The Random Thread

[saundra]

im just going to ring about my house insurance i might be gone some time

[JoM]

Oh heck Saundra, I hope you've got a cuppa, some biscuits and your Kindle to keep you occupied!

[debih]

Did you know this thread is very near its first birthday.

Jo started it after last years meet.

[JoM]

And nearly 3000 posts too

[Kaz]

You win the prize for the longest thread on VV Jo

[Kaz]

Grrrr!!!!! Flaming Student Finance website!!! Been round and round with passwords> passwords not recognised> request email with links to reset passwords> link taking me to wrong place> banging head against screen> stomping off swearing> have cuppa> ring to speak to a human> who wouldn't speak to me as there was "an issue with the address you are providing" so I am obviously not 'me' despite providing DoB, NI no etc > dig out letters from Finance from last year and see that the address on there is slightly amiss, although not first line or postcode which is why we hadn't noticed :O > ring back and speak to different human who is more more helpful> She offers to send out paper forms for me to fill in > problem solved

I dread getting into all of that with Tom

I finally managed to access the online application with the new reset password! So my part of it is done, Mick just has to do his now!

It is a flaming nightmare really - did I mention that they totally c*cked up last year and sent B a threatening demand for the full tuition fees We thought we'd sorted it over the phone with them after that, but then she got one from a debt recovery company We sorted it in the end, as luckily we had the loan offer on paper but it was very upsetting for Becky

Don't get me started..................

[Diflower]

I remember it well, bet you thought this year would be ok

[Kaz]

I did Di, although I was a bit wary

The whole system is sooo complicated these days I had to go through all that hassle today to tell them that, unlike the previous year, I earned nothing in the new relevant year I told the girl on the phone that, but she said I still had to fill in the form to tell them officially that I earned nothing And we wonder where the tax money goes.............

[JoM]

Why do they have to make everything so complicated? It can't be easy for those working there if the students are having such problems so why make it difficult for themselves too?

[JoM]

Joe texted me from school this afternoon, 20 minutes before home time, to say he was feeling sick but the teacher wasn't bothered. When he got home he looked so poorly and said he felt dizzy. He's been lying on the sofa ever since and didn't want any dinner.
He's had his boosters this afternoon so that'll be why. It's worrying me though because I filled out the consent forms and made a note of his health problems on them...and I've just read the literature that the nurse gave them that came with the vaccines and one states that caution should be exercised if the person doesn't have a properly functioning spleen