People who take ages to pack their shopping and then spend ages looking for their purse/wallet/phone to pay, whilst I'm waiting in the queue behind them. It's for this reason that I always use scan as you shop if available.
People who take ages to pack their shopping and then spend ages looking for their purse/wallet/phone to pay, whilst I'm waiting in the queue behind them. It's for this reason that I always use scan as you shop if available.
Self check in at Gatwick for hold luggage with all major airlines now.
Still queues of people apprehensively (quite rightly) weighing their own luggage and nervously attaching the bar code sticker thing whilst reading the screen instructions.
Difficult to believe it’s more efficient for once a year holiday makers and need for staff to assist (it seems) more often than not.
I thought it was accepted that travelling (especially as a group) is stressful until your luggage is deposited.
Self check in at Gatwick for hold luggage with all major airlines now.
Still queues of people apprehensively (quite rightly) weighing their own luggage and nervously attaching the bar code sticker thing whilst reading the screen instructions.
Difficult to believe it’s more efficient for once a year holiday makers and need for staff to assist (it seems) more often than not.
I thought it was accepted that travelling (especially as a group) is stressful until your luggage is deposited.
With all of this stuff its the pace of change and the lack of foresight for the human element, like you say, once a year travellers.
Self checkouts are a good example, I'm a veteran of them but still rarely get to pay for shopping without issue and there are never enough humans around to tap their card and type a number in
I've used them a few times and as long as there is nobody doing as you say, understandably taking their time and apprehensively going through the steps, in front of me. Great. Senior people, people in charge of shit like trains, airports, shops will realise too late what taking human jobs away will do to society. Uber will do it next with self driving cars because nothing could go wrong with that could it. And as terrible as most uber drivers are, I'd rather one of them than the thing driving itself
People who take ages to pack their shopping and then spend ages looking for their purse/wallet/phone to pay, whilst I'm waiting in the queue behind them. It's for this reason that I always use scan as you shop if available.
Don't ever move to France. This is the default way of doing it. Then they insist on writing a cheque and then insist on hand writing it, as opposed to letting the till print it
People who take ages to pack their shopping and then spend ages looking for their purse/wallet/phone to pay, whilst I'm waiting in the queue behind them. It's for this reason that I always use scan as you shop if available.
Don't ever move to France. This is the default way of doing it. Then they insist on writing a cheque and then insist on hand writing it, as opposed to letting the till print it
Think that prospect would annoy me enough in its own right!!
People who take ages to pack their shopping and then spend ages looking for their purse/wallet/phone to pay, whilst I'm waiting in the queue behind them. It's for this reason that I always use scan as you shop if available.
Don't ever move to France. This is the default way of doing it. Then they insist on writing a cheque and then insist on hand writing it, as opposed to letting the till print it
People who take ages to pack their shopping and then spend ages looking for their purse/wallet/phone to pay, whilst I'm waiting in the queue behind them. It's for this reason that I always use scan as you shop if available.
Don't ever move to France. This is the default way of doing it. Then they insist on writing a cheque and then insist on hand writing it, as opposed to letting the till print it
People who take ages to pack their shopping and then spend ages looking for their purse/wallet/phone to pay, whilst I'm waiting in the queue behind them. It's for this reason that I always use scan as you shop if available.
Don't ever move to France. This is the default way of doing it. Then they insist on writing a cheque and then insist on hand writing it, as opposed to letting the till print it
They don't still use cheques do they?
They were 2 years ago
Still do today! I can’t tell you how shocked I was when I opened my French bank account and was sent a cheque book and à paying in book! However, due to uncovered cheques there’s a lot places that no longer take them and I think they’re slowly being phased out, although the over 65s (I’m not there yet) don’t seem to want to give them up!
On the same theme, people who push their shopping trolleys into your back while queuing for the checkout. No need for that at all. I like to take my revenge by unloading at snail's pace and pretending to look for vouchers in my wallet, knowing full well I don't have any.
I did this once, completely by accident. The bloke I nudged pushed back and I and my trolley took a step backwards. Got in a hell of a row with the arsehole as I had politely apologised immediately but he was having none of it.
People who take ages to pack their shopping and then spend ages looking for their purse/wallet/phone to pay, whilst I'm waiting in the queue behind them. It's for this reason that I always use scan as you shop if available.
Don't ever move to France. This is the default way of doing it. Then they insist on writing a cheque and then insist on hand writing it, as opposed to letting the till print it
They don't still use cheques do they?
