
The weather changed on the Tuesday before Easter, which foiled my plans for getting all the washing dry. But I’d had a good run. It didn’t rain in the end, though, despite weather forecasts for thunder storms everywhere. (We didn’t get thunder either – stamps foot!) But I didn’t risk it.
Much of the day was spent sourcing new images again, and making new covers again, particularly as I have publications coming up. I wanted those covers to be as right as I could get them. But I also spent a lot of the day revising A Mystery at Whitehorse Farm. This one needed to be done in time for the next issue of Words Worth Reading, which was supposed to be published on Easter Thursday. (Regular readers will already know whether or not that happened…)
In my short story master Scrivener file, I created 5 generic pages: title page, copyright page, also-by page, catch-up-with-diane page, and about-the-author page. Then I did the same with my bookazine master Scrivener file. Only the title page and the also-by page will need updating every time.
The milk was left at the wrong door, in full sun and full view of the road, so the empties weren’t collected. And the driver left the gate open again. I wonder who would be responsible if there were dogs at our property and they got out and caused an accident due to the milkman being too lazy to close the gate.
So I started the process of cancelling that milk round and finding another. Needless to say, I couldn’t do anything with the existing account. I couldn’t change my details. I couldn’t edit or delete my card details. I couldn’t cancel the order. I couldn’t delete my account. My card details will be changing shortly, but the bank says that subscriptions may still carry across to the new card.
There are a few things I can do from my end. I can make sure there are no funds available in that account so any attempted payment bounces. I can manually change the card details or freeze the card. And I can request that the bank block all monetary requests from this particular person. But with the luck I’ve been having lately with people doing what they’re actually supposed to be doing, I won’t hold my breath that the bank will be able to do that anymore.
I fired off 3 queries to alternative milkmen. One responded almost straight away, saying they don’t currently deliver to our village. One responded by the end of the day, very enthusiastically, with a price per bottle that’s 52p less than what we were paying and assuring me that there are no additives or supplements in their milk. At the time of writing, I had yet to hear from the 3rd.
And I sent another complaint to customer services (no phone number, just an email address) regarding that day’s delivery. I didn’t hear back from them all day.
An order that had left the courier and was supposed to be delivered by 8pm on Tuesday didn’t materialise. I checked the tracking details, that had already told me the order was on its way, only to see that it’s now due when we’re not here. Had I known that it wouldn’t come when they said it would, I would have ordered it from somewhere else. Now I have to try and cancel that order too. Because, you know, I don’t have anything else to do all day. Just sitting here, twiddling my thumbs.
I started to worry that I’m getting far too grumpy, and far more intolerant of people. Not sure if it’s me or them. It’s probably them!
No, people can’t be bothered to do what they promise, beccause those at the top keep getting away with grifting.
How frustrating. I hope you get it sorted out soon. I pay as much as possible by check still, because I don’t want most businesses to have online access to my accounts.
So many businesses now are refusing cheques. Hopefully we’ve found a decent replacement now, just up the road from our main GP surgery!