What have you been doing today?

[Harry Bloomfield]

Yep. They were supposed to phone me back with an update last night confirming that my missing credit had been replaced. No such call came. Going to get back on to them today. Of course, it would help if the people in the 'customer care' department of British Gas could speak clear English!

Yep, I found that problem too, when trying to deal with them. It seems that some companies deliberately employ poor English speakers, so they can tie you in knots trying to understand them, so you eventually just give up.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Yep. They were supposed to phone me back with an update last night confirming that my missing credit had been replaced. No such call came. Going to get back on to them today. Of course, it would help if the people in the 'customer care' department of British Gas could speak clear English!

Any promises from BG - take with a large pinch of salt. Sometimes their calls are dealt with in a call centre in South Africa. If you can remember any Afrikaans it may help you.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Any promises from BG - take with a large pinch of salt. Sometimes their calls are dealt with in a call centre in South Africa. If you can remember any Afrikaans it may help you.

Yep, they seem to employ the cheapest possible bid, to answer their phone calls, ignoring the need to actually speak understandable English.

 

[Brigadier]

need

Your "need" is likely different to BG's.

"Customer Services" is often a misnomer.

 

[securespark]

Went for a stroll at Chorlton Water Park with my step-Mother.

The area was the site of Barlow Hall Farm and was excavated in the mid 1970s for sand and gravel to build the nearby M60 (then the M63). After the M-way was finished, the resulting pit was flooded and it opened in 1978.

Nearby Sale Water Park was also created from land excavated for material to build the motorway.