Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Hobbit said:
He told you he didn't want to debate it. Why do you constantly try and post up the last word?
Bluntly, you're both being pathetic. Leave it alone,
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So tell HIM. Hes the one keeps butting in. Sorry but this serious..... I won't be silenced as the truth needs saying. Cant be ignored during these difficult times. Bullying will not work!!
 
So sick of getting emails from every company under the sun about their response to Covid-19. Gaucho, Taylor Wimpey, Hermes, Hilton... piss off! I couldn't give a toss what you're doing, I'm not going anywhere anyway!
 
Postman said yesterday, some people are now not accepting their post and asking for it to be return or retained by the royal mail for the time being.

Wonder if that will start causing problems for RM.
 
As an appliance repair/supplier/installer I'm as busy as fook for the time being. But am I an essential service and will I be able to go out and do my job if we go on lockdown?
People being at home all the time possibly means appliance getting worked harder and breaking down more, which means people like me will have to go out and fix them.It's no god having all that food stockpiled if it starts defrosting because the fridge freezers knackered, or if you can't cook it because the ovens blown!
I do take all precautions, I make the customer keep their distance, and I wash my hands before and after touching anything. Hand sanitizer in the van as well.
Not sure what else I can do tbh.
 
Orikoru said:
So sick of getting emails from every company under the sun about their response to Covid-19. Gaucho, Taylor Wimpey, Hermes, Hilton... piss off! I couldn't give a toss what you're doing, I'm not going anywhere anyway!
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My favourite email I've just received this morning, Kent Police advising me that recruitment process is still continuing depsite Covid19... Interesting as I haven't applied ?
 
2blue said:
So tell HIM. Hes the one keeps butting in. Sorry but this serious..... I won't be silenced as the truth needs saying. Cant be ignored during these difficult times. Bullying will not work!!
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chrisd said:
Your post wasnt political at all?
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Give it a rest you two. If you want to argue the toss, as suggested take it to PM, if not, just leave be.
 
Lazkir said:
As an appliance repair/supplier/installer I'm as busy as fook for the time being. But am I an essential service and will I be able to go out and do my job if we go on lockdown?
People being at home all the time possibly means appliance getting worked harder and breaking down more, which means people like me will have to go out and fix them.It's no god having all that food stockpiled if it starts defrosting because the fridge freezers knackered, or if you can't cook it because the ovens blown!
I do take all precautions, I make the customer keep their distance, and I wash my hands before and after touching anything. Hand sanitizer in the van as well.
Not sure what else I can do tbh.
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Our fridge (of all things at the moment) has seen ice being built up. So had an engg call out. The guy visited in full PPE - face mask, gloves, boots.. I am not sure what he was expecting to solve. He said he wanted to protect himself as he has an underlying condition. So fair enough.
 
Mudball said:
Our fridge (of all things at the moment) has seen ice being built up. So had an engg call out. The guy visited in full PPE - face mask, gloves, boots.. I am not sure what he was expecting to solve. He said he wanted to protect himself as he has an underlying condition. So fair enough.
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There's a balance between being sensible and not scaring the hell out of your customers! :eek:
But at least people are starting to realise the seriousness of it all now.
 
Blue in Munich said:
On the bright side Secret Escapes seem to have forgotten I exist. (y)
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I asked Secret Escapes for a refund... They said i should contact the hotel.
So contacted the hotel and they shared an email they received from SE...

-x-x-x-
Dear customer,
You made the reservation via the Secret Escapes agency.

The agency has contacted our hotel to send us the cancellation policy for reservations made on their platform due to health prevention measures:

''A. Rebooking: when a customer requests a cancellation, we suggest you encourage the customer to rebook instead, or issue them with hotel credit for a future stay. Preferably, this option gives the customer the flexibility to rebook at a later date once they have greater visibility over the developments of COVID-19.

B. Insurance: it is a condition of booking on the Secret Escapes site that customers have adequate travel insurance. If they do not want to rebook, you can refer members to their travel insurer to see if they have any cover available under their travel insurance policy. You can provide a cancellation invoice to the customer for the full rate that they paid (including the commission that you paid Secret Escapes), as Secret Escapes only acted as your payment agent. Only you can provide this to the customer as you have the contract with the customer.''

Kindest regards,

-x-x-x-x-

So I asked them to provide a cancellation invoice, which they side on SE can..
I have mailed SE again as they have ABTA/ATOL coverage. I am not sure why i need to use my insurance for getting this back. I am sure they are swimming in refund request at the moment

So at the moment, its just feels like going in circles.. All I know is that the money has gone from my account

On the other hand, EasyJet has completley forgotten about us
 
Lazkir said:
As an appliance repair/supplier/installer I'm as busy as fook for the time being. But am I an essential service and will I be able to go out and do my job if we go on lockdown?
People being at home all the time possibly means appliance getting worked harder and breaking down more, which means people like me will have to go out and fix them.It's no god having all that food stockpiled if it starts defrosting because the fridge freezers knackered, or if you can't cook it because the ovens blown!
I do take all precautions, I make the customer keep their distance, and I wash my hands before and after touching anything. Hand sanitizer in the van as well.
Not sure what else I can do tbh.
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Glad you're busy, we've been hammered by it with many agents only doing emergency work orders and them working "remotely" and many tenants returning back to their home country. It's not helped by many "self isolating" but it's ok to have the washing machine or other applinace attended to and try and stay with you as you work.
You can take precautions (Ive used hand santiser for 2 years now), but taking precautions is all you can do. It's the start of some very troubling times after the stomach punch that was B...
 
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