They were 2 years ago
Still do today! I can’t tell you how shocked I was when I opened my French bank account and was sent a cheque book and à paying in book! However, due to uncovered cheques there’s a lot places that no longer take them and I think they’re slowly being phased out, although the over 65s (I’m not there yet) don’t seem to want to give them up!
There was a time you'd get Gendarme turn up on your door step for bouncing a cheque.
People who take ages to pack their shopping and then spend ages looking for their purse/wallet/phone to pay, whilst I'm waiting in the queue behind them. It's for this reason that I always use scan as you shop if available.
Don't ever move to France. This is the default way of doing it. Then they insist on writing a cheque and then insist on hand writing it, as opposed to letting the till print it
They don't still use cheques do they?
They were 2 years ago
Still do today! I can’t tell you how shocked I was when I opened my French bank account and was sent a cheque book and à paying in book! However, due to uncovered cheques there’s a lot places that no longer take them and I think they’re slowly being phased out, although the over 65s (I’m not there yet) don’t seem to want to give them up!
There was a time you'd get Gendarme turn up on your door step for bouncing a cheque.
A couple of nights ago I was woken by someone removing the drain cover - around 1am. No van, but just a car. He was talking loudly on his mobile and I gathered he was from Thames water.
Forward to last night. Again around 1am I’m woken by the drain cover being taken off and a huge van with rotating orange light that lit up the bedroom. On then off, on then off.
We live in a country lane. At our end there are 3 houses and plenty of road to park away from them. Oh and the engine was running. Our neighbour asked if they could turn the engine off - which they did. They then walked up the road and (presumably) did whatever they were there to do. Meanwhile our bedroom is bright orange followed by black. Mr Tatters walked up the road and asked them to turn the light off. Reluctantly they did. I was so pissed off I couldn’t sleep for ages. Tried to call Thames Water customer services but it’s a minefield to navigate. FFS
A couple of nights ago I was woken by someone removing the drain cover - around 1am. No van, but just a car. He was talking loudly on his mobile and I gathered he was from Thames water.
Forward to last night. Again around 1am I’m woken by the drain cover being taken off and a huge van with rotating orange light that lit up the bedroom. On then off, on then off.
We live in a country lane. At our end there are 3 houses and plenty of road to park away from them. Oh and the engine was running. Our neighbour asked if they could turn the engine off - which they did. They then walked up the road and (presumably) did whatever they were there to do. Meanwhile our bedroom is bright orange followed by black. Mr Tatters walked up the road and asked them to turn the light off. Reluctantly they did. I was so pissed off I couldn’t sleep for ages. Tried to call Thames Water customer services but it’s a minefield to navigate. FFS
Got through to Thames Water but they have no knowledge of any jobs outside our house. Why would anyone open the drain cover and walk half a mile up the road to do work?
Hide a body? Nick pipes? is the van a decoy to make noise etc while they do whatever it is?
Got through to Thames Water but they have no knowledge of any jobs outside our house. Why would anyone open the drain cover and walk half a mile up the road to do work?
Hide a body? Nick pipes? is the van a decoy to make noise etc while they do whatever it is?
I’d defo let your local police know. Did you clock a reg? That’s the easiest way to check if it’s legit. As it’s Thames Water I wouldn’t trust that whoever you spoke to would know anything tbh. For peace of mind, give them a call.
Thames Water don't know their arse from their ear. Most likely at that time of night it was drainage contractors who might have a Thames water bit of livery on their van especially if ita drain covers they were lifting. That work will hardly ever get something called a NRSWA permit on it as the blokes doing it think that doesn't apply to them, thats how most utilities keep track of where people are on website called one.network. they should have some kind of work management system but in the kindest way possible they pay people who are answering calls from the public the about least they can get away with and funnily enough those people aren't always the brightest stars in the sky. And by the time there is a degree of separation, assuming the drainage subbies are working for them, rhats another link to a chain they won't see.
Your best bet is to tweet Thames Water and ask whats going on
Thames Water don't know their arse from their ear. Most likely at that time of night it was drainage contractors who might have a Thames water bit of livery on their van especially if ita drain covers they were lifting. That work will hardly ever get something called a NRSWA permit on it as the blokes doing it think that doesn't apply to them, thats how most utilities keep track of where people are on website called one.network. they should have some kind of work management system but in the kindest way possible they pay people who are answering calls from the public the about least they can get away with and funnily enough those people aren't always the brightest stars in the sky. And by the time there is a degree of separation, assuming the drainage subbies are working for them, rhats another link to a chain they won't see.
