tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364959732019898467.post6977519281560811283..comments2023-05-30T13:38:13.449+01:00Comments on Cheshire Cheese: A brief, photoless account of a delightful afternoon - followed by a long rant on the inadequacies of a British bank [and the Post Office.]Cda00ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192939979611916958noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364959732019898467.post-6960940837429949602008-10-16T17:37:00.000+01:002008-10-16T17:37:00.000+01:00I have enjoyed this! I know the feeling. I am in t...I have enjoyed this! I know the feeling. I am in the middle of a second repair to my laptop for which had to phone Capetown. I said I couldn't understand his accent could he speak more slowly, and I aksed if he had difficulty understanding mine''No ma'am, but we trouble with people from Ireland' he said!Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12998628507844056717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364959732019898467.post-35502376517179750302008-10-14T09:32:00.000+01:002008-10-14T09:32:00.000+01:00You poor love. I really do sympathise I too hate ...You poor love. I really do sympathise I too hate the computerised phone systems. However I would recommend First Direct as a bank - they only do phone or on line banking. I have been with them for over 10 years now and on every occasion speak to an English person (occasionally they are scotish and a little difficult to understand) but you never never have to wait for more than 2 minutes and the system is NOT computerised. When I had trouble with fraud 6 years ago they were brill at sorting things out. <BR/>Do some art work it helps to get over these days.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07449809031669435374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364959732019898467.post-73681024907785926722008-10-13T22:27:00.000+01:002008-10-13T22:27:00.000+01:00Oh dear Celia, what a torrid time you've had. I d...Oh dear Celia, what a torrid time you've had. I do sympathise on the expensive number, holding on for hours thing. It's even more annoying when you're on an all inclusive BT tarrif and then have to pay for these calls to 0845 numbers like helplines and the Doctors. Grrrrrr!<BR/><BR/>By the way, thank you for your lovely comments on my blog this weekend. It may be a little while before I get round to making another book but I am hopeful. I have great ambitions for making Christmas presents (pardon the language) which will probably fall by the wayside!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com