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Re: Inconvenient Annoyances
« Reply #8400 on: August 06, 2018, 06:37:24 PM »
The Hostile Environment is for all the people who thought they don't have to follow the immigration rules. When you look at the old laws, in some cases they favoured these people over  the honest people!

Immigration fees wasn't May. Years ago parliament decided that those who use a service must pay for it, instead of everyone else having to pay for them. Bit by bit, services are beingmade self funding. Immigration still isn't at the point where it is self funding.
That's lovely that you think it's only for the rule breakers but the implementation of it has impacted every immigrant, legal or not. Choosing to extort spouses and families over other forms of immigration in the name of making it self funding was also a poor decision.

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Re: Inconvenient Annoyances
« Reply #8401 on: August 07, 2018, 10:40:31 AM »
Total non-sequitur:

Darn it, Tesco substituted products on me again! I ordered a dozen cans of a specific soup. Because that's the soup we wanted. Did not click the "ok to substitute" button. Because we didn't want a substitute if it wasn't available. Now sitting here with 3 cans of the correct item and 9 of something we actually don't care for. I only very rarely will check the "ok to substitute" and add a notation to an order. NEVER with name-brand stuff, though.

Sigh. I like Tesco delivery. They only screw something up about once a month, which is way better than Sainsburys, who just decides to not deliver anything without telling me they're not coming - or tells us the day AFTER they have not delivered that they are not coming. And they are cheaper than Waitrose.

But darn it, I really wish they'd read. I would not want to be a grocery "picker" - the Daughter had a friend who was one, for a while, in the States and they are timed as to how much they get done. But really. Just read the form, peoples!!!! They always make good on the goof-ups when I email them about it. But really. Just read the order and do what it says. Do not improvise. Do not pass "Go". Do not collect...


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Re: Inconvenient Annoyances
« Reply #8402 on: August 07, 2018, 11:11:13 AM »
Total non-sequitur:

Darn it, Tesco substituted products on me again! I ordered a dozen cans of a specific soup. Because that's the soup we wanted. Did not click the "ok to substitute" button. Because we didn't want a substitute if it wasn't available. Now sitting here with 3 cans of the correct item and 9 of something we actually don't care for. I only very rarely will check the "ok to substitute" and add a notation to an order. NEVER with name-brand stuff, though.

Sigh. I like Tesco delivery. They only screw something up about once a month, which is way better than Sainsburys, who just decides to not deliver anything without telling me they're not coming - or tells us the day AFTER they have not delivered that they are not coming. And they are cheaper than Waitrose.

But darn it, I really wish they'd read. I would not want to be a grocery "picker" - the Daughter had a friend who was one, for a while, in the States and they are timed as to how much they get done. But really. Just read the form, peoples!!!! They always make good on the goof-ups when I email them about it. But really. Just read the order and do what it says. Do not improvise. Do not pass "Go". Do not collect...

Out of curiosity, would they get in trouble if they picked - for example - crappy fruit/veg and a customer complained?
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Re: Inconvenient Annoyances
« Reply #8403 on: August 07, 2018, 11:51:27 AM »
Out of curiosity, would they get in trouble if they picked - for example - crappy fruit/veg and a customer complained?
I've had them pick things like meat with an expired date that just hadn't been pulled yet. I sure hope they get a notice about that! Delivery is great when homebound but it is a complete crap shoot for if you'll get what you want!

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Re: Inconvenient Annoyances
« Reply #8404 on: August 07, 2018, 12:35:20 PM »
I really hate migraines and chemical burns from things that barely affect most people. :(

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Re: Inconvenient Annoyances
« Reply #8405 on: August 07, 2018, 01:17:14 PM »
Out of curiosity, would they get in trouble if they picked - for example - crappy fruit/veg and a customer complained?

Dunno. I think that could be argued as a judgment call. Whereas sending the wrong item is just an error.


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Re: Inconvenient Annoyances
« Reply #8406 on: August 07, 2018, 01:17:44 PM »
I really hate migraines and chemical burns from things that barely affect most people. :(

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Uh, oh. This doesn't sound good.  :o


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Re: Inconvenient Annoyances
« Reply #8407 on: August 07, 2018, 01:20:26 PM »
Uh, oh. This doesn't sound good.  :o
It's not. I don't feel safe saying much more than that though :( finding a lawyer to help me.

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Re: Inconvenient Annoyances
« Reply #8408 on: August 07, 2018, 01:21:31 PM »
Good luck!  Does not sound nice at all.


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Re: Inconvenient Annoyances
« Reply #8409 on: August 07, 2018, 01:28:22 PM »
Out of curiosity, would they get in trouble if they picked - for example - crappy fruit/veg and a customer complained?

They don't get in trouble for anything.  But I have been given crappy fruit and I've complained.  They refund it no questions asked (well, other than the recent refund issues I've been having, but that's not about the quality... that's just poor customer service).  But that still leaves me with rotten food to compost and nothing to put into my meal plan.
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Re: Inconvenient Annoyances
« Reply #8410 on: August 07, 2018, 01:30:59 PM »
That would be really annoying.


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Re: Inconvenient Annoyances
« Reply #8411 on: August 07, 2018, 01:49:57 PM »
It's not. I don't feel safe saying much more than that though :( finding a lawyer to help me.

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Are you back at work now this week? :(
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Re: Inconvenient Annoyances
« Reply #8412 on: August 07, 2018, 01:51:02 PM »
Are you back at work now this week? :(
Yes, sorta... Hard to work when you can't breathe so spending lots of time outside getting air.

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Re: Inconvenient Annoyances
« Reply #8413 on: August 08, 2018, 08:28:01 AM »
Hopefully it's getting better Margo? And they're making accommodations or at least trying?
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Re: Inconvenient Annoyances
« Reply #8414 on: August 08, 2018, 09:51:32 AM »
Hopefully it's getting better Margo? And they're making accommodations or at least trying?
Nope.  :(

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