Why is the council so horrible???

lady_fuschia

There was a case in our local paper recently where a man was taken to court over a 42p debt to the council. He let them do it purely for the comedy publicity.

cattie1

rog2 wrote:

Whilst I agree totally with what you are saying, I think that "funny" may not be the best choice of word in that it certainly does not make ME laugh.:mad: :mad:

yes very true, should have rephrased that! sorry!

cattie1

My council have even admitted to me they don't understand their new system and that a lot of mistakes are being made, you should see the statements we get about our payments they make absolutely no sense!-not even to them!

LADYJACKOBEAN

Just to add that I know that we pay for more than getting our bins collected (£124 a month for me), but at a hair salon I used to work in there was a woman who worked for the council and she would be in 2 to 3 times a week getting her hair done and paying with "council" cheque book!?!

loulouloulou_2

Money mare... thats all very well BUT I did pay my bill on time - i always pay before the beginning of the month - and they 'found' my payment on their system AFTER sending me out a rude reminder letter and admitted i had paid it on time (before it was due even)- so somewhere, whether its just my councils system or everywhere, somewhere its not being checked properly!!

rog2

cattie1 wrote:

yes very true, should have rephrased that! sorry!

Not at all - phrased totally correctly - it just shows the irony of the English language:beer:

anniestar

loulouloulou wrote:

Money mare... thats all very well BUT I did pay my bill on time - i always pay before the beginning of the month - and they 'found' my payment on their system AFTER sending me out a rude reminder letter and admitted i had paid it on time (before it was due even)- so somewhere, whether its just my councils system or everywhere, somewhere its not being checked properly!!

I agree alll the post that is generated by the system when people have paid MUST add to the overall admin costs of the local authority(s) involved both in financial and production costs and the cost of person hours in actully sending them out.