Topic: The small things in life that really hannoy

[Son of Spion]

my wife's brother died last week, in Walton.  had a heart attack in the shared bathroom in the place he lived.  took the ambulance 45 minutes apparently, and the family was told it wouldn't have made any difference if they arrived sooner, which is quite likely I think, his health had been very bad for years.

so he died alone, no family around.  I hope the old man you helped has family to look after him.  knowing someone who ends up dying alone is so sad.

I'm sorry to hear that.

My brother used to be a taxi driver and a fella had a heart attack and died in his cab, despite his best efforts to revive him. The fact the guy had no family to comfort him as he died still haunts my brother to this day.

So yes, even very quick intervention is not enough sometimes, unfortunately.

Fingers crossed for our man today. The NHS are brilliant. It's how it's run that's messed up. Hopefully he'll be ok.

[Ghost Town]

The state the NHS has been allowed to decline into.

An elderly friend of my Mum had the doctor out recently and he said if she didn't go into hospital she'd die. She really didn't want to go in, but relented. She then spent 15 hours on a trolley in a corridor before being seen.

Today I was in town and came across a concerned group of people surrounding an elderly man who had tripped on a protruding metal pipe on the pavement of Williamson Square and cracked his head on the floor. He was bleeding from his head injury, in shock and flat out on the freezing ground. I took my fleece off and put it over him to keep him warm whilst a fella phoned for an ambulance.

Now I know the ambulance service is under pressure. A relation of ours is a paramedic so we know the score. But we had this poor 75 year-old man injured on the floor whilst they ummed and ahhed about whether or not they should allocate an ambulance to him. Asking absolutely ridiculous questions such as about the post code of where he lived. The poor fella is dazed and confused and they want to know everything apart from his shoe size from passing strangers.

They were told he was elderly, he was dazed and confused. He was bleeding from a head injury and in danger of hypothermia, but all they were interested in was the caller answering questions he couldn't answer, whilst still refusing to confirm if an ambulance would be sent or not. The fella who called 999 was absolutely furious and is putting a complaint in.

We were there trying to keep the poor fella warm and reassured for two hours before my partner phoned again for an update on the ambulance. Again, they went through the same infuriating questions before saying an ambulance would be at least another hour and a half. The elderly guy was crying his eyes out.

I used to work caring for the elderly so really didn't think it wise to move him before he'd been properly assessed but apart from the public, no fucker would help. One amazing young girl was there supporting him straight after she saw him fall. She was fantastic. Even running to the big stores and the precinct to see if she could source a wheelchair to move him to a taxi to get him to hospital. Precinct staff said as it wasn't inside the precinct itself, no can do.

One woman bagged a taxi from the rank and we all managed to get the old guy into it and the shoppers who saw him fall originally took him to the Royal.

Sorry for the rant, I just need it off my chest. It all felt so horribly hopeless when you simply cannot get help in a city centre when a pensioner falls and is laying flat out on the freezing, wet ground for hours on end and only passing shoppers will help.

Those who did help were a credit to this city, especially that fantastic young girl.

How on earth have we come to this? 🫤

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Terrible story; same situation happened to me and a bunch of people after an older lady tripped and fell in town a few years ago. Everyone tried everything but nobody came out to help her. Eventually we tracked down her son by phone who came along and took responsibility for moving her, taking her away himself, as the rest of us didn't know whether to move her or not. It's quite a quandry to be in.

[Elmo!]

Heathrow managing to not get my bag onto my flight despite having 5hours to do it.

[Son of Spion]

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Terrible story; same situation happened to me and a bunch of people after an older lady tripped and fell in town a few years ago. Everyone tried everything but nobody came out to help her. Eventually we tracked down her son by phone who came along and took responsibility for moving her, taking her away himself, as the rest of us didn't know whether to move her or not. It's quite a quandry to be in.

