This blog is pretty much a shrine to pernickety, but today even more so. All I have done all day (9-3 for those of us enslaved to the school run) is set up this blog. So I am delighted that Wordpress in its wisdom allows me to share this fact on Facebook with a seamless click of a … Continue reading pernickety
Author: Janet Fernihough
New email. Simple. February 24th 2015
Need a gmail account for my new company – simples – go to Google. Get half way through the interminably complicated procedure of demonstrating that I own my own domain and realise that I am actually going to have to host my web page somewhere to show that I own it. I build my web … Continue reading New email. Simple. February 24th 2015
Ratio of qualifications to images produced on an HP printer
Combined skills of two PhDs and two MBAs and 18 images on 9 sheets of photo paper later, we still haven't got A SINGLE F*****G PASSPORT PHOTO PRINTED FROM THE HP PRINTER!!!! Calm.......... This always happens. I think the easiest solution now is to paint my face orange with multiple vertical lines down it whenever … Continue reading Ratio of qualifications to images produced on an HP printer
Signing on incompetence never ceases to amaze me (April 8th 2015)
Today I had my appointment rescheduled by someone over the phone, so they started by asking me some security questions to check they were talking to the right person. 2 out of 3 of these questions were "when did you start claiming, roughly, and what day do I normally sign on?" So that narrows down … Continue reading Signing on incompetence never ceases to amaze me (April 8th 2015)
Disability living allowance appeal – as much fun as signing on (March 19th 2015)
Just finished my 8 page letter of appeal to the disability living allowance department and this is what my printer thinks the front page looks like. WTF? How can a printer get half way down a page and just decide to forget to print the rest?
Ritual humiliation week at the job centre (March 16th 2015)
Today combined both the usual signing on and the special naughty step meeting for failing to do anything constructive towards getting a job in 13 weeks. I wasn't told I had this extra delight at an appointment on Wednesday this week so thankfully Sheenagh renewed my claimant commitment with me today as I have no … Continue reading Ritual humiliation week at the job centre (March 16th 2015)
Nothing to see here……………….. (February 26th 2015)
Back to my original signing on guy today. Without checking or understanding exactly what I am doing, he has told me to carry on doing it. Keep calm........
All ready to sign on…………………………… (February 11th 2015)
........but "Kath" is clearly having a gossip about having to move her car, so her desk neighbour has agreed to do it. "It" is still standing here 15 mins later. Oh the joy. Unnamed female (they never bother introducing themselves as human beings) asked me for the booklet that has apparently been replaced by an online … Continue reading All ready to sign on…………………………… (February 11th 2015)
Networking January 29th 2015
30 people in the room, 2 other women, one of whom is ticking names off on a sheet for who's had free beer. Must be at another techie networking event
Things you learn whilst unemployed #53. January 22nd 2015
So, the focus of my cleaning wrath this week is my oven and my weapon of choice in the pictures. I clean my oven regularly, on a strict schedule, once every redundancy, so twice in 10 years now. As you can see in the image, this oven cleaner says it cleans first time, no scrubbing, … Continue reading Things you learn whilst unemployed #53. January 22nd 2015
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