[Kleftiwallah]

Good evening everyone,  I received a letter from my surgery telling me I was about to recieve a letter from the arthritis hospital, this arrived the same day.  This letter told me to call a telephone number and arrange an appointment, a letter will be sent confirming this date (if it is OK with me).  If not convenient ... I'll send a letter!

Cheers,  Tony.

[GraciesGran]

You need a large glass of red wine to cope with that.

[Subversive_plot]

I'm completely nonplussed.  You couldn't make that up if you tried.

I remember years ago telephoning some government office over here (our tax office I think; Internal Revenue Service), asking for some assistance.  The person I spoke with did not have an immediate answer to my question, and asked me "are you near a telephone?"  I literally looked at the handset and said "I'm talking to you on a telephone!"     

I think she hung up after that.

[jezza]

I've rad a letter Christmad eve  from the government telling me I dont need to isolate from 21 July 2021i already had one from the NHS saying the same thing in August  but try to avoid crowded areas and work from home if I can ,I responded to the government one on the phone number and asked how the heck can I work from home when I'm contract grass cutting ,answer from the other end was I working alone I said yes apart from my shadow  please make sure you social distance with it she said I put the phone down laughing    jezza

[rowlandwells]

the mind boggles 

[Kleftiwallah]

Reminds me of a conversation I had in a bar in old Tsim Sha Tsoi (Hong Kong),  a chap said his doctor approached him at a party and started to remonstrate about his blood pressure.  The chap said "You are very inneficient, I pay you to worry about my health, you come and tell me it's bad so I worry about my health, that's two people doing the same job and that is grossly innefficient"!

Cheers,  Tony.

[hasbeans]

In a past life I worked with a few hospitals on projects to improve attendance rates for appointments as they are shockingly bad and cost the service much more than few extra letters and texts.