Gggrrrm arrgh

Deliveries. The latest one, has a message it couldn't be delivered after all that day. (At least we didn't get, we tried but you weren't in when we were, this time). This was not the courier firm we were expecting. Next day we had a message from both courier firms to say delivery coming. One arrives. Then delivery with correct name via other courier. When we open the second larger box it is not ours. Now waiting for the seller to get back to us to tell us how they intend to collect the one that someone else will have paid for and not received.

Them and evri! Oh and of course the Royal Mail ️ 

I've had issues with that company too

Yeah the lady downstairs wasn’t worried but she just felt bad because I was upset and as I live alone I guess she just wanted to give me some support and comfort which I appreciate, but yeah the embarrassment of being heard lol. See I haven’t been in my flat that long compared to everyone else so I defo feel left out and isolated. 

Tell me about the couriers! I ordered off Amazon but they have used dpd instead and I have had issues with dpd since moving here. They don’t even take a picture of the parcel they just say they tried and failed, like yeah right. The parcel is back at the warehouse now and is apparently going to get delivered to my mum tomorrow instead. I mean it is a big parcel so I guess it can’t be left outside especially with a block of flats and both doorways are narrow so I guess it would block the ways but the thing is he never even buzzed and I didn’t even see a van outside so yeah. Just hope I don’t have this issues with my Kirby game and plushy I preordered. 

You sound as though you're feeling really isolated. I think your neighbour did want to check that you were OK and I get that it's embarrassing, but it could be good to have a friendly neighbour.

Some couriers are totally useless, I've seen someone outside of the door and gone to see whats going on and theres a courier photographing a parcel that they've not even tried to deliver, not only do we have a loud knocker, but Fearn barks when there's someone at the door. I think you need to complain to the company you bought the bean bag from about the courier so as they can take it up with them, do you know where your parcel is now?

Was meant to have a beanbag delivered yesterday but no one had buzzed my flat number and didn’t even see a courier outside

No one bothering to bring my mail up but they take each others mail up so I feel like I’m left out (I’m on middle floor) I wouldn’t expect anyone downstairs to bring up but the people on my floor or the floor above take all but my mail to whoever the mail belongs too, yes I sound a diva but I do feel like what’s wrong with me and I have brought everyone else’s mail and even giant parcels up hmmph! Also my door is taking damage because of the brats who hate me next door! What is wrong with me? I can’t help the way I look or sound. Also got upset and cried and downstairs came up and knocked to see what was going on so I felt really embarrassed. I mean ok she could be making sure that I’m ok and wanted to make me feel better but the thing is I feel embarrassed that she heard me

Negotiating Portglenone, when heading to the Monastery and back; for confession.

The closure of the bridge across the River Bann, outside Kilrea, bunged up Portglenone; there is no other viable diversion for those heading between Counties Derry and Antrim. Add to that parked vehicles, on the side of the road. PLus my fear of clipping a wing-mirror.

Northern Ireland only has two seasons. Winter and construction.

I couldn't help but chuckle at your comment TheCatWoman . Although I don't make a habit of watching adverts, there are times when I am unable to avoid them. It never ceases to amaze me that adverts for sofas will sometimes features people lying on a sofa wearing immaculately clean shoes... Shoes that look like they are new and have never been worn before (no scuff marks or signs of wear on the soles).

As you say, the advertisers are trying to sell a dream in order to entice people to buy the products.

The last time they tried to make me have online or phone banking I laughed at them and asked them if they really wanted someone who can crash a digital egg timer to have access to the worlds banking system, they seemed to think it would be safe from me, I don't. If they ever do make me have it I will try and give everyone enough warning so as they can liquidate their assets, withdraw the cash and hide it under the mattress.

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I guess advertisers are trying to sell a dream as much as a product, wear the same pants as David Beckham and people of your sexual preference will fall at your feet!

They will never show the messiness of real life, without offering you the wonder product to fix it. So everybody has a lovely home, wonderful kids who don't try and kill each other on a daily basis, a partner who's equally wonderful and thoughtful, a beautifl garden that never needs weeding or the grass cutting or dog poo picking up and everybody looks as though they just spent the last couple of hours in hair and make-up and can magically find clothes that not only fit them perfectly, but are washed and ironed!

