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bigbadwolf Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jesus wept that's probably as pikey as going on > holiday to Filey. xxxxx Pikey? This isn't the fish thread .....

bigbadwolf Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jesus wept that's probably as pikey as going on > holiday to Filey. xxxxx Pikey? This isn't the fish thread .....

louisiana Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I hear some private homes are opening their front > rooms to diners in some parts of town. Nice idea. > Unofficially of course. xxxxxx Come to mine and you'll get baked beans with a bit of curry paste stirred in if you're lucky :))

HonaloochieB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I was stuck on a 176 :-S > > > > But too lazy to walk :)) > > Not lazy Sue, determined to see it through to > whatever bitter end was waiting. > Bloody-minded some might call it, but it's the > spirit that carried us through the Blitz. > > Unlike that shirker Quids. xxxxxxx :)):)):))

jaytee65 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I understand you can take wine/beer to The Thai > Corner Cafe and for a small charge you can take > your own food to Green and Blue. Is this correct > and are there any others please? xxxxxxxx I'm not sure it's still the case with Green and Blue, is it? They do offer food now, albeit a smallish choice. Yes you definitely can to the Thai Corner Cafe - they charge corkage but it's not a high charge. > >

That's interesting Fuchsia. Cynically, maybe the NHS don't care - being able to tell staff they get the "benefits" of local discounts, it makes them look like a good employer, and what's it to them if the businesses involved are getting lied to and ripped off?

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SteveT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lidl have some very good 'bins' for ?6 small light > and powerful. > > Buy now and save till chrissimus. xxxxxxx Blimey that's a bargain, have they got them in Peckham? Hope I'm not becoming a twitcher :))

Sorry, post deleted, I think I must have posted on the wrong thread, though who knows how? :-$

I was stuck on a 176 :-S But too lazy to walk :))

Sounds very similar I must say, but Medicare do have a glossy website with NHS and DVLA plastered all over the homepage. Sounds a similar pitch though, "only three of your kind of organisation" and "must sign up today."

One of the things about wrens is that they have very thin beaks, which are quite long in relation to their tiny bodies, or always look that way to me. Also "rounder" bodies than pied wagtails I think. And I think they are completely brown, not with a white flash anywhere. But I don't have the energy to look up my bird book :) I love wrens, had one who used to be about my (very small) garden a lot a few years back.

lenk Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > xxxxxx > > > > What frog place?? > > Frog on the Green on Consort Road. > > Great deli, barely any scoffing EDites make it > over there either due to Nunhead's rampant crime > stats and hourly drive-by shootings. Meaning you > can usually get a seat. > > I don't think opening another deli within 5 > minutes' walk would really do anyone any favours > though... xxxxx Thanks - will check it out :) Is it new?

Write to a councillor. They'll have to provide you with a written explanation within a certain timescale. They'll make sure they get it :)

beef Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The duke, and all it's previous incarnations have > failed because it doesn't work as a social space. > Someone needs to turn into into a nice deli, like > the frog place nearby. xxxxxx What frog place??

Erm, no, what did it say?

Cassius Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If there is a discounted product but the discount > doesn't come up on the till, then it is NOT the > fault of that particular member of staff - it > means that the tills haven't been adjusted > accordingly and the staff don't (I think) have the > ability to over-right it. xxxxxxxxxx No of course it's not their fault if it's wrong on the till - but taking eight quid off the till with a note saying "product not required" and refunding four pounds in cash when the original bill was paid by card is, erm, a bit of an odd way to rectify the situation, no? What happened to the other four pounds? According to the till note, the bottle of wine was returned to the store. In fact, it was in my bag.

Also, the money they ask businesses for is not, as I originally thought, a one-off payment. You pay hundreds of pounds a year. Plus VAT. And they told me my details would be sent out "with payslips". I know from previously working at King's that it is actually quite difficult to arrange for information to be sent out with payslips, so I'd be quite surprised if this was the case - anybody know?

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Formerly the Edinburgh Castle and then something > else that i'm sure a yuppy on here will remember > the name of. On Nunhead lane near the traffic > lights. > xxxxxxxx I'm not a yuppy - do they have good memories or something? I don't know what this place became immediately after the Edinburgh Castle, but it was the Page One Bar for some time, then the Village Inn or something similar with a hideous sign nothing like an inn for a short time, then it became the Duke.

Surprise Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've never been overcharged but it is a strange > place. Two out of the three or four times I've > ever been in that Somerfield (I normally just do a > big shop at Sainsbury's) I've been offered > cashback, said yes, and then not been given my > cash until I realised outside the store and went > back. xxxxxxxx This has happened to me, and I have witnessed it happening to someone else. I no longer think this can be due to staff incompetence or inexperience, and I also don't think there is just one person involved. In future I am going to report each of these "mistakes" to Somerfield management. But surely they must be aware???

Well on the basis of the above, they don't really deserve to prosper, do they? That's a terrible story!

Fuchsia thanks, I am going to write to King's - the name on the letter they showed me was one I recognised. Funnily enough, I put the phone down on them during my initial conversation with them because I was convinced it was a scam, but they phoned me back and (sort of) convinced me it wasn't. However as soon as the sales person told me I had to sign up that day, it was clear that it must be. No reputable company uses that kind of sales tactics. Also, the only possible place they could have got my name was from a directory, because the details they had (eg the way the business was described as "Quiet Earth Magnotherapy" and the description of me as a complementary therapist), could only have come from that directory as I have never used them elsewhere. So to say I had been recommended by several local people, and that they "only use people who have been personally recommended to them" was quite clearly a complete lie. OK, I'm on their case - just to add to all the other stuff on my to do list (and I'm supposed to be working today, as I type :)) )

In this case there was a whole display full of the special offer, clearly marked ?3.99. The issue I am raising is not just the overcharging at the till, but the way the refund was made.