This morning I thought Iād pay the outstanding balance on our next cruise in November. I go to the P&O website, tap in the login details and get an error code. Try it a couple of times, still returns the same error code. Iāll phoneā¦should be easy.
P&O have now replaced a friendly human to greet you with a list of options with an AI Zombie that thinks it knows how to deal with every spoken question with an answer totally unrelated to the question posed.
After listening to her blather on about something or other she asks me if that was helpful. āNo it wasnāt, listen very carefully, I will say this only onceā and I repeat the question. More blather, more hair tearing. āOh fuck offā
Two hours later I think Iāll try the website againā¦itās working again.
Oh for the good old days when the worst you had to deal with was a friendly voice with a Bengally accent.
Oh dear itās been one of those days.
Neighbour lets me know there are half a dozen wasps buzzing around our eaves. Hmmm up to the loft and thereās one buzzing the light so he gets āRaidedā Unfortunately thereās a nest in a corner so it on the internet to call out the pest control.
This afternoon me HP Printer decides it doesnāt want to print anymoreā¦another 90 minutes wasted fruitlessly chasing the fault.
Hope the fruitless 90 minutes isnāt repeated this evening. 
āYour call is very important to usā Load of old shite.
One of the greatest lies of the age. 
Yep, basically it means that weāre making a shed-load of money with minimal staff and you Mr/Mrs/Ms/insert own pronouns, can go do oneā¦.
it was
Have you turned it off and on again? 
Indeed I haveā¦Iāve even loaded it with paper and this morning I spoke to a real person and he said heās going to send me some new ink.
I thought your manservant recorded your utterances on parchment by quill?
Well yes he did until someone reported us to the RSPB for illegal procurement of Swan quills.
We now have to suffer the deprivations of common folk.
We were invited to a friendās BBQ at Cadnam for this evening but having sat in a gridlocked queue for more than an hour we decided to take the easy option and go home.
Overturned tanker on the M27 fucked over every westbound route for many hours.
Yeah heard itās been carnage
Usual emmet traffic down here in Devon, but we endured, especially as it was all going the other way
A clear sky all evening looking forward to the peak Persids display
Watching the last of Star Trek SNW (recommended btw)
Finish that & a cloudy sky & too knackered to stay up ā just in caseā - next year maybe.
Clear skies here.
I was wide awake.
And forgot
Architect: We have a client who wants you to price his new building. Interested?
Us: Yes, thank you for thinking of us.
Architect: You have a month to price it.
Us: No problem.
Architect: Your price is too much.
Us: OK.
Architect: Well, what can you do?
Us: It would help if you tell us by how much.
Architect: He has less than half the amount of your tender, to spend.
Us: Oh dear.
Architect: Can you do it for that?
Us: No.
Architect: He will go elsewhere.
Us: Fine.
Two months later.
Architect: Hello, we want to revisit your tender.
Us: Sorry, i thought that boat had sailed?
Architect: The other tenders were around the same as yours and they couldnāt do it for the amount he has to spend.
Us: Doesnāt that tell you something?
Architect: Yes, the prices are too high.
Us: No, the budget is too low.
Architect: But why canāt you build it for less!!
Us: Really!
Architect: OK, can we will look at ways to save money.
Us: You mean reduce cost? OK send us a list of what you envisage can be omitted.
Architect: But why canāt you do it?
Us: Bye!
Annoyance: Having a Prostate check after a mate diagnosed with Prostate Cancer made me paranoid enough to go through the indignity.
On the plus side he said it wasnāt enlarged but as he was down that way heād check my Prostate too. 
I hope he didnāt have both hands on your shoulders when he checked it! 
No but he and his mate asked if Iād like a lift home.
āLook, no hands!!ā