Time to Face The Music

Sun_Addict

It’s that feeling of accomplishing something, it feels good. It’s very mild today, it was the same yesterday. 

enthusiasticsaver

We have been with Virgin for years but would have to say that contacting them requires astronomical amounts of patience on the odd occasion we have needed to phone them. They are worse since Covid though.  I think we just cant face the upheaval of cancelling and going with someone new and they also do the fastest BB speeds around here as they use cable rather than the BT network as BT and sky do.  It is the only utility I am not that MSE conscious with as the time spent changing is too off putting. We also know people who have had bad service from BT and Sky so not sure any of them that brilliant. 

RelievedSheff

enthusiasticsaver said:

We have been with Virgin for years but would have to say that contacting them requires astronomical amounts of patience on the odd occasion we have needed to phone them. They are worse since Covid though.  I think we just cant face the upheaval of cancelling and going with someone new and they also do the fastest BB speeds around here as they use cable rather than the BT network as BT and sky do.  It is the only utility I am not that MSE conscious with as the time spent changing is too off putting. We also know people who have had bad service from BT and Sky so not sure any of them that brilliant. 

We had a few initial problems with BT following the set up when we moved in but for the last couple of years it has been fine and we have had no customer service problems, in fact they were really good when I rang the other day and got the new deal.

I'm happy to stay with them and lesson learned for next time when our contract runs out in 24 months. Ring BT first.

joedenise

@RelievedSheff - before ringing BT when the contract runs out get a lower quote from another company first so that you've got something to bargain with.

beanielou

Thanks so much for the broadbank prompt.
My contract is about to renew so I have dealt with it.
I have stayed with BT as I could not face moving.

RelievedSheff

It will be another no spends day.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be from stores. Breakfast was crumpets, we have both taken our packed lunches to work and dinner tonight is homemade hunters chicken with air fried cajun chips and vegetables.

Today's jobs are:

• cleaning the bathrooms
• vacuuming the house
• walking the dog

I must remember to turn on the fridge in the van tonight as well so it will cool down ready for the weekend.

I woke up in the night with a terrible toothache. One of my bottom wisdom teeth has started moving again, I would have thought they might have finished by now, and it is pushing all of the teeth on that side of my lower jaw together. I have just taken some ibuprofen to hopefully reduce the swelling in the gum and relieve some of the pressure on my teeth. Fingers crossed they kick in before too much longer.

Sun_Addict

I hate having toothache. Hope the painkillers do the trick.

EssexHebridean

Ouch to the wisdom tooth - hope it settles soon. 

RelievedSheff

Toothache has been a lot better with the ibuprofen thanks. I will keep dosed up for a couple of days and let everything settle down again.

Completely forgot that we had a professional photographer in the office today. Have spent most of the morning having group photos and really fake office "action" shots being taken. It cheered us all up I suppose.

Just had to choose our Christmas hamper for this year. We have been given a choice this time. Getting a hamper and gift card again this year.

Baileys_Babe

RelievedSheff said:

Just had to choose our Christmas hamper for this year. We have been given a choice this time. Getting a hamper and gift card again this year.

I like that you are able to choose your Christmas hamper, so you receive items you will enjoy or you can regift. OH place are very sporadic with Christmas gifts and no choice, some years thought out, gifts tailored to each person's likes and dislikes plus a full paid meal for all staff and other halves, some years nothing and some years a case of alcoholic beverages, bearing in mind this is a small company with less 20 office staff, 2 of which are unable to drink alcohol on medical grounds, OH felt this was a very thoughtless gift.
Saying all that I haven't worked anywhere that give staff hampers or gifts (mainly NHS/local authority) since my Saturday job when I was a teenager, our hamper included: tin of biscuits, Christmas pudding, pork pie, Christmas cake, sweets...