TheCatWoman said:

I think it's when I do watch an advert that I realise how different my life is from those being portrayed,

This is so true, maybe this is part of the reason I hate the ads. I can barely watch them I have to look away it makes me so depressed. Why didn't I realize this?

Thank you for highlighting this TheCatWoman 

TheCatWoman said:

Then the next day amazons internet services went down and I experienced a pang of guilt, given my ability to mess up computers at long range and without knowing how, was I responsible?

Please never setup online banking as we are still recovering from 2008 

I can watch streaming services through my Humax box, but the button for skipping ads isn't there, so I don't bother, the same as I don't bother to watch commercial channels on demand either.

I think it's when I do watch an advert that I realise how different my life is from those being portrayed, it can be quite alienating as everyones using gadgets that I don't have and wouldn't have a clue what they're for let alone why I'd use them.

Amazon is really annoying, I was trying to compile a list of books to send to my son, for my Mums xmas present, I asked for the books by a couple f authors to be in order, they weren't and there were loads of pages to search through mostly filed with sponsered ads. Then the next day amazons internet services went down and I experienced a pang of guilt, given my ability to mess up computers at long range and without knowing how, was I responsible? Rationally I know I wasn't, but the fear of my crashing abilities is so great that I did wonder.

I'm trying to rewatch Fargo on Amazon Prime but the adverts are really spoiling my experience.

I find myself feeling so irritated and by the time the show starts again I'm still irritated and I can't fully enjoy the show because my irritation just starts to settle and guess what?

Another flipping advert comes on.ಠ⁠︵⁠ಠ

The other night a combination of boredom and curiosity had resulted in me participating in an anonymous survey about mobile phone theft and security. The first question asked was:
How often do you use your mobile phone in public spaces?

This annoyed me because I felt the first question should have been:
Do you own a mobile phone?

It was the assumption I own a mobile phone, which really annoyed me.

One could argue that the person/people who had compiled the survey had possibly been working on the assumption that people who don't own mobile phones would be unlikely to participate. However, there had been one of those tick-all-boxes-that-apply style questions, which asked:
Have you ever had a mobile phone stolen?

The list of answers had included one that said: No, but I know someone who has. Therefore, there was no reason as far as I was concerned why someone who doesn't own a mobile phone could not have participated in the survey.

Delieveries can be a nightmare, we have one particular driver who's brilliant, she never just dumps stuff and drives off, she's always nice and friendly and carries a pocket full of dog biscuits. We have a couple of other drivers who seem to just drive past you house and if you're not at your front door they just drive on and leave stuff at the post office without telling you, or just dump it.

I don't like ordering clothes online for just that reason, you never seem to get what was described.

Thank you for the advice! It turns out I didn’t take the tab after all as I remembered I had two tabs in a packet left when I woke up yesterday and when I went to bed I only realised that so I took one of the two tablets and yay I’m finally ready to sleep. 

My way of dealing with the danger of forgetting or double dozing of medication is to have one cup specially for drinking spring water with my medication. 

When I take the tablets I leave the cup out in the open next to the medicine.  

If the cup isn't there it means I haven't taken today's tablets yet.

*Disclaimer-mention of sleep aid*
Can’t remember if I had taken my sleep tablet or not and it’s frustrating me so much! Normally it be working now but I can’t remember if I did take it and it’s not working as I’ve got myself into a panic and if I did take a sleep tablet now I’ll end up taking one too many.

Today I was expecting a parcel from M&S and at around 1pm I got a message to say it had been left in the porch. I had to go looking for it, and found it outside a different entrance to my block of flats, just dumped on the pavement! Ggrr!

In the parcel was a skirt from M&S. It was described as "soft touch" but it wasn't soft at all, the material was extremely heavy, and although it fitted at the waist it was too tight round the hips. Another disappointing item of clothing to be returned - arrrgh!

Or in my case once a missing screw so I had a nearly complete futon and had to go back to the shop for them to order another, or the flat pack unit half built in my small bedroom as they sent 2 left sides.