To be honest, I already knew the answer to my question. 🫤

I'm sorry to hear you came across a very similar incident too. I used to do outreach care for elderly and disabled people so I knew it wasn't a good idea to move him before he'd been checked out properly. You just don't know if there are any broken bones or dislocations etc.

In the end there was no choice really because it was clear no help was coming anytime soon, and a fella of his age lying on a wet, freezing floor for hours could have been lethal in itself. I was so annoyed. Seeing the poor guy helpless and crying his eyes out was horrible.

[AndyInVA]

It's something I worry about too.  What if all your passwords are encrypted in your phone too.

(Also SMS isn't considered very secure for sending pass codes.  Admittedly it's still quite an effort to crack, but you'd think banks would be using the more secure authentication apps.  I guess they aren't as straightforward and only work on smart phones)

I write all my passwords into my Notes page of the phone

They are all written down though in a kind of personal code as reminders as to what the pass word actually is so that only I know it (like dogs first name with capital first letter and first street number etc.)

I print off the page from my phone every now and then and keep in a drawer just for that very eventuality that the phone gets lost

[PaulF]

Good man. Just need your sheet and Facebook account and good to go.
That said I'm a fan of paper and passwords as the number of people that can get at that paper is very small compared to anything held electronically.

[paulrazor]

I was playing football one saturday morning with a good friend of mine, he got a call near the end of the game (about 1130am) to say his dad wasnt well and they had phoned an ambulance for him.

Cant remember the exact time i text him later, At least 4 maybe 6pm

"how is your dad"

The ambulance still hadnt even turned up. (Northern Ireland)


Bad Health service in Republic too, New Years Day my asthmatic 85 year old Dad had breathing trouble, Mam phoned out of hours doc who recommended an ambulance, when that showed up they were unbelievably rude, obviously pissed off they had to work New years day. Had the nerve to say we shouldnt have phoned as it wasnt an emergency (man cant breath isnt one obviously)

My Dad was diagnosed with dementia a few months later but the signs were there already, he asked the staff (whom I might add didnt bother even helping him to the ambulance) "who is going to drop me home?", response was "sort it out yourself, we are not a courier service"

Stupid question yes but no need to be so rude to an elderly man, Was transferred to Navan hospital who did fuck all and sent him home. Within 24 hours he was ringing for another ambulance, to be fair they were 1000000000000 times nicer. Even said we should put in a complaint which we would only we know fuck all would get done

[Millie]

Got to say my Mum, when she had a catastrophic stroke 4 months ago received pretty decent service (Wirral).  Ambulance came within minutes, and when we arrived at Arrowe Park Hospital she was taken straight in.  We did have to wait a while for a place on the Stroke Ward but she wasn't on a trolley in A & E, she had a proper bed in a cubicle.  The Stroke Co-ordination Team were with her the whole time.

She did, unfortunately die 2 weeks later, but I can never thank the staff on the Stroke Ward enough for their care and dedication.  The nurses, and all the other staff deserve to be rewarded for what they do.  Not holding my breath with this Government though.

[paulrazor]

Very sorry to read that mate

[Slippers]

To be honest, I already knew the answer to my question. 🫤

I'm sorry to hear you came across a very similar incident too. I used to do outreach care for elderly and disabled people so I knew it wasn't a good idea to move him before he'd been checked out properly. You just don't know if there are any broken bones or dislocations etc.

In the end there was no choice really because it was clear no help was coming anytime soon, and a fella of his age lying on a wet, freezing floor for hours could have been lethal in itself. I was so annoyed. Seeing the poor guy helpless and crying his eyes out was horrible.

Saturday before last our next door neighbour's brother found a woman who'd fallen over on the pavement opposite his house;it was half ten at night,she was wearing black and had landed with her legs sticking out onto the road.

He told us it was a good thing he was crawling along looking for somewhere to park or he'd have driven over her.Her ex partner was done for domestic violence recently so he knew she was suffering from several injuries before she fell,she'd also banged her head on the pavement.

