Thanks Sigmund

So Batty having reflected on the various interpretations ....are you. any further forward?

Yup, I'm wondering what I'd look like with red hair. In the dream I only had the briefest glance in the mirror.

Brilliant

Morning!

I hope today goes better than yesterday did.

I called a large financial institution in August, explained what I needed from them, and was told to send in some documents first. So I did. Some weeks later they came back with a letter saying thank you very much, and then a couple of weeks after that I got another letter giving a bollox response to my original question. So I called back yesterday and was told that before they tackle my query I need to send in some documents first. Given that I kicked off with a full explanation of events so far, I patiently explained again that they've had the documents already, and that they had even returned them with a covering letter.

The woman was pretty attached to her very first suggestion that I send the documents in, but added that it might be an idea to do so by registered post. Why, I asked. To make sure we get them, she said. But you've already had them, I sighed, and explained yet again that I got them back with a covering letter thanking me for sending them in. Well, she said, maybe send in some proof of ID. Why, I asked? Because I hadn't done that before. I wasn't asked to, I said, so is this a standard thing, this ID request. No, but she thought that as I hadn't sent it before it might help if I sent it this time.

\This is a shortened version of the conversation, a conversation I only got to have after being on hold for 28 minutes.

I asked to speak to her line manager. She said that wasn't possible. I insisted on speaking with someone more senior than her, and she finally relented and took my number with a promise that someone senior to her would call me within the hour. Almost 24 hours later my hope is fading. In fact my mobile did go off at 2.30ish am, and as I jumped out of bed I thought woah, impressive 24/7 customer service at least, but alas no, it was just a dozy friend dialing my number by mistake as she was trying to set her alarm.

So today I'm writing a shitty letter to the head office of the company. I don't mind. It's becoming something of a part time job, writing shitty letters to incompetents. I'll get an apology and things will get sorted out. It's just a shame that something that should have taken 15 minutes out of my life to deal with will in fact take several hours all in all.

Grrrr..........................

Well hope you get an answer today Bats email the CEO that usually works http://ceoemail.com/

Sorry mia not have a great time going to my best friends husbands funeral today not looking forward to it hope to get through it in one piece.

nothing much else to report love and hugs grumpies

Aw Laura , hope it went as well as could be x

Hi LL Like snOwy, I too hope the day went okay.

Not much to report on from the batcave... Still pining for a holiday...

Would love a holiday, hope you manage to get on Batty
Thanks ladies went as well as these things do, just got to support her as she travels this journey in her own way no one else's.

Hello all - thanks for all the good vibes ... they seem to be working on a delayed reaction, must have been blown off course temporarily over the equator but seem to have finally made their way here!

Since my last post there has been plenty of drama at work, being told by my dept manager to go find another job if I don't like my roster, tough. The store manager has been rather more supportive and fingers crossed I may get good news today .... Mentally I'm at the end of my tether and I've got a cold/flu thing going on too but I've been loathe to take time off as I know a certain someone would tell people it's because I'm trying to get out of my roster. Bad timing to be off sick - but I may have to give in today as I feel rough as the proverbial dog .... not our dog though as Destructo looks very happy with life

Hopefully, my whinging will be at an end soon and I can get back to being cheery and annoying

Time I was offski - in the immortal misquoted words of Wham .... wish me luck before I go go!

Amica, I keep meaning to ask whereabouts in the land downunder are you going to?

Oh Plum
Look after yourself x

Sorry to hear your sad news, laura. Hope you are bearing up, and sending you and your friend thoughts and prayers.

Batty - Gah. Where's the rolly-eyes when you need him, eh?

Plum - do hope it's worked out OK. Honestly, why do people have to be so frigging difficult over things which should be so simple, eh?

Big hugs all round, girls! (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((mmwah!)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Yoo hoo all xx

Evening snowy
Have you come to help kj and I with the shed getting it ready for Halloween 😉😊😋

*waves*

Shed is looking good, laura, I like the garlands of paper pumpkins and the lights over the door!

We're off on a jolly for a couple of days - Hadrian's Wall and Alnwick Garden. And Premier Inn breakfasts... woot !

Be good while I'm away - if you can...!

Have a lovely time melons!

Hope you got some good news Plum.

LL - you're right, Halloween is almost upon us. I got a couple of pumpkins days ago but haven't done anything with them yet, the slacker that I am.

Oh I don't do all that Halloween stuff now

Neither do we, but I thought the grumpies could get together and have wine, chat and cake and B and her friends could join in at grumpies shed.

Aw that sounds nice

I always do Halloween stuff! Love it.

But my pumpkins are still waiting. I've driven for 9 hours today ( ) and not long back so they'll have to wait until tomorrow.

I am a human pumpkin

Despite my going to Zumba yesterday , this retirement lark is putting the pounds on

Cool dream interpretations Batty, but I'm guessing they're subject to local variations.

If a badger shows its face around here, even in a dream, the local farmers start loading their shotguns. The government might have called a halt to the official Badger Cull, but it seems the news hasn't reached Cornish farms.

If a hairdresser shows up in any of my dreams, it will only be for wife going back to short 'n spiky 'cos she's finally got fed up with having to use a hair dryer instead of just rubbing it over with a towel and letting it dry on its own.

Pee: What I seem to be doing against the wind in trying to get some a sensible answer out of our domestic fuel supplier when I phone them up.

Red hair: Ooooh.... red heads. Don't get me started.... pant, pant, pant...


Sharon Osbourne..? Whaaaat...?

We're going to make decorated cupcakes and little shortbread biscuits to give to trick or treaters when they knock.

Amanda's making the cupcakes and putting icing Frankenstien heads on some of them and others will be topped with buttercream and set with little edible ghosts.

I'm going to make round shortbreads, dip them in choc and pipe a white spider web on that with a little sweetie spider in the middle. I've also got a cutter that will make a coffin shape biscuit and I've got some white choc skulls to put at the top and then I'll pipe a skeleton beneath that with RIP at the bottom. I've got some stamps (Dracula, werewolf, witch, etc) that I can press into some sugarpaste and use those to decorate some biscuits too.

We've got a couple of large trays that we'll decorate to look spooky and the little ones can choose what they want off the tray

We've got our costumes ready. I always play the white witch ('cos I'm blonde) and Amanda is the dark witch ('cos she's got dark hair).

We've got a pumpkin to put in the window so trick or treaters will know they can knock here. It's gonna be a lot of fun..!!

That sounds fabulous. If I lived closer I'd be knocking on your door.

But today is pumpkin day here. No one else is bothered, but I'm determined to carry on regardless. And to be perfectly honest I think the cool attitude is just a facade and my boys would be secretly disappointed if we were without spider webs and pumpkinless. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Apart from that important task, loads more to do. Jumping on plane time is approaching fast and, as always, I like to leave with my in tray empty. If only the world would cooperate!

Wow sounds great