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Story 2I've been working in Birmingham since my dad died. I wanted to keep my mum company. It's been about 18 months in total. I stay at my mum's house.
I am a registered resident in Hove though, maybe 200 miles away (I don't fucking know how many actual miles it is). My dentist is in Hove, and in the UK we have an NHS x Dental collab situation.
If you fail to meet your mandated schedule of visits, you can get struck off a dentist's books and it can be a long time on a waiting list to get another dentist.
Because I was in Birmingham and due at a client meeting, I had had to postpone a scheduled check up. I did it in good time, and chose a new date.
When that new date came around I was once again unable to attend as I needed to be in York, so I had to postpone a second time.
I got warned that time. Flagged up as wavering in my commitment and procrastinating with my tithe.
It's NHS linked, but dentists are private practices and you have to pay. If you want to be on the books you have to pay for your alloted appointments. If not... you're not a profitable part of their business. You're taking up a revenue space on the database.
Rebooked. Each time I postpone it's months between the bookings.
Booking 3 comes around and last moment there is an emergency and I cannot get back to Hove.
I get my final warning. Miss one more...that's it. You're out.
By the way, this story is really boring. Not like the thrill-a-minute bag of shit one.
I was going to be spending December in Jamaica this year (not anymore), but my passport was in that danger zone of 10 months left where you can find you get refused even though it's technically still valid.
So the whole dentists thing has gone on for a about a year, and my latest rebooking, at 12.45 today was agreed about three months ago.
About a week or so ago I decided to go ahead and renew my passport.
I did the process, uploaded a pic, paid, and sent off my old passport.
They say it can take up to six weeks.
Two days later I'm notified my application is approved.
Two days later I'm notified my passport is being printed.
Two days later, it's in the post
Then I get a Royal Mail message notifying me my new passport is being sent special delivery and must be signed for...
And they tell me it's coming between 11.30 and 1.30 today.
Exactly when I need to be at the dentist.
And honestly, I keep a VERY open, uneventful schedule. Out of literally billions of delibery slots, the only two things I am obliged to attend to in literally months and months of easy retired living is
1. Pay my tithe to my dentist
2. Sign for my passportBoth are required, at exactly the same time.
It blows my mind.
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Listen, fuck off I know it's a boring story. I'm logging (< pun) coincidences for scientific appreciation, not writing titillating soft porn magazine articles.
- Cool story, a bit long, but I prefer it to the first one :)OBBTKN
- Damnit. Wheres the ending.
This was well told, I'm on the edge of my seat. What happened*?
*Unless it involves bin liner sacks again in which case...webazoot - How it ended is boring. My coparentee had to hang around for the passport delivery. Story 3 is good. I promise.Horp
- less coincidences more sod's lawhans_glib
- Thanks for the resolution. I'm glad it turned out well even if it wasn't dramatic.webazoot