We went to see the Queen visit a local park today where she was unveiling a plaque and all I have to say on the matter is well done to Nottingham City Council and friends, well done on a really poorly planned event!
First of all, there was no PA system...no one apart from those standing at the very front could hear either Her Majesty or Prince William speaking.
We then waited to see the Duke and Duchess and were pushed and spoken to very rudely by some head of police (not uniformed police officers) asking us to get back! People with pushchairs being pushed around with literally no where to go.
I don't normally have a problem with the police doing their job but this one women was a bully, rude and totally didn't have a handle on the situation.
If we had been pushing over a fence or something I could have understood, but instead an after thought of a piece of rope had been laid on the floor and some policemen standing in front of it! That ended and there was then no boundary. Small children were being jostled around by people trying to get pictures, it was a truly awful event, one I don't wish to experience again (sorry ma'am).
Finally and to top off an awful event they wouldn't let us out! We went to the exit to be told we couldn't leave that way and would need to find another way out, we walked to the other end of the park (marked Exit B) to be told the same thing and then finally found another exit on yet the other side of the park!
I think my son enjoyed it but maybe we should have just stayed at home and watched it on the telly!
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
I rename thee the Royal Fail!
If you follow me on twitter you may have seen me moaning about the Royal Mail earlier and with good reason. I ordered a bag last week, it was posted on Monday 1st class and still it has not arrived.
It's not the first time though. Last year I ordered a toy for my son, it never arrived and so the company we bought it from had to send out a replacement.
Earlier this year I ordered a comforter for my daughter, a week later it arrived with not even a sorry!
No other company could carry on like this, inflating prices and yet providing an ever poorer service.
It's never consistent, I remember the time when you could set your watch by the postman now they come at various times throughout the day, if at all some days!
It really grinds my gears as a small business owner that they are the only cheap(ish) service around to get small packets and letters anywhere.
In fact if someone else could come up with a similar idea and just actually get post where it is supposed to go on time then they would be onto a winner.
Somewhere someone has a lovely new bag that they haven't paid for, I have lost out on owning it for a week and the poor small business I bought it from has now lost out too (have you seen the form you have to fill out for lost items and they have had to pay to ship another out).
If I were the queen I would be asking for my head to be removed from the stamps. Surely it can't be considered Royal anymore, there is nothing about it that is Royal, it is a total mess.
Sadly I have no choice but to continue to use them and I must therefore grin and bear it but it does put me off purchasing online...not good when I own an online business.
Thank goodness for understanding business owners who don't accuse me of trying to cheat them out of goods, but how long before that does happen? Grrrr. Rant over, as you were!
It's not the first time though. Last year I ordered a toy for my son, it never arrived and so the company we bought it from had to send out a replacement.
Earlier this year I ordered a comforter for my daughter, a week later it arrived with not even a sorry!
No other company could carry on like this, inflating prices and yet providing an ever poorer service.
It's never consistent, I remember the time when you could set your watch by the postman now they come at various times throughout the day, if at all some days!
It really grinds my gears as a small business owner that they are the only cheap(ish) service around to get small packets and letters anywhere.
In fact if someone else could come up with a similar idea and just actually get post where it is supposed to go on time then they would be onto a winner.
Somewhere someone has a lovely new bag that they haven't paid for, I have lost out on owning it for a week and the poor small business I bought it from has now lost out too (have you seen the form you have to fill out for lost items and they have had to pay to ship another out).
If I were the queen I would be asking for my head to be removed from the stamps. Surely it can't be considered Royal anymore, there is nothing about it that is Royal, it is a total mess.
Sadly I have no choice but to continue to use them and I must therefore grin and bear it but it does put me off purchasing online...not good when I own an online business.
Thank goodness for understanding business owners who don't accuse me of trying to cheat them out of goods, but how long before that does happen? Grrrr. Rant over, as you were!
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