Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[admin]

Originally Posted by SV650rules

Same for me with MotoGP commentators, BSB folks much better.



Never watched F1 for years, normally a procession except when Hamilton decides to take a championship rival out......

Agreed with the itv MotoGP coverage, another screamer. I miss Keith and Julian.

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[garynortheast]

I've solved the problem by just not having a television!

[admin]

Originally Posted by garynortheast

I've solved the problem by just not having a television!

You're not missing much.

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[garynortheast]

Originally Posted by admin

You're not missing much.

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Exactly that. The only things I watch are Gardeners World (!!), Doctor Who (when it's on) and recently, Chris and Meg's Wild Summer. I have a TV licence so I watch them on catch up, or sometimes live, on the computer.

[redtrummy]

I usually watch Moto GP muted, cannot stand the constant loud drivel. K & J in my opinion were just as bad but Whitham and Burnicle in a totally different class.
Same as the shouting on Eurosport cycle commentary - not a patch on ITV4s


(Grumpy old man)

[Chris_SVS]

Jack Burnicle, James Haydon, James Toseland, Neil Hodgson, Sean Kelly, Carlton Kirby, Rochelle Gilmore

Collectively my GOTD. Ned Boulting and Michael Laverty/Niall Mackenzie are superior at their respective roles as are the various guests of GCN+ Adam Blythe, Dani Rowe etc

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by DJ123

GP's have been useless for years. Mine are never on time (usually at least 10-15 minutes late) for appointments, which makes it a nightmare when having to get one during work hours or even at lunch.
And when you do get in there, you have to push for something extra to be done for the tests, x-ray, physio you need. Rather than get handed some pills to walk out the door with . . . .
Next time I would pay to go private and get seen in a timely manner, and get the right outcome than have to wait weeks to get an appointment, and a disappointing outcome. Thankfully i have private healthcare through work and would do anything through them instead and avoid the NHS queues.

The thing I noticed as well was the doctor saying 'we could never continue seeing all our patients face to face '.Who decided that ? Why not train more doctors then !
As far as private goes, I was in a company private healthcare scheme once and when I needed to wait for an angiogram on NHS I contacted private company and they said that I should bear in mind if you want any follow up treatment on NHS they can be a bit 'sniffy' if you have had private treatment ! So I waited for NHS treatment.

[Seeker]

A sign of things to come? As I indicated in a dedicated thread until it meandered into a climate change hole, I'm with Bulb energy.
They only have one tariff and it's variable. I've been paying £54/mo for a while and I'm £94 in credit but they just informed me that I'm using more energy than I'm paying for (don't forget - I'm in credit), because of this they need to increase my monthly debit to £71 (a 31% increase).

Some Bulb customers are facing an 80% rise:
https://www.theguardian.com/money/20...es-of-up-to-80

just to recap - Bulb are losing money and may go under, they have 1.7 million customers. I hadn't realised but within your energy bill is a deduction to allow you to be transferred to another supplier if yours goes bust (but that fund is running out of money because of the increasing energy company bankruptcies).

I'm not too concerned about the Bulb price rise because the old energy price cap has ended (Oct 1st) and Bulb did this once before only to reverse it when my credit soared (and I have the option of requesting a reduction, anyway). Finally, my new fridge/freezer arrived on Monday and I've noticed already that it's using less energy.

[DJ123]

Originally Posted by svenrico

The thing I noticed as well was the doctor saying 'we could never continue seeing all our patients face to face '.Who decided that ? Why not train more doctors then !
As far as private goes, I was in a company private healthcare scheme once and when I needed to wait for an angiogram on NHS I contacted private company and they said that I should bear in mind if you want any follow up treatment on NHS they can be a bit 'sniffy' if you have had private treatment ! So I waited for NHS treatment.

I think they can't continue it, as they waste so much time with people who don't have issues but continually get appointments.

I think they should have a triage nurse to asses a patient before a Dr's appoint is made. They could quickly identify what's needed, and issue a remedy there/then, or approve an appointment. Whilst that may create a bottleneck it could solve small issues quicker, preventing a GP appointment being 'wasted' and ensuring those who require further investigation get the appointment needed.
They should also address those who regularly miss appointments, by having them on a cancellation list, rather than having priority over those who turn up.

[Adam Ef]

Originally Posted by DJ123

I think they can't continue it, as they waste so much time with people who don't have issues but continually get appointments.

I think they should have a triage nurse to asses a patient before a Dr's appoint is made. They could quickly identify what's needed, and issue a remedy there/then, or approve an appointment.

They already do. The reception staff are expected to do this job. My sister in law works reception and take a lot of abuse from people as part of that job that she's expected to do.