What do you want to rant about today? #25

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Unicorn_Poop said:
Tesco.
Had home deliveries with them for as long as I can remember yet never really get anything for the loyalty. See all these “Christmas bonus” stuff to get extra clubcard points but never get offered them nor any vouchers etc

Time to play the game & swap supermarkets
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I use Tesco delivery and get bonus points and vouchers, before you checkout, there should be a list of vouchers if you scroll down to see if any apply to your order, couple of weeks ago I had nearly £5 off in vouchers!
 
Crabbypatty00 said:
Maybe I'm allergic to something but I just get random itchy bumps, not anything localised. Currently one on thigh, one on both hips but on the back, one inside of arm, one on fore arm, one under boob. All came out on different days.

If I've ever had flea bites they are usually feet / ankles. Apparently bed bugs form a line. I'm so allergic to gnat bites they swell to enormous size, ooze, itch to buggery and then bruise. These don't.

I had never heard of stress hives either (are they an American intervention?) but stumbled across them in a bid for answers. Tis a mystery possibly solved with antihistamines.

I'm so fed up with being bloody itchy.
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I am EXACTLY the same. Randomly came on a few months ago for no reason and the itching drives me to distraction, I itch until I bleed 😳 and like you say, covered in huge red welts. I've got an aloe gel which helps with the itching as well as taking a high dose of antihistamine daily.
 
aulty said:
Me. I missed my train because I assumed it would leave from the same platform it usually does, didn't check the monitor, headphones on. Now I have to wait an hour for the next one, then cycle home and it's very gusty.
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Thanks for the commiserations! The wait and the train were a bit of a pain, but I was lucky enough – the wind had died down by the time I got home, and the bike ride that night was actually grand.
 
Get a Tesco food shop delivery same slot every week. Last few weeks they have been turning up early which was fine as had time to unload before I leave for the school run. This week turns up 40 minutes before my booked slot. I’m out doing the school run pick up so he left a leaflet through the letter box (which the dog ate). He turns up later mid way through my slot and had a massive go at me. Telling me I’m lucky he even came back to deliver. Told him he came well before my slot- funnily enough I book that one because it’s the time I’m home. He proceeded to go off on one saying I should book a later time slot in future otherwise I won’t get my shopping.

I spoke to customer services via WhatsApp and they confirmed that if you aren’t in during your slot then they have the right to not come back but if they turn up early and you can’t accept they do need to return. Was hoping for a club card voucher but all I got was that they’d pass on my complaint to the store.
 
DWASN said:
Get a Tesco food shop delivery same slot every week. Last few weeks they have been turning up early which was fine as had time to unload before I leave for the school run. This week turns up 40 minutes before my booked slot. I’m out doing the school run pick up so he left a leaflet through the letter box (which the dog ate). He turns up later mid way through my slot and had a massive go at me. Telling me I’m lucky he even came back to deliver. Told him he came well before my slot- funnily enough I book that one because it’s the time I’m home. He proceeded to go off on one saying I should book a later time slot in future otherwise I won’t get my shopping.

I spoke to customer services via WhatsApp and they confirmed that if you aren’t in during your slot then they have the right to not come back but if they turn up early and you can’t accept they do need to return. Was hoping for a club card voucher but all I got was that they’d pass on my complaint to the store.
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Sometimes my Ocado delivery is early but 9 times out of 10 they actually phone me to make to see if that's ok.
 
FenellaTheWitch said:
Sometimes my Ocado delivery is early but 9 times out of 10 they actually phone me to make to see if that's ok.
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He didn’t, just left the bit of paper which I assumed said sorry we missed you. I imagine he has a great deal of deliveries to complete and it’s stressful but I can’t help not being there before my slot. Even if he had called he would have still needed to come back but he was really argumentative with me over it all.
 
Todays MiL rant. Usually we go back home to Scotland for Christmas to visit kids, grandkids and mother-in-law. It’s not easy because my husband ends up just driving all over the place so he can’t have a little drink, and we end up sleeping on the floor or on a sofa which isn’t great because I’ve had two strokes and he’s nearly 60. Anyway, as I said previously, I had to have an operation on my heart just a couple of weeks ago so we decided we were not going back for Christmas this year. The daughters and grandkids have taken it well and fully understand, they’re sad about it and so are we but I’m just not fit enough. And if truth be told we’re actually looking forward to just a quiet Christmas the two of us. My husband can have a wee dram, We’re not going around all over the place, it’s like the scene from the fast show with suitcases where they’re just running everywhere!! Anyway, it’s actually become more stressful than going home because of my mother-in-law and her inability to use the Internet or anything really. Flapping about food how she’s going to get some, presents, we said to her we set up a Tesco delivery on your tablet but she won’t use that because she’s scared they’re gonna steal her bank details. She’s flapping about presents and when we said look, we don’t expect any or just send us some vouchers in a card, that wouldn’t do. In the end she ended up giving us her number for her card so that we could order presents to get them delivered to her house for her to then wrap them up and send them down to us!! And she’s ringing us up every night with some new panic about Christmas. Now she’s going on about a sofa bed Which makes absolutely no sense and I have no idea. My husband turned to look at me last night and said maybe we should’ve gone home to Scotland for Christmas because it’s starting to be more stressful staying down here. I actually cannot wait for Christmas day, cos when we’ve wished everyone a happy Christmas, maybe watched grandkids open pressies, and after we’ve eaten our beef, we will close the curtains and watch crap on the TV. Everybody else can just get lost 🤣🤣
 
