A guy I know used to work for the D.W.P.
Department of Work and Pensions for all you non-Brits. A woman phoned them up asking why she had not as received any paperwork about claiming her up and coming retirement pension. She could not understand it as when her own sister was approaching 60, she had received all the relevant guff weeks in advance. My friend was rather puzzled and said "Well I agree, if indeed,you are coming up to 60 years of age, you should have received it by now. I will look into it for you" Then he asked her to confirm her name, address and date of birth etc. etc.. Well it turns out that according to her D.O.B. she was in fact only 58 years old at the time and not 59. When he politely pointed this fact out to her and that she would need to wait another year she became very indignant "Don't you dare tell ME how old I am!" she snapped back at him and she proceeded to tell him that she had already arranged her 60th birthday party and that she had several friends and relatives coming from all points of the compass to visit her for her up and coming 60th birthday bash. Then he said it all went very quiet, the penny must have suddenly dropped and without another word ,she put the phone down on him.
(Mackeson_drinker, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 14:34, Reply)