arseholes galore
i moved house 18 months ago, from one council property to another. i filled in all forms, made all the necessary calls, everything i needed to do to change everything over to my new address. being disabled, i'm receiving benefits and have to send off a yearly sicknote. however, my memory is dreadful, so i usually get my sicknote when the social sends me a letter to remind me.
8 months after i moved in, the social suddenly stopped my money. i went down there to see what was going on, only to be told that i hadn't sent a sicknote, so they assumed i didn't need any money. i told them i hadn't received a letter. of course, they'd sent it to my old address, despite being told 8 months earlier that i had moved. apparently, it takes longer than that to update files.
well, i received a counter payment and decided that i wasn't going to let a simple mistake annoy me.
it did annoy me when it happened again the following week.
it annoyed me even more the week after. and the week after that. and the week after that.
all in all, this went on for 3 months, with me having to make weekly trips down there, often in a great deal of pain, to deal with these morons who refused to resolve matters over the phone and seemed incapable of learning.
the day i went there and sang the armor hot dog song at the top of my voice until they sorted out my payment was, curiously, the last time they messed with my money...

length? 3 months and about half a mile.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 3:46, Reply)