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Falsely accused of fly tipping

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  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    So amongst the building waste, they've found your card.


    A card that you can show you reported lost before the waste was found, right?

    Seems like this is going to be a very short interview, and you've got nothing to fear.
  • G_M
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    123.4 to 1.
  • Carrot007
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    jackk81 wrote: »
    Say it was lost randomly in the street somewhere then what are the chances it was picked up and put in a bag of fly tipped builders rubbish?


    No idea but if I were a dodgy builder who regularly fly tipped I certainly would love to put misinformation into the tipped stuff.


    Also if it was in a skip or whatever contiainer before tipping then some random person could have found the card and put it in to keep the place clean (some people don't like living in a tip you know). Of course this would need to know where the waste actually came from to see if it is a reasonable place for the lost card.
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    jackk81 wrote: »
    .......... Everybody loves postman and nurses. I even sometimes wave to the postman even after I've realized I don't know him!

    ......
    Hmmmm..



    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-32782153


    and



    https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/royal-mail-worker-ordered-pay-9634712


    Just saying.........
  • dallam20
    dallam20 Posts: 134 Forumite
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    Ah but I had lent the card to my daughter who had promptly misplaced it and she walks down said road to catch her bus !!! Very unlucky for me on this occasion
  • dallam20
    dallam20 Posts: 134 Forumite
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    G_M wrote: »
    Hmmmm..



    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-32782153


    and



    https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/royal-mail-worker-ordered-pay-9634712


    Just saying.........
    How insulting !!
  • dallam20
    dallam20 Posts: 134 Forumite
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    Comms69 wrote: »
    So you're ignoring the majority of people's advice, which is to just ignore them?

    No I’m not ignoring them just considering everyone’s opinion. I am not going to take any further action until I have taken legal advice from my union. All I asked for was further information on what I was being accused of
  • Grezz24
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    dallam20 wrote: »
    How insulting !!
    GM isnt saying that you or your partner are like the two mentioned in the articles.

    The links were used to prove a point to jackk81 that anyone in any profession can be either nasty or nice, and that you cannot tar everyone with the same brush because they work in a job that is deemed to be respectable by society.
  • Throwaway1
    Throwaway1 Posts: 528 Forumite
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    dallam20 wrote: »
    Ah but I had lent the card to my daughter who had promptly misplaced it and she walks down said road to catch her bus !!! Very unlucky for me on this occasion


    Is your daughter a builder? ;)
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  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    dallam20 wrote: »
    How insulting !!
    What is insulting about a link to a piece (2 pieces) of genuine news?

    You made a sweeping generalisation about two professions. I pointed out (implicitly) that it was a generalisation, to which there are exceptions.

    I was not claiming that all nurses and postmen are evil, whereas you were implying that all nurses and postmen are saints.
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