about recently is in ICU with Covid, and was getting better, then took a massive stroke. Mum had only said she'd seen her a few weeks back and was looking alright, it's a bit of a punch to the gut.
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And to add to this: heading to order a taxi to come home earlier, and some guy's screaming and shouting at cars in the road, and running out in front of them. He was angry because the cars "shouldn't be parked there" (it's a marked street parking spot) and somehow this was the fault of every other driver on the road. I ducked into a bus stop to roll my cigarette and order my taxi online without my phone getting wet and there's a woman in the bus stop yelling about how mad the guy was and how he was a mad idiot who shouldn't be allowed out, and then her taxi turned up, but it turned up on the wrong part of the road, so she's screaming abuse about the taxi driver "I said the front not the back! He's a (bleep), I knew it was him, stupid (bleep) taxi driver!"

She leaves, and no more yelling from the guy either. I've just ordered my taxi when a guy walks into the bus stop. "Do you know when the next bus is?" Sorry, mate, I don't, but here, lemme look it up for you. Then I couldn't remember whether the bus he wanted had a 5 or a 6 in it. "367, right?" "The 368." Ah. Well. While I couldn't remember whether it was a 5 or a 6, I do know that its counterpart, (the one ending in 8 and not 7, same destination, different routes), does not go up this road. Well I continue to look because I figure he needed the end destination. Turns out no, he needed somewhere along the route of the other bus, and now had to walk a good distance to pick up the other bus.

Sorry about that, mate.
 
alpacasqueak said:
How annoying, like you say, not hard to ring a buzzer! 🙄😡

I’m totally mortified, was cleaning tank a little while ago and postie knocking my door even though not expecting a parcel 🙈 Came to apologise but you could tell he was pretty 🤬 off about it, said he’d been called in the office and had a talking to. Said what should he do next time then? Well leave it where the rest of the posties have for 16 years since I moved here or take it back with you surely!? 🤷‍♀️
So good old me and my stupid conscience, went a new shade of Becci beetroot and came in and had a few tears! 🤦‍♀️ Shouldn’t feel bad as he let himself into my blinking flat but it’s me and that’s what I do! 🙄🤦‍♀️
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That’s terrible! You can’t just try someone’s door if you knock and they aren’t in!

Then for him to come out and ask you what he should have done! Erm. Surely you have basic training for this sort of thing!

Awful!
 
Lorcan said:
I have no words, what an :rant:, how tonedeaf do you have to be to think that's a good idea? A sincere, hell a civil apology isn't that difficult, and to give you that crap instead is beyond belief.
I spoke to one of our staff today about Saturday and they said they'll have a word in the ear of whoever turns up to deliver post next. He said he didn't think one of our usual posties would be that daft but nobody should be doing that anyway. One of the few things this staff member and I agree on lol.


I'd just got some good news in the post and told my mum, and she said it was great, then told me a woman I'd asked her about recently is in ICU with Covid, and was getting better, then took a massive stroke. Mum had only said she'd seen her a few weeks back and was looking alright, it's a bit of a punch to the gut.
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I’m just rather confused that he’s been coming here for a while now (off and on) and never felt the need to get in before (well who knows actually, Daisy the cat isn’t the best for passing on msgs!), if I’m not in it’s normally dumped by the side of my bin in plain sight of the street! Made me feel terrible that I’d got him in trouble but I don’t even know the dude’s name so it’s not like we’re mates! 🙄 Wonder where all my post’s going to go until he forgets about this! :xd:
Glad the staff will have a sly word with yours so no more trouble 🤞
So sorry about the poor lady, how sad especially after getting Covid so badly, really hope the stroke wasn’t too life changing and she feels better soon. And massive hugs to you :hug::hug:x
And good for you checking the bus times and helping him out!
 
Lavinia said:
That’s terrible! You can’t just try someone’s door if you knock and they aren’t in!

Then for him to come out and ask you what he should have done! Erm. Surely you have basic training for this sort of thing!

Awful!
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No idea if he was trying to help or something, but yeah pretty blooming awful really! 🤷‍♀️😣 I could’ve been doing anything like dressing or in the bath, would’ve scared the bloody life out of me! 🙈
 
My brain. Just wish it would shut up sometimes.
I mentioned the bad neighbour thing a few posts ago. We had another experience today and now, after seemingly just getting a bit more settled, my brain has gone back into overdrive. Add to that some other things that are going on and it's just a loud, messy racket in there. Feel tired and eating too much (and probably drinking a bit too much too) as food has always been my comfort.

I would quite like to go into hermit mode right now and not have to deal with grown up things for a little while.
 
