Not a hypnosis post
It seems that even if you can not read and write English you can now be eligible to sit on a jury.
Even more bizarrely, not being able to understand English (never mind the complexities of English spoken in a legal setting), will no longer be a bar to being a juror.
It's almost as if someone, some where, wants to so discredit the jury system that they are sabotaging it from within.
Follow this link to the Daily Mail web site for the full story.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1380538/Cant-read-write-English-You-serve-jury-new-rules.html
Showing posts with label stupidity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stupidity. Show all posts
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Car accidents and terminal stupidity
I had a car accident in June. I was stationery, got biffed from behind by a huge Nissan 4x4, who didn't stop.
Not too much damage so I go about my business for the day, report it to the claims handling agent at the insurance broker, stop by the police station and let them know as well.
I had spotted the registration plate for the other vehicle as it drove away; it didn't stop.
Did the police prosecute?No, I don't know why, I thought not stopping after an accident was a criminal offence but it seems not.
The car was repaired (huge variation for prices on this, if you have the same problem get at least three quotes) and is now looking good.
Except............
It turns out that even though I emailed the worlds most comprehensive accident report to the claims broker......they didn't action it. They have no record of it....the chap I spoke to is on a different team and he is away sick at the moment (or some other bollocks).
So instead I have to go through the same shit all over again with a girl whose IQ seems to be in single digits.
"Can I send you the pre-prepared document by email" I say?
"That would be no good I don't have a file to put it in" she replied.
Well bloody well make one is what I thinking but I doubt this girl would last five minutes if she went "off script" and so I'm stuck wasting another 30 minutes of my life telling her what happened, to cover for the stupidity and lack of intelligence of the claims company operative.
Massively annoyed and pissed off by the whole bloody system.
What a fucking shambles.
Not too much damage so I go about my business for the day, report it to the claims handling agent at the insurance broker, stop by the police station and let them know as well.
I had spotted the registration plate for the other vehicle as it drove away; it didn't stop.
Did the police prosecute?No, I don't know why, I thought not stopping after an accident was a criminal offence but it seems not.
The car was repaired (huge variation for prices on this, if you have the same problem get at least three quotes) and is now looking good.
Except............
It turns out that even though I emailed the worlds most comprehensive accident report to the claims broker......they didn't action it. They have no record of it....the chap I spoke to is on a different team and he is away sick at the moment (or some other bollocks).
So instead I have to go through the same shit all over again with a girl whose IQ seems to be in single digits.
"Can I send you the pre-prepared document by email" I say?
"That would be no good I don't have a file to put it in" she replied.
Well bloody well make one is what I thinking but I doubt this girl would last five minutes if she went "off script" and so I'm stuck wasting another 30 minutes of my life telling her what happened, to cover for the stupidity and lack of intelligence of the claims company operative.
Massively annoyed and pissed off by the whole bloody system.
What a fucking shambles.
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