Spacemonkey1972 said:
Todays MiL rant. Usually we go back home to Scotland for Christmas to visit kids, grandkids and mother-in-law. It’s not easy because my husband ends up just driving all over the place so he can’t have a little drink, and we end up sleeping on the floor or on a sofa which isn’t great because I’ve had two strokes and he’s nearly 60. Anyway, as I said previously, I had to have an operation on my heart just a couple of weeks ago so we decided we were not going back for Christmas this year. The daughters and grandkids have taken it well and fully understand, they’re sad about it and so are we but I’m just not fit enough. And if truth be told we’re actually looking forward to just a quiet Christmas the two of us. My husband can have a wee dram, We’re not going around all over the place, it’s like the scene from the fast show with suitcases where they’re just running everywhere!! Anyway, it’s actually become more stressful than going home because of my mother-in-law and her inability to use the Internet or anything really. Flapping about food how she’s going to get some, presents, we said to her we set up a Tesco delivery on your tablet but she won’t use that because she’s scared they’re gonna steal her bank details. She’s flapping about presents and when we said look, we don’t expect any or just send us some vouchers in a card, that wouldn’t do. In the end she ended up giving us her number for her card so that we could order presents to get them delivered to her house for her to then wrap them up and send them down to us!! And she’s ringing us up every night with some new panic about Christmas. Now she’s going on about a sofa bed Which makes absolutely no sense and I have no idea. My husband turned to look at me last night and said maybe we should’ve gone home to Scotland for Christmas because it’s starting to be more stressful staying down here. I actually cannot wait for Christmas day, cos when we’ve wished everyone a happy Christmas, maybe watched grandkids open pressies, and after we’ve eaten our beef, we will close the curtains and watch crap on the TV. Everybody else can just get lost 🤣🤣
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I know it's stressful for you but I kinda feel sorry for her. My mum had me late in life, for back in those days, and she's in her 80's while I'm only 40. And she sounds a bit like your MIL. She's only figured out how to use the remote since my dad passed.
Could your daughter not pop round and give her a hand with a couple of things?
 
I've just had a sale email from Emma Bridgewater. I've had a bit of a splurge this month as we've redecorated the dining room for christmas so bought place mats, oval serving platters and a lot of christmas gifts so have spent around £500. The whole bleeping lot of it is now all half price in said sale :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
 
GalaxyGirl70 said:
I've just had a sale email from Emma Bridgewater. I've had a bit of a splurge this month as we've redecorated the dining room for christmas so bought place mats, oval serving platters and a lot of christmas gifts so have spent around £500. The whole bleeping lot of it is now all half price in said sale :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
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How much time do you ahve to send things back? I'd re-order and then send back under the Full priced order
 
My Mum asking me what my salary is so she can tell my brother and he can use it as a baseline for a new job he’s just got. What has my salary gotta do with his? We don’t even work in the same field. It’s really wound me up that she’s clearly just fishing to find out my salary and has hidden behind the ask 🙄
 
Shoequeen91 said:
My Mum asking me what my salary is so she can tell my brother and he can use it as a baseline for a new job he’s just got. What has my salary gotta do with his? We don’t even work in the same field. It’s really wound me up that she’s clearly just fishing to find out my salary and has hidden behind the ask 🙄
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Make up a completely inaccurate number then say... but that doesn't include my OnlyFans, is he doing one too? That'll shut her up, daft cow
 
I think I've ranted about this before but the NHS have cancelled the follow up appointment to a consultation I had in October 2022 AGAIN! This is about the 8th time they have cancelled (usually 3-4 months in advance) due to "unforseen circumstances". Fortunately it's nothing major, more ongoing monitoring but it's so frustrating to get an appointment, make arrangements/organise the day off etc then they cancel it and push it further back. I found it quite funny at first but now I'm fuming and have emailed a complaint. Let's see what they say!
 
Shoequeen91 said:
My Mum asking me what my salary is so she can tell my brother and he can use it as a baseline for a new job he’s just got. What has my salary gotta do with his? We don’t even work in the same field. It’s really wound me up that she’s clearly just fishing to find out my salary and has hidden behind the ask 🙄
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I’m secretive about my money too. However now with my family. Is there a reason she’s fishing? Do you think you’re going to get an ask?
 
GalaxyGirl70 said:
I've just had a sale email from Emma Bridgewater. I've had a bit of a splurge this month as we've redecorated the dining room for christmas so bought place mats, oval serving platters and a lot of christmas gifts so have spent around £500. The whole bleeping lot of it is now all half price in said sale :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
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Call them and ask if they'll do a price match to save you having to return everything, or just re-order everything and return it as the original order.
 
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Ugh, the GP sent my prescription to the wrong pharmacy. I went to collect today at the right pharmacy, was told sorry its at "x pharmacy". X pharmacy weren't answering their phone so I had to drive there. Massive queue. They don't have a pharmacist so couldn't give me the prescription but gave me the slip back. I went back to the first pharmacy and they don't have it in stock & it will take a week to order it. So I've had to go round all the local pharmacies to try to get it & none have in stock. So I've left it with the last one as they've promised they'll have it before the weekend.

I placed the order 10 days ago thinking that would be plenty of time and it would have, had it gone to the correct pharmacy in the first place 😤
 
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