His wife covered her with a sleeping bag while he phoned for an ambulance and he was told there was a five hour wait.He ended up calling the police who turned up ten minutes later and took her to hospital.

[Crosby Nick]

Have been asked to record a video for our team at work talking about proudest achievements of the year (cringe)…and if possible wearing a Christmas jumper (absolutely not). Bah fucking humbug.

Might mention bringing up my 100,000th post on here.

[reddebs]

Fucking Bulb again!

[Barneylfc∗]

Have been asked to record a video for our team at work talking about proudest achievements of the year (cringe)…and if possible wearing a Christmas jumper (absolutely not). Bah fucking humbug.

Might mention bringing up my 100,000th post on here.

There's been a few of those requests in our work over the years to record video statements about what life is like working here. I always ask if they want a truthful statement. They don't.

[Crosby Nick]

There's been a few of those requests in our work over the years to record video statements about what life is like working here. I always ask if they want a truthful statement. They don't.

Do it from one of your pub lunches Barney!

[Barneylfc∗]

Do it from one of your pub lunches Barney!

I was in the office on Friday and went over to the pub at lunch and had 4 pints. I wasn't drunk, but I shouldn't have been back in work 
I must get more training in to get back in shape.

[paulrazor]

Do it while sitting on the bog squeezing out a massive turd then show them it

"here is a big achievement"

[sheepfest]

Talk talk. Only been waiting since September for fibre to be installed and now have about 5 different appointments with no new equipment. Yes I'll take all the time you need off work to be in for your lucky dip anyday visit.

[Statto Red]

Talk talk. Only been waiting since September for fibre to be installed and now have about 5 different appointments with no new equipment. Yes I'll take all the time you need off work to be in for your lucky dip anyday visit.

Talk Talk long regarded as one of the worst companies to deal with, their appalling reaction to the data breach scandal a few years back put me off them permanently, Talk Talk are cheap for a reason.

[sheepfest]

Talk Talk long regarded as one of the worst companies to deal with, their appalling reaction to the data breach scandal a few years back put me off them permanently, Talk Talk are cheap for a reason.

Have been with them a while and must have got lucky as never had any problems before but can see why they are at the bottom after the last couple of days speaking to them. Hoping I can go soon go back to silence is golden time.

[24/7]

Shit IT providers but excellent 80s band.

[rob1966]

Shit IT providers but excellent 80s band.

[Kenny's Jacket]

Restaurants going to a set menu in December.
Fuck off Christmas

[Barneylfc∗]

Restaurants going to a set menu in December.
Fuck off Christmas

Christmas menus are shite. We're going out for Christmas night out on Friday, but foregoing the food. Fuck paying £30+ for a badly made dinner.

[rob1966]

Restaurants going to a set menu in December.
Fuck off Christmas

My birthday is this weekend and it's caught us out in the past where the missus has taken me out and we've had to have the overpriced Christmas menu

[reddebs]

There was a time where with all the different works and group Christmas parties you could easily end up having 6 or 7 Christmas dinners so I'd make a point of ordering something else.

I'm old and stuffy so I only want a traditional Christmas dinner on Christmas Day.

[rob1966]

There was a time where with all the different works and group Christmas parties you could easily end up having 6 or 7 Christmas dinners so I'd make a point of ordering something else.

I'm old and stuffy so I only want a traditional Christmas dinner on Christmas Day.

I worked in the Royal Clifton in Southport when I was 20, all I was eating was Christmas dinners from November. Worked Christmas day, got home, me Ma put a dinner in front of me and I was Ma I can't eat that, she was well pissed off

[Son of Spion]

see this quite alot,lazy bastards riding a bike with a dog on
 a lead running like fuck trying to keep up wtf.

There's someone in Sefton Park with a novel way of exercising their dog. He flies a drone around the big field and the dog chases it all over the place. The dog seems to enjoy it though.

I'm just waiting for the dog to catch it one day and chew it up.

[bradders1011]

My wife is doing some work experience in a local primary with a view to becoming a teacher.