Called the Chinese for a takeaway and we wanted our usual, she asked if we wanted anything else because they have a shortage of drivers and I said no, the girl just hung up on me. Well ok then! :(
 
Me and my husband go shopping at 7am so not to mix with too many people as he has asthma. This week there was a woman walking around our local supermarket coughing the whole way round. No mask on!! Me and my husband had masks on. But it just made me so cross that she obviously didn’t care about anyone else. So selfish. 🤬
 
Rivervixen said:
Called the Chinese for a takeaway and we wanted our usual, she asked if we wanted anything else because they have a shortage of drivers and I said no, the girl just hung up on me. Well ok then! :(
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Adding onto this mum said to call back and they just hung up again after they asked for the address. People are something else!
 
I'm feeling better today. My mind has settled a fair bit since I posted earlier in the week. To anyone who is having an 'off day', please be kind to yourself and try to find someone you can talk to. Tomorrow is a new day xx
 
Today has been an odd day. One neighbour tried to kill herself, ambulance turned up once then left, then another one came much later along with police to cuff said neighbour and take her to hospital. One other neighbour decided it was all about her so got screamed at by a 3rd neighbour to, well. I can't actually repeat what was said, you get the idea. The 3rd neighbour has been dealing with a particularly abusive situation with something else really, along with dealing with the first neighbour and getting the ambulances out and is having a bit of a meltdown now it's all over. Stress. I get that.

I also apparently got somebody's back up, I'd left a comment somewhere in reply to an Islamophobic comment about something that should have been apolitical and was an utterly ridiculous take on what had happened. I flagged the comment and the reply took a while to get right. I didn't want to break rules when I pointed out this person was an idiot. Well within 5 minutes, my comment had been removed because it apparently broke the rules. I couldn't find a complaints process so I sent an email to their news desk (yeah, it was an online newspaper) asking them what rules and guidelines I broke, and why was an Islamophobic comment allowed to stay - were they saying hate speech was acceptable? Well I haven't heard anything back, but the ability to comment on that article has been pulled. I'm not letting it go, though. I really hope they have a good reason for flagging my comment and removing it AFTER I flagged the original one.

Then my mum tried calling me, didn't leave a message, and by the time I noticed less than half an hour later she wasn't answering the phone. I was thinking it was about Esther, the lady who had Covid but then a massive stroke and I didn't want to hear it, but I'd rather hear it than not. You know? Well it turns out she needed info about how to sort out a deed poll and/or another sort of name change, not for her but I'm the only person she (and the person who wanted it) knew of who had done it. Well, that's okay. I can deal with that.

And then she shared a Facebook link and Esther died this morning. I'm having a very, very weird day.
 
Anxiety, got myself worked up to where I’ve completely worn myself out and just sat here trying to breathe :(
 
I ordered some sauce of ebay that my friend recommended, it arrived on Friday. I was going to use it last night only to find it was 17 days out of date! I emailed the seller straight away but heard nothing. So this morning I started a return in the hope that I at least get my money back - still heard nothing yet. You would have thought that something as easy as checking a use by date and checking there was a decent shelf life before sending anything out was an obvious thing - clearly not!
 
Coronavirus is the worst it has ever been in Germany, but the government is currently doing nothing about it, so my husband, who is an event technician, still has to work events where hundreds of people are in an enclosed space without masks. Most of the events require visitors to be vaccinated or have already had the virus, but they are now saying it's not uncommon for vaccinated people to get and spread Covid. My husband wears his mask at the events even if he doesn't have to, and more than once people have made rude comments to him about it, telling him he is "ruining the nice feeling." Someone came up to him the other day and said "why are you doing that?" in a rude tone and pointed at his mask. I am also super safe about it and have been the whole time, but it's kind of difficult to feel totally safe when my husband has to work all of these events with the insanely high infection rate right now.
 
piggieminder said:
Very few people wear masks here now. I was the only one in a packed supermarket last week. I think not wearing one is selfish, I'm still avoiding public transport and busy places.
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It’s the same round here, there seem to be very few of us wearing them in local shops 🙄 Drives me mad, especially when people are standing right behind you coughing away!
That’s terrible he’s being spoken to like that @h.h.lovecraft 🙁
 
Black piggies said:
That's awful to be verbally attacked for wearing a mask. He might be clinically vulnerable. Quite a lot of people still wear masks here in shops, in the past couple of weeks I've taken my son to hospital appointment and done uni teaching and masks for all there.
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Luckily, everyone in Germany still has to wear a mask in most places, but there is a stupid rule that allows people to take their mask off during events. It really makes no sense to me, but that's how it is. My family in the US tell me barely anyone wears masks at all anymore, and my mom gets looked at funny for still wearing one in shops.
 
Most people down here are still wearing masks. I went into Boots today for my prescription and there were about 10 people in the queue. There was only 1 person not wearing a mask. In Tesco most people are still wearing masks too. I live in an area where there are a lot of elderly people and everyone is respectful of this.
 
I went to my village shop last week just after lunchtime, it's not a time I would normally go, there were lots of children from the local private school in there stocking up on sweets, not one of them had a mask on, there is a poster in the door requesting you wear a mask but it was clearly ignored. I know it is personal choice but I still wear my mask when I go into any shops, even just popping in to the local shop.
 
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