Your best bet is to tweet Thames Water and ask whats going on
Thanks @C@Carter that makes sense tbh. I didn’t realise they contracted out. That means there’s even less chance they’ll bother doing anything about it. They’ve got back to me again and asked me to take a video of them if they come back again.
Thames Water don't know their arse from their ear. Most likely at that time of night it was drainage contractors who might have a Thames water bit of livery on their van especially if ita drain covers they were lifting. That work will hardly ever get something called a NRSWA permit on it as the blokes doing it think that doesn't apply to them, thats how most utilities keep track of where people are on website called one.network. they should have some kind of work management system but in the kindest way possible they pay people who are answering calls from the public the about least they can get away with and funnily enough those people aren't always the brightest stars in the sky. And by the time there is a degree of separation, assuming the drainage subbies are working for them, rhats another link to a chain they won't see.
Your best bet is to tweet Thames Water and ask whats going on
Thanks @C@Carter that makes sense tbh. I didn’t realise they contracted out. That means there’s even less chance they’ll bother doing anything about it. They’ve got back to me again and asked me to take a video of them if they come back again.
Tell them to send their CEO around to do it. The ******* gets paid enough
Thames Water don't know their arse from their ear. Most likely at that time of night it was drainage contractors who might have a Thames water bit of livery on their van especially if ita drain covers they were lifting. That work will hardly ever get something called a NRSWA permit on it as the blokes doing it think that doesn't apply to them, thats how most utilities keep track of where people are on website called one.network. they should have some kind of work management system but in the kindest way possible they pay people who are answering calls from the public the about least they can get away with and funnily enough those people aren't always the brightest stars in the sky. And by the time there is a degree of separation, assuming the drainage subbies are working for them, rhats another link to a chain they won't see.
Your best bet is to tweet Thames Water and ask whats going on
Thanks @C@Carter that makes sense tbh. I didn’t realise they contracted out. That means there’s even less chance they’ll bother doing anything about it. They’ve got back to me again and asked me to take a video of them if they come back again.
Tell them to send their CEO around to do it. The ******* gets paid enough
Ah but his 'retention' fee is under threat.
From the Guardian.
In a letter read out at the same committee session on Tuesday, the Thames Water chair, Adrian Montague, admitted he may have “misspoken” when he told the Efra committee last week that large bonuses to be paid to senior bosses out of an emergency £3bn loan were “insisted” upon by creditors. (Insisted rather than agreed)
From where I'm sitting they've got fat on the complete cock up they've made of everything in recent years ... and just put up everybody's water rates by a third to add insult to injury.
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Self checkouts are a good example, I'm a veteran of them but still rarely get to pay for shopping without issue and there are never enough humans around to tap their card and type a number in
I've used them a few times and as long as there is nobody doing as you say, understandably taking their time and apprehensively going through the steps, in front of me. Great. Senior people, people in charge of shit like trains, airports, shops will realise too late what taking human jobs away will do to society. Uber will do it next with self driving cars because nothing could go wrong with that could it. And as terrible as most uber drivers are, I'd rather one of them than the thing driving itself
Don't ever move to France. This is the default way of doing it. Then they insist on writing a cheque and then insist on hand writing it, as opposed to letting the till print it
I can’t tell you how shocked I was when I opened my French bank account and was sent a cheque book and à paying in book!
However, due to uncovered cheques there’s a lot places that no longer take them and I think they’re slowly being phased out, although the over 65s (I’m not there yet) don’t seem to want to give them up!
The bloke I nudged pushed back and I and my trolley took a step backwards.
Got in a hell of a row with the arsehole as I had politely apologised immediately but he was having none of it.
Tried to call Thames Water customer services but it’s a minefield to navigate. FFS
is the van a decoy to make noise etc while they do whatever it is?
Did you clock a reg? That’s the easiest way to check if it’s legit.
As it’s Thames Water I wouldn’t trust that whoever you spoke to would know anything tbh.
For peace of mind, give them a call.
Your best bet is to tweet Thames Water and ask whats going on
From the Guardian.
In a letter read out at the same committee session on Tuesday, the Thames Water chair, Adrian Montague, admitted he may have “misspoken” when he told the Efra committee last week that large bonuses to be paid to senior bosses out of an emergency £3bn loan were “insisted” upon by creditors. (Insisted rather than agreed)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/20/thames-water-chair-mps-bonuses
From where I'm sitting they've got fat on the complete cock up they've made of everything in recent years ... and just put up everybody's water rates by a third to add insult to injury.