Don't want to go all Yer Da, but what the frig is the Bar Method? Kids have to draw boxes to work out 3x2 now? Bring back long multiplication and the birch.

[SamLad]

My wife is doing some work experience in a local primary with a view to becoming a teacher.

Don't want to go all Yer Da, but what the frig is the Bar Method? Kids have to draw boxes to work out 3x2 now? Bring back long multiplication and the birch.

are times tables still used these days?

[Elmo!]

Heathrow managing to not get my bag onto my flight despite having 5hours to do it.

24 hours later BA still don't have a fucking clue. According to their baggage tracing website they are still serching for my bag, but when I phone them they insist it is in Heathrow but can't tell me when it will be flown out to Budapest where I am. Had to go out and buy clothes and tools for the job I am here to do which were in my hold luggage (the only reason I used hold luggage because I can't take my tools in cabin baggage).

[afc tukrish]

My wife is doing some work experience in a local primary with a view to becoming a teacher.

Don't want to go all Yer Da, but what the frig is the Bar Method? Kids have to draw boxes to work out 3x2 now? Bring back long multiplication and the birch.

Not necessarily in that order...

[redbyrdz]

24 hours later BA still don't have a fucking clue. According to their baggage tracing website they are still serching for my bag, but when I phone them they insist it is in Heathrow but can't tell me when it will be flown out to Budapest where I am. Had to go out and buy clothes and tools for the job I am here to do which were in my hold luggage (the only reason I used hold luggage because I can't take my tools in cabin baggage).

I've heard of people putting an apple airtag in their hold luggage, so they can track it themselves.

[rob1966]

I've heard of people putting an apple airtag in their hold luggage, so they can track it themselves.

Hate them things. Great idea in principle but that's if you live in a world that's isn't full of thieves and c*nts. Neither me nor the missus have an iPhone so we'd have no idea if one was attached to my bike, her car, her coat, her bag, in our luggage or other such shite

[redbyrdz]

Hate them things. Great idea in principle but that's if you live in a world that's isn't full of thieves and c*nts. Neither me nor the missus have an iPhone so we'd have no idea if one was attached to my bike, her car, her coat, her bag, in our luggage or other such shite

Same here, and I wouldn't do the airtag thing either. But it does help with the luggage problem.

[PaulF]

24 hours later BA still don't have a fucking clue. According to their baggage tracing website they are still serching for my bag, but when I phone them they insist it is in Heathrow but can't tell me when it will be flown out to Budapest where I am. Had to go out and buy clothes and tools for the job I am here to do which were in my hold luggage (the only reason I used hold luggage because I can't take my tools in cabin baggage).

I kind of understand why whips and chains aren't allowed in the hold.

Back to currys.  They are now just lying to me. One agent telling me the return was booked in, on to check today , because I'm v suspicious of them now, and they are saying it isn't.  Currys 'uplift' numbers are rarer than Arsenal European cup wins.  NEVER buy large items from Currys, unless you are happy to list faulty\damaged goods on ebay!

[24/7]

Hate them things. Great idea in principle but that's if you live in a world that's isn't full of thieves and c*nts. Neither me nor the missus have an iPhone so we'd have no idea if one was attached to my bike, her car, her coat, her bag, in our luggage or other such shite

Creepy as fuck.....
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-63880969
Apple is being sued by two women who say AirTags were used to stalk them.

The small trackers are designed to be placed on wallets or keys, to prevent them from being lost.

However earlier this year the BBC reported that several women had found unwanted AirTags tracking them.

Apple has not yet responded to the BBC's request for comment.

Previously the company has said that its AirTags contain several measures that prevent unwanted tracking.

The lawsuit was filed in a San Francisco federal court.

The two women say the AirTags were used by their former partners to track them down.

They also argue that AirTags have been linked to murders this year of women in Akron, Ohio and Indianapolis.

