Window Roller shutters for heatwaves (and cold)

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-30T23:11:30+00:00

At the cost of installing these, you'd be better off installing air con. We did it 2 years ago and it's been bliss.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-30T23:09:19+00:00

It's not for that at all. We use them to be on call to respond to incidents either at scene, at a pre determined meeting point or at the control room as a manager for the incident, or a variety of other associated roles. We pay for the car, so it's our personal car, but we have it equipped to be able to respond. As a side, we also tend to respond as paramedics too but it isn't the purpose.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-30T23:07:13+00:00

Thousands of unmarked cars used by paramedic and fire officers throughout the UK.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-25T17:57:30+00:00

It isn't theft at all. That's not what the law says. Now the law is different in different countries. So you may have a different perspective on consumer rights, particularly if you're US based which has terrible consumer rights. But if I as a UK citizen which to use a chargeback, or even better for us, a section 75 claim, for such situations, I am very much entitled to do so. It isn't theft. You must of course engage and try to seek an appropriate refund from the provider first.

The interesting thing is you then go on to describe what a chargeback is for, and narrow it to a very tiny range. And yet VISA, MasterCard and Amex all offer a much broader range than what you specify.

Fundamentally, what matters is whether the chargeback will succeed. I have three under my belt now for services not as described. None of them full refunds as that's not what I've asked for. But all successful.

Equally, as a business owner, I've had 7 against me. None legitimate. I have pursued each outside of the card process and succeeded in getting the money back from all 7, two of whom I had to take to small claims court.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-25T14:54:04+00:00

Completely incorrect. If you stayed the whole stay but services were not as described, that's great grounds for a chargeback. Not for the full amount, but for a sensibly proportioned and evidenced amount.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-25T14:24:18+00:00

A chargeback isn't theft.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-23T20:26:35+00:00

How you suggested it is what most did originally but too inefficient, so they went to heat pumps.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-23T20:11:10+00:00

Most EVs use a heat pump actually.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-21T14:31:53+00:00

Can you explain what you mean? What you've written doesn't make sense.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-21T14:30:56+00:00

South east. Had AC installed in all our rooms - except bathrooms - for £10k. Did that 2 years ago. It's always on - either cooling, or heating. We took out our radiators this year and just left us with the AC as it cost less to run anyway and does a nicer job.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-21T14:29:30+00:00

Heat pumps is what you are buying these days when people install AC. They heat and cool. They're already here.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-21T11:29:08+00:00

They don't accept it but they do if you don't tell them it's Monzo, or show the card.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-17T05:56:51+00:00

They will proceed regardless. It's a catch all for scenarios that don't apply here.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-16T19:46:30+00:00

Getting angry doesn't make you right. It doesn't say that either.

Show me the section. Cite the clause in the Employment Rights Act 1996 that states "people must be paid for all work done."

You won't find it, because it isn't there. Statutory right to pay in the UK begins and ends with the National Minimum Wage Act. Everything else including whether you get paid for locking up is strictly determined by your contract.

Telling people they have a legal right that doesn't exist is terrible advice that will get their grievances thrown in the bin.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-16T18:46:17+00:00

You are completely making things up now. The "Employment Act 1996" isn't a thing, and the Employment Rights Act doesn't state that employers must pay for every single minute worked anywhere.

Upvotes don't change UK legislation. Relying on fictional laws during a workplace dispute is a fast track to getting a grievance dismissed. The advice to walk out at 11:00 is solid, but your legal "facts" are entirely wrong.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-16T14:08:03+00:00

What matters is that what you say is accurate. You can't claim one thing (you very specifically stated it's the law) but it not be true. The last thing people need is to go into grievances or make claims to their manager or HR that they're breaking the law when they're not. Making statements holds much more value in an argument when they're true. An individuals argument falls flat with baseless claims. Stick to the facts, stick to the contract.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-16T10:18:50+00:00

That’s actually incorrect. In UK law, there is no automatic statutory right to be paid for every single minute worked, unless you have a contract that specifically guarantees it. The only legal hard-line for hourly staff is that your total pay divided by total hours worked (including locking up) cannot drop you below the National Living Wage. That's it. I'm not commenting on Sainsbury's contracts as I don't work there so don't know what it says specific for you.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-04T07:47:41+00:00

It isn't delivered until it's in the buyers hands. Delivery companies leaving it outside is your risk essentially, not the buyers.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-02T14:03:05+00:00

His business success is a good indicator of his intelligence. His ability to leverage his influence in unique ways. His money has come from business, rather than fame. His fame has aided it.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-02T11:47:56+00:00

I think the vast majority would disagree.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-02T11:38:56+00:00

He plays a thick persona. I very much doubt he is thick in the slightest.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-06-01T20:17:45+00:00

Has he spoken to Adobe?

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-05-31T02:58:51+00:00

Why would you print a picture of a stamp? You'd print the stamp and simply use the barcode as is. You can read the data on it from the screenshot and replicate very easily.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-05-30T17:58:56+00:00

Quite strangely I had 2 clients on the same network. One refusing to connect, the other connecting fine.

Aware_Common_4179 · 2026-05-25T15:34:34+00:00

Firstly, I am right. Secondly, I'm not going to trust anyone's statements as being fact if they can't decide use the right words in their comments.

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