Apple has long been aware, before it released AirTags, that they could be used for criminal activity. On releasing them, Apple said that "AirTags are designed to track items not people".

The devices use a bluetooth signal which can be detected by Apple's Find My Network.

The company says it has created a series of safeguards that protect people from being tracked.

AirTags make a beeping noise when separated from an owner for a period of time.

If an AirTag is found moving with a person the AirTag is not registered with, a message should appear on their phone alerting them to it.

The BBC has previously spoken to several women who say they were either notified of, or found, rogue AirTags. One said she found the AirTag taped to her suitcase.

"If you create an item which is useful for tracking stolen items, then you have also created a perfect tool for stalking," Eva Galperin, Director of Cyber Security at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told the BBC earlier this year.

[redbyrdz]

I'm pretty sure I read that ^^^^ a while ago. Wonder what happend to the law case?

[rob1966]

Creepy as fuck.....
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-63880969
Apple is being sued by two women who say AirTags were used to stalk them.

The small trackers are designed to be placed on wallets or keys, to prevent them from being lost.

However earlier this year the BBC reported that several women had found unwanted AirTags tracking them.

Apple has not yet responded to the BBC's request for comment.

Previously the company has said that its AirTags contain several measures that prevent unwanted tracking.

The lawsuit was filed in a San Francisco federal court.

The two women say the AirTags were used by their former partners to track them down.

They also argue that AirTags have been linked to murders this year of women in Akron, Ohio and Indianapolis.

Apple has long been aware, before it released AirTags, that they could be used for criminal activity. On releasing them, Apple said that "AirTags are designed to track items not people".

The devices use a bluetooth signal which can be detected by Apple's Find My Network.

The company says it has created a series of safeguards that protect people from being tracked.

AirTags make a beeping noise when separated from an owner for a period of time.

If an AirTag is found moving with a person the AirTag is not registered with, a message should appear on their phone alerting them to it.

The BBC has previously spoken to several women who say they were either notified of, or found, rogue AirTags. One said she found the AirTag taped to her suitcase.

"If you create an item which is useful for tracking stolen items, then you have also created a perfect tool for stalking," Eva Galperin, Director of Cyber Security at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told the BBC earlier this year.

I've been saying this for ages now, the developers who come up with these ideas have never lived in rough areas and have no idea how the mind of a criminal works. Keyless entry is perfect for car thieves and the fact that they didn't think of the security issues if the keys are constantly searching for the car shows they are clueless. Now they come up with a tracker that is perfect for thieves and wierdos. Did not one of them think "what if some c*nt puts one of these in my g/fs, wifes, husbands, kids pocket/bag/coat so that they can track and attack them?"


Todays small thing, took the wifes car in for its MOT this morning, its done 97 miles since its last MOT and has failed on a snapped spring. That'll have happened hitting one of the millions of potholes around here

[paulrazor]

There was a time where with all the different works and group Christmas parties you could easily end up having 6 or 7 Christmas dinners so I'd make a point of ordering something else.

I'm old and stuffy so I only want a traditional Christmas dinner on Christmas Day.

I wouldnt go that far but yeah there was years where I was fed up of turkey and ham by the 25th

however the work party on friday has nothing else decent

[Charlie Adams fried egg]

I saw BA mentioned above. They are a bunch of twats and I've got an ongoing complaint with them which started in July.


I'm sure it's not limited to BA, but it's the practice of using dynamic pricing to charge more for certain flight times and then cancelling the more expensive one. In this case morning flights which cost significantly more than a 6pm flight (almost an extra day on holiday plus a relaxing 1st evening, vs an 8pm airport pick up and 1 hour journey). You weigh it all up and pay for the morning one, which they then cancel and put you on the evening flight. No apology, no refund and their view is you should be grateful they weren't all cancelled.

They can't have it both ways. They want dynamic pricing so that they can charge more on popular flight times, but then they don't refund when more expensive flights are cancelled. They need to choose which approach to take because the current one